Police in Arlington, MA this week seized a “
large amount” of weapons and ammunition from local businessman Travis Corcoran after he wrote a blog post threatening U.S. lawmakers in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). In a post on his blog (which has since been removed) titled “1 down and 534 to go” — 1 referring to Giffords and 534 referring to the rest of the House of Representatives — Corcoran applauded the shooting of Giffords and justified the assassination of lawmakers because he argued the federal government has grown far beyond its constitutional limits. “It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately.
Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone,” he wrote in the post.
“We certainly take this as a
credible threat,” Arlington police Captain Robert Bongiorno told reporters, adding that “
multiple federal law enforcement agencies” were involved. Authorities also
suspended Corcoran’s gun license, though he is currently not facing any charges.
Corcoran calls himself “
an anarcho-capitalist” and while his blog has been taken down, based on his
Twitter page, he appears to hold views similar to those of many in the anti-government libertarian wing of the conservative movement, like many tea party activists. Anarcho-capitalism is a radical
subset of libertarianism, and is often referred to as “
libertarian-anarchy.” For example, echoing calls from
many on the right, Corcoran tweeted, “it is
unconstitutional for the Feds to even run a department of education.”
In a
http://twitter.com/%23!/tjic&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Twitter exchange with reporter Laura Leslie, Corcoran lays out a conventional anti-government philosophy, and explains in depth why he views assassination as legitimate:
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