Sister of the Man who threatened Murray says he isn't an intimidator

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100407/ap_on_re_us/us_murray_threats

Sister: Man in Murray threat wasn't an intimidator

SEATTLE – The sister of the Washington state man charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform said her brother has no history of intimidation.

Helen Evans was at the federal court in Yakima, Wash., Tuesday when 63-year-old Charles Alan Wilson made his first court appearance, hours after being arrested without incident by FBI agents.

Federal prosecutors allege that Wilson left several voicemails laden with expletives, some which included threats to Murray, between March 22 and April 4. He was charged with one count of Threatening a Federal Official.

"Obviously, my brother crossed over a line, if this is true," the 60-year-old Evans said. "But also, what can I believe when I read it? I'm not going to judge or make any assessments until I talk to him."

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"There's a target on your back now," said one message on March 22. "It only takes one piece of lead. Kill the (expletive) senator! ... Now that you've passed your health care bill, let the violence begin."

In other rambling messages over the next several days, the caller said, "I hope somebody puts a (expletive) bullet between your (expletive) eyes," and "I do believe that every one of you (expletive) socialist democratic progressive (expletive) need to be taken out."

And, he said, "I want to (expletive) kill you."

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BTW, the 19 people who flew planes into the WTC/Pentagon had no prior history of violence either so I guess that makes it ok too?

( :sarcasm: for those who can't figure that one out )

:grr:

"a quiet guy who stays to himself and never bothers anyone."

Trust me, the ones that are annoying loudmouth assholes aren't the issue because at least we know who they are and what they do and perhaps that their "Oh I could kill *****" rants are nothing more than harmless rants. But the silent ones are the deadliest because we have no fricking clue what they are capabable of doing.

"Health care reform and health care is very personal," Murray said. "As gradually this goes into effect, people will start to say, 'Wow, I didn't know that was going to help me.' Even those who are opposed and angry today, this bill helps them."

Because she was going to 'destroy' Medicare by voting for the bill, and he was going to be going on Medicare in a year.

Wonder who told him the health care reform bill was going to destroy Medicare?

And then ask her if that's her brother or not? Probably she'd still deny it, since I'm guessing she's as much a teabagger as he is.

:eyes: Much like the tea baggers aren't racist, violent or homophobic, they're just "patriots".

To me, a truly responsible gun owner doesn't feel he/she needs to own more than what is necessary, doesn't feel like he/she needs to carry it on them in a way to say "Look at Me Look at Me" and doesn't feel they need to use them in anyway that would be perceived as threatening.

Many of my family members own guns - and they keep them securely locked away where they can not be a nuisance to others. If all gun owners were like this I would say do away with all the gun laws. But since we have too many nut jobs out there making idle threats while packing heat (and probably very little training on how to use it) - gun laws are needed.

Let’s take his sister’s word for it: Charles Wilson is a harmless fellow, wouldn’t hurt a fly. I’ll take that as baseline, gospel truth. And yet, somehow or another, over a piece of legislation in Washington DC, Mr. Wilson got wound up enough to make repeated calls to Sen. Murray’s office, and left intimidating messages on her recorder. Something got him stirred up enough to threaten violence, in a complete reversal of what his family member says is his usual pattern. Think, think: What voice or voices in the public realm could possibly have influenced Mr. Wilson into changing his lifelong habits?

:think:

Oh, you betcha!

Rec it all day long.

You are so apt! Thanks for this... your lips to the universe's ear (I know, contorted, oh well!) :)

So...has she not heard the recordings?