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Just before his arrest, Kevin Colgans Facebook page was inundated with references to hiring a hitman in order to have his estranged wife killed. On June 12th, the Roanoke, Virginia resident wrote, I know it is illegal to say Im going to kill you. (Hard to convict even with perjured testimony. Question: is it it also illegal to ask someone to kill? Or to say you woul like to eventually?
Various threats were left. In May, Colgan wrote, Gotta love the gun show loophole. I found a Glock. Cost me $400 but Im no longer defenseless. I just need to learn how to use it. Thankfully I can take classes without using mine.
http://freakoutnation.com/2014/06/22/virginia-man-arrested-in-murder-plot-against-wife-writes-on-facebook-gotta-love-the-gun-show-loophole/
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)where everyone has access to a gun without background checks...
Kevin Colgan...a true product of the NRA.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)are not protected by the First Amendment. He doesn't sound like the brightest of bulbs, anyway.
Stargazer09
(2,132 posts)I'm glad the guy he "hired" to do the job was actually an undercover agent.
What an asshole. No wonder his wife wanted a divorce.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)It sounds much more like he was using a public forum, Facebook, to make threats and intimidate the woman and those around her.
Deserves a long sentence, but I haven't read where they found an actual during the arrest and investigation.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Besides that, who would sell a Glock for $400?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)These guys always have the same malignant expression.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)there would be hundreds of new laws preventing millions from voting.
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)Gun control advocates struck a deal in 1968. That deal differentiated between sales from FFLs and private sales among lawful residents
Btseward
(1 post)He is a total narcissist. Oddly he is a super progressive liberal who is very much anti gun. But, in his mind, what is wrong for others isn't necessarily wrong for him. He always has a legitimate reason for his actions. Also, he left his wife. She didn't want a divorce but he realized he was gay and wanted out if marriage. He then got engaged to another woman very briefly. He said she was a gold digger and decided to put off women entirely at that point. Go look at his FB page. If you go back far enough (past the super crazy) you'll see what I mean. I do find it funny that of the two liberal forums/blogs everyone thinks he's a gun-toting conservative. He'd be so freaking pissed if he knew liberals thought this of him.