It turns out that one of the victims of JihadJared’s shooting spree was also a crackpot. But this time, it’s clear that the second nut truly *is* driven by political hatred. Eric Fuller was shot in the knee and back; I’m unclear just how badly. But he has been out and about, so one would assume that these were grazing shots, not gangster-style kneecapping shots. In any event he was at an event, where he went kinda bugnuts:
That’s where the atmosphere turned tense. When Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries rose to suggest that any conversation about gun control should be put off until after the funerals for all the victims, witnesses say Fuller became agitated. Two told KGUN9 News that finally, Fuller took a picture of Humphries, and said, “You’re dead.”
When State Rep. Terri Proud (R-Tucson) rose to explain and clarify current and proposed gun legislation in the state, several people groaned or booed her. One of those booing, according to several witnesses, was Fuller. Witnesses sitting near Fuller told KGUN9 News that Fuller was making them feel very uncomfortable.
Now, how do we know that Fuller was more than just momentarily wacko? He’s given at least one interview where he has displayed the sort of vile hatred that those on the far Left have so often displayed over the last decade (or longer). Some highlights:
Fuller gave an interview with the Democracy NOW radio show, in which he said of the Tucson shootings: “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle, and the rest got their first target.” Presumably he’s not talking about Judge John Roll.
“Their wish for Second Amendment activism has been fulfilled,” Fuller ranted on, “senseless hatred leading to murder, lunatic fringe anarchism, subscribed to by John Boehner, mainstream rebels with vengeance for all, even 9-year-old girls.
The description of “blood libel” is becoming more and more accurate. I will not be surprised when there is actual bloodshed over this.
