I received this E-mail in response to my article on the RKBA

[BattleRifleG3]

I just got this E-mail, titled "In BattleRifle's name: $50 donation made to the Brady Center"

Originally Posted by e-mail

Dear BattleRifle,

I came across one of your postings on GunandGame while browsing reactions to the March 9 Federal Appeals Court decision finding Washington, DC's gun ban unconstitutional.

Obviously it wasn't one of your more well-researched postings, but a blind rant against Nazi Germany and "Stalinistic Russia". It reminded me how many anti-gun control advocates are low self-esteem videogame and movie junkies. I promptly made a US$50 donation to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

I hope that you've come around and given up your childish attachment to guns since that posting. Maybe you've started weight-training like me. A muscular build is a superior substitute for guns.

If you have not come around, know that your rant put a few more resources into efforts to regulate guns in this country.

***Name changed to protect the ignorant***

I am open to suggestions on how to respond, or not. I have no interest in getting into a flame war that people participate in recreationally.

Ideas I've had:
1.) Concisely point out the fallacies in his statements about me in a reply, which would be my last.
2.) Reply that I'm sending $100 total to one or more pro-gun associations.
3.) Remove my E-mail address from public view and tell people to contact me through private messages instead for permission to use and information to cite the article.
4.) Try to track down and remove my screenname from any record of his donation to the Brady Campaign.

[toolman]

I would suggest contacting the Brady Bunch and tell them that it is a fraudulent donation(if it was even made!), and you do not wish to be associated with their organization. I would also point out to your secret admirer, that what he did was akin to a mild form of identity theft if you wanted to pursue it. I'm sure you are an NRA member so I would contact them with this info as well. Good Luck!

[CrazyIvan]

LMAO, this is a joke, right? I can see it now, some 30-some year old guy sitting on his couch, rocking back and forth harshly and watching Elmo: "Guns are evil" he mutters to himself.

I thought it was funny when he made the comment: "I hope that you've come around and given up your childish attachment to guns..."

Our government and military is all about guns and weapons. Is this person saying they are mere children? DOH!

We should figure out this guys name so that when SHTF we know not to go to his house to save him. When the govt is able to come & knock on his door requesting all of his money and telling him where to go work and what time to report for his meals because the public has no way of defending itself...he will know what this right does for a country. All of these countries worldwide which do not allow the public to own weapons...their taxes are upwards of 50-70%. Do you think it would reach that height in our country without some type of repose? I think not.

Many crimes are committed every year by people with guns. I ask what percentage of those individuals acquired that weapon legally. What percentage of those individuals would have passed the background check to purchase a weapon. What percentage of those individuals were generally a good person to begin with.... I can, without a doubt, say that those percentages are very, very low.

This email you received really upsets me. I suppose this guy/gal would love it when someone attacks them and their family that they have no legal way to defend themselves...

What a MORON!

[troylaplante]

One thing I would do is to remove the name change and allow his email and name to be made public. Let the public see it and respond to him directly. I have not personally read your post in question yet, but will do so.

His "muscular build" is no match for a hollow point. If I had to choose one or the other, I would take the ability to propel a projectile at supersonic speed.

[Rave]

"Name changed to protect the ignorant." Who's name did he change?
He sounds like someone who should mind his own business imo.

[BattleRifleG3]

I changed his name because I wasn't about to post it on a public forum. So he is the ignorant one.

[SKS NOOB]

Heh. Change the words around where it supports us and I know I've heard gun advocates speak the same way.

I have posted this before So I will say it again: Our forefathers put it there for a reason. Know your enemy. But most of all, know what you are fighting for. Evidentally, the person who sent you that e-mail did not know what he or she was fighting for.

[Stopper]

I go for idea #2 and do it in his real name or screen name. I got a kick out of weight training will be a good substitute for guns - what a douche! You should weight train and carry a gun, .50 cal and that weigth training will really come in handy!

[Rave]

[troy2000]

I'll volunteer for some controlled laboratory experiments to find out if a muscular build is really a superior substitute for guns, as long as he's the other half of the experiment....

[just_a_car]

I not sure what you should do here BRG3... I mean, you could take a semi-high road and just ignore it, but the donation in your name was a little much.

FYI: I am not a lawyer.

At the other extreme, you may be able to put together a case for a lawsuit for Defamation of Character as your username is well-known in many gun circles and with the email you have, there is evidence that it was done maliciously against you by this person. It appears from sites I've been reading that there has to be evidence of "damages", such as lost wages or less votes. I think the first thing you should do is to find out if Brady Bunch has published or will publish the donation and even if they don't, alert them to the fraudulent donation. A threat of valid legal action is always something that "morally right" *cough* groups tend to listen to.


Here's some info on Defamation of Character, I think your's would be Libel if it gets published by Brady Bunch: Slander and libel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[troylaplante]

I just donated $50 to the Gun Owners Foundation to counter the Brady donation. In the comments line, I put "For http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/powder-keg/36358-i-received-e-mail-response-my-article-rkba.html"

Donations there are tax deductible. GOF

[Midas]

The Brady Campaign doesn't know how to play fair, if they play fair, they lose. I'd track down the worthless POS and ream him out

[BattleRifleG3]

Nice!

I was thinking of donating to JPFO since since my online enemy here made note of my references to Nazi Germany and Stalinistic Russia. JPFO would be the one to support in the face of someone who hasn't learned the lesson of genocide.

[troylaplante]

One thing that may also help is the legal decision of USA v. Emerson by the 5th Circuit of Appeals that ruled that gun ownership is an individual right. USA v. Emerson (5th Cir. 2001) That entire site GunCite: gun control and Second Amendment issues may be helpful to you in answering the acerbic troll.

http://www.grnc.org/images/nine_myth...un_control.pdf

GunCite: The Myth of Nazi Gun Control

[Big Dog]

If you are an NRA member, you probably received their offer of a cut-rate life membership for a family member/friend. I'd buy a friend the Life Membership, and let Mr. Muscles know about it. Also clue him in about Defamation of Character, Identity Theft and Libel - and that he is crossing the line. He backs off, or you report him to the Dot.Gov for investigation. THEY can find him.

[Zephri]

people just never learn when their going too far.



hmmm...I wonder how much muscle it takes to stop a 7.62x54r yellow/silvertip?

[BattleRifleG3]

That's not the direction this discussion should be taking.

A better response would be that guns protect the muscular and handicapped alike.

[just_a_car]

Originally Posted by Zephri

people just never learn when their going too far.



hmmm...I wonder how much muscle it takes to stop a 7.62x54r yellow/silvertip?

Mmmm... tastey Hungarian Steel Core Heavy Ball.

Tastes like chicken... er, I mean, victory!

[Zephri]

Originally Posted by BattleRifleG3

That's not the direction this discussion should be taking.
A better response would be that guns protect the muscular and handicapped alike.

Yes I understand

I'll stay away from posting things like that next time.