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| Lt. Col Bateman responds, in friendly press |
| 2013-12-26 |
| Lt. Colonel Robert Bateman, the current serving member of the US Army, who previously wrote in advocating for nationwide gun confiscation about prying your guns fro your cold dead fingers, apparently has a lack of understanding why such a death threat would elicit death threats in return. Again, Bateman is trading on the military service and a friendly forum. I doubt he would last long elsewhere. As an aside, Bateman has been publishing his anti gun views since at least 2005, and on liberal opinion outlets, such as Esquire. He has written books on military history and he says inasmuch as he is an active duty infantry officer, he is a military historian. Whenever he encounters argument on the facts he presents, he trades on his military career. My guess is that most, if not 80 percent of the anonymous death and rape threats he has received, have been from leftists who believe, wrongly, that it will shame those who press the restoration of the right to keep and bear arms, who will back down. We know that the national administration and sympathetic state politicians would not hesitate to use sock puppets to paint their opponents for political gain, again wrongly assuming that support for their fascist laws would increase. Via Western Rifle Shooters Association A large percentage of these threats seem to have originated from the National Rifle Association, which posted an essay on their page about me. So what do you think about the NRA's advocacy? Just curious, since their essay resulted in death threats to me, threats of rape to my wife, and threats of abduction and murder of my six-month-old daughter from the people who read the NRA's column. Personally, I think a little bit less of an organization like the NRA, which incites their members to threaten rape and murder and the abduction of babies. But perhaps, if you are an NRA member, you may approve of some of the messages above. That, of course, is your right. The essay Bateman refers to is here. Dunno if it has ever been posted at Rantburg. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Bateman is entitled to his opinion as set forth in the 1st Amendment. However, as an active member of the military, he has sworn to uphold the Constitution which includes the 2nd Amendment. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-12-26 11:18 |
| #2 As a point of order, Master Bateman, you first penned the article and in so said so much as agree or die. Second, this is not NRA advocacy; they simply noted an article posted by someone of rank and self said expertise. This is disingenuous, like stating that because your article is posted in Esquire, then Esquire is pro-chicken humping. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-12-26 11:08 |
| #1 Well Colonel, I would start by referring those alleged threats to the SJA, MP's, local LE and the FBI. A good follow-up measure [since you are busy writing] would be buying a pistol for the wife and signing her up for some NRA approved firearms training. Don't forget to add you anti-NRA advocacy and Esquire articles as OER bullets. You look like general officer material [in today's army] to me. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-26 02:56 |