Anti-Gun Senator SHOOTS intruder‏

[wombat2u2004]

What would you think if a long-time gun control advocate ended up shooting someone? Might the word “hypocrite” come to mind?

State Senator R.C. Soles (D - NC)

Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City , N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician's home county said.
The intruder, Kyle Blackburn, was taken to a South Carolina hospital, but the injuries were not reported to be life-threatening, according to Rex Gore, district attorney for Columbus, Bladen and Brunswick counties.

The State Bureau of Investigation and Columbus County Sheriff's Department are investigating the shooting, Gore said. Soles, who was not arrested,declined to discuss the incident Sunday evening.
"I am not in a position to talk to you," Soles said by telephone. "I'm right in the middle of an investigation."
The Senator, who has made a career of being against gun ownership for the general public, didn't hesitate to defend himself with his own gun when he believed he was in immediate danger and he was the victim.

In typical hypocritical liberal fashion, the "Do as i say and not as i do" Anti-Gun Activist Lawmaker picked up his gun and took action in what apparently was a self-defense shooting. Why hypocritical you may ask? It is because his long legislative record shows that the actions that he took to protect his family, his own response to a dangerous life threatening situation, are actions that he feels ordinary citizens should not have if they were faced with an identical situation.

It has prompted some to ask if the Senator believes his life and personal safety is more valuable than yours or mine.
But, this is to be expected from those who believe they can run our lives, raise our kids, and protect our families better than we can.

But....what can you expect from someone who uses an anti-firearm stance for political gain ????

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[Grace]

Oh John, thank you for posting this. My husband will love it. He's a strong advocate of the 2nd Amendment.

I do take issue with one sentence in the article - But, this is to be expected from those who believe they can run our lives, raise our kids, and protect our families better than we can.
From what I've been seeing and reading lately, both parties, in this country, are trying to run our lives - one way or another. They should all stay out of our personal lives.

EDIT: The incident involving Senator Soles took place back in August 2010. He was indicted in January on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.

EDIT #2: Need to get my glasses cleaned. The shooting took place in 2009. He was indicted in January 2010. He did not run for re-election last fall.

[wombat2u2004]

Oh John, thank you for posting this. My husband will love it. He's a strong advocate of the 2nd Amendment.

I do take issue with one sentence in the article - But, this is to be expected from those who believe they can run our lives, raise our kids, and protect our families better than we can.
From what I've been seeing and reading lately, both parties, in this country, are trying to run our lives - one way or another. They should all stay out of our personal lives.

EDIT: The incident involving Senator Soles took place back in August 2010. He was indicted in January on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.

EDIT #2: Need to get my glasses cleaned. The shooting took place in 2009. He was indicted in January 2010. He did not run for re-election last fall.

Yeah, I read about the court case.
These guys are walking/talking contradictions eh ????

[aTailOf2Kitties]

but he's not an "ordinary citizen". He's a senator. So yeah, he is more important than me. That's why he goes to work in a big government building with lots of security and I don't, LOL.

[wombat2u2004]

but he's not an "ordinary citizen". He's a senator. So yeah, he is more important than me. That's why he goes to work in a big government building with lots of security and I don't, LOL.

Not any more he ain't.

[Bonny]

but he's not an "ordinary citizen". He's a senator. So yeah, he is more important than me. That's why he goes to work in a big government building with lots of security and I don't, LOL.

I hope they put him in the slammer & throw away the key.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

for defending his home, or for owning a gun (legally)?

[Lady's Human]

Hypocrisy isn't an indictable offense, unfortunately. He's far from alone in that regard, particularly on that issue.

[Bonny]

for defending his home, or for owning a gun (legally)?

Well, he sure didn't practice what he was preaching. He could of called the cops instead of taking the law into his own hands.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

If somebody comes in my house I'm gonna shoot 'em, stab 'em and very possibly set them on fire. And no, I don't have a gun permit.

Gun laws are useless. If someone wants a gun bad enough, they're gonna get one... legally or otherwise.

This story is the exact opposite of the one where the lady was so proud of her rights that she insisted on carrying a gun in plain view everywhere (church, kids' soccer games, the grocery store, at home while she cared for children, etc). You know what happened to her? Her own husband shot her... at home.

soooo... you got an anti-gun senator who shoots someone, and a pro-gun nutcase who gets shot. Crazy world, ain't it?

[sparks19]

Well, he sure didn't practice what he was preaching. He could of called the cops instead of taking the law into his own hands.

and what are the cops going to do? other than come and take inventory of what was taken or worse... to call the coroner to pick up his dead body.

You don't call the cops and they arrive seconds later. Last I checked you couldn't just "beam them up"... at least not yet lol.

Rarely do the cops STOP a crime from happening... they come to investigate the crime that has already taken place

[Bonny]

If somebody comes in my house I'm gonna shoot 'em, stab 'em and very possibly set them on fire. And no, I don't have a gun permit.

Gun laws are useless. If someone wants a gun bad enough, they're gonna get one... legally or otherwise.

This story is the exact opposite of the one where the lady was so proud of her rights that she insisted on carrying a gun in plain view everywhere (church, kids' soccer games, the grocery store, at home while she cared for children, etc). You know what happened to her? Her own husband shot her... at home.

soooo... you got an anti-gun senator who shoots someone, and a pro-gun nutcase who gets shot. Crazy world, ain't it?

Years ago I took a personal law class & in that book (back to good old books again) it said if you were going to shoot someone threatening your life you should shoot to kill them period. Hopefully you could do it in one shot because if you shot them to many times they would accuse you of over kill. It seems to be a no win situation.

[Bonny]

and what are the cops going to do? other than come and take inventory of what was taken or worse... to call the coroner to pick up his dead body.

You don't call the cops and they arrive seconds later. Last I checked you couldn't just "beam them up"... at least not yet lol.

Rarely do the cops STOP a crime from happening... they come to investigate the crime that has already taken place

But in a court of law that is what the legal system would hold against you? Call the cops first & then shot?

[wombat2u2004]

If somebody comes in my house I'm gonna shoot 'em, stab 'em and very possibly set them on fire. And no, I don't have a gun permit.
Gun laws are useless. If someone wants a gun bad enough, they're gonna get one... legally or otherwise.

Ya not allowed to have a can of petrol and a box of matches in your house either. The last time that was de-criminalised was during the reign of Nero.
Play it safe, do what Bonny does, run them over with a red tractor.

We have gun laws here in Oz. Yep, the educated idiots imposed that one on us a few years ago. Now it's only the criminals who have guns. It just ain't fair that they should have all the fun.

[luv my cats]

Hypothetical question. If I stab someone to death with a chef's knife, are they not as dead as they would have been had I shot them to death with a gun. OH MY GOD!Confiscate all the chef's knives.