Kim Adkins' campaign office vandalized

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Days before the election for the 20th District seat in the Virginia Senate, Democrat candidate Kim Adkins received a startling message on Saturday morning.

On Saturday, staffers with Adkins’ campaign discovered an act of vandalism had been perpetrated on her Martinsville campaign headquarters, a building located at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Market Street. The graffiti, written in orange paint, read: “Back off, Bi—-” and also featured a crudely drawn target symbol.

Stanley didn’t speculate on the culprit’s motive, though he noted that Adkins – herself a former NRA staffer – had supported an executive order recently signed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe barring guns in certain state offices and closing some purchasing loopholes.

“My opponent, despite her working for the NRA, has certainly supported gun control measures in the past,” he said. Adkins has said publicly that she was a Second Amendment supporter.

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/kim-adkins-campaign-office-vandalized/article_6392227c-8009-11e5-a6ff-bb0c5be6a62a.html

File this under gun politics

[RandySF]

1. Kick

[sarisataka]

2. Yup gun politics

Earlier this week, Stanley filed a complaint with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office over an alleged threatening message he received from former Henry County Supervisor and gun-control advocate Andy Parker.

[SecularMotion]

3. Parker's response

“I don’t own a gun,” Parker said. “I have a pellet gun, that’s it. ... If he thinks I’m going to be a threat to him other than a political threat, that is just mind-boggling.”

[Duckhunter935]

5. And the actual threat

"In an interview after McAuliffe’s radio remarks, Stanley highlighted a comment Parker made Tuesday night beneath a post touting an endorsement of Stanley by the NRA.

The comment, one of more than a dozen Parker posted to Stanley’s page within roughly 30 minutes, accused Stanley of failing to offer condolences after the shooting and concluded: 'WHEN YOU SEE ME AGAIN, YOU BEST WALK THE OTHER WAY LEST I BEAT YOUR LITTLE ASS WITH MY BARE HANDS.'"

http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_e1fe7c32-353d-5f18-8647-2e0b851461e0.html

So he's made threats of physical harm before. Mind boggling indeed, how could one come to such a conclusion?

[Eleanors38]

9. Beating with barehands. Does that occur more often than with rifles?

[Duckhunter935]

10. I believe so

[Kang Colby]

4. Highly unlikely that this was the work of pro-2A advocates.

Possibly done by Adkins herself to whip up sympathy. 99.999% of Martinsville residents have no idea who Kim Adkins even is. Martinsville is an area in Virginia that was economically devastated by outsourcing in the 1990s.

I can almost guarantee you this was done by another woman who felt (rightly or wrongly) Adkins was encroaching on her man.

[flamin lib]

7. Yeah and Sandy Hook was a false flag too.

Do you have any idea how completely off the chain that comment makes you look?

[Eleanors38]

8. I note this Stanley guy didn't speculate as to motive.

Maybe we should wait and see how an investigation plays out. Sounds like pretty punky behavior in any case. Stanley didn't help much, either.

[Kang Colby]

11. False equivalence.

Comparing a national horror with a local yokel whodunit act of vandalism is ridiculous. The fact is no one has any idea what that act of vandalism even means. Implying that it is related to gun politics at this point is speculation. Kim Adkins is a former NRA employee, who at most acknowledged tacit support for Terry McAuliffe's meaningless posturing on gun control.

[flamin lib]

12. You made your bed . . . nt

[gejohnston]

23. While I certainly don't think SH was a false flag

nor do I think it was a hoax, hoaxes do happen to gain attention. As mentioned before, it is a false equivalence.
Two examples
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/acid-attack-hoax-why-did-she-say-attacker-was-black/
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/minister-sentenced-to-2-years-for-staging-fake-hate-crime-at-his-home/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/oberlin-racism-incidents_n_3811610.html

Granted, none of these cases have anything to do with the OP, but the possibility does exist.

[ileus]

6. Odd that the spray paint is in little sections, instead of long sweeping motions.

Looks a whole lot like someone was trying to make this look like something it isn't...


For sure done by someone that has zero experience with the ole rattle can.

[SecularMotion]

13. The bizarro world of the gungeon

Where DU members defend Republicans and attack Democrats.

[beevul]

14. Mhmm.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172140392

[SecularMotion]

15. Not even close

[beevul]

16. Supporting the org that attacked Democrats, as you have done...

Supporting the org that attacked Democrats, as you have done, and continue to do...I can see why you'd prefer to wave that away, them being founded and funded by a racist and all.

[SecularMotion]

17. Are you talking about this gun control group?

Bloomberg's gun control group targets Virginia state races

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's gun control advocacy group is pouring $2.2 million into TV ads backing two Virginia candidates for state Senate, in a bid to wrest control of the chamber from Republicans.

A victory on Tuesday by one of the Democrats backed by Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety would switch control of the 40-seat Senate in the state, home of the powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby.

That could be a big boost for Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe, a gun control advocate who is seeking legislative victories as he heads presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's election effort in Virginia.

"Guns are always a hot-button issue in Virginia," said Stephen Farnsworth, a political analyst at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. "It's a wise investment to put money in a campaign that matters."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/02/us-usa-election-virginia-idUSKCN0SR1AG20151102

[beevul]

18. Thats the one.

Founded and funded by this guy:

Micheal Bloomberg said he wants to disarm urban minorities...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172160362

Surely you haven't forgotten his 'stop and frisk' policies as mayor, which quite disproportionally effected minorities as well, right?


Let me guess:

All is forgiven.

[SecularMotion]

19. I suspect that NRA supporters don't care about policy that disproportionally effects minorities

They attack Michael Bloomberg for his support of gun control.

[beevul]

20. And I suspect that people that support his orgs care nothing about his race issues.

I suspect that NRA supporters don't care about policy that disproportionally effects minorities

And I note the uncomfortable fact that people who support his orgs seem to care nothing about his race issues.

They attack Michael Bloomberg for his support of gun control.

At least they aren't hugging him, licking his boots, or turning a blind eye to his racism.

But theres only a few degrees difference there, right?

[SecularMotion]

21. Please explain how Bloomberg's support of gun control is racism.

[beevul]

22. Please, explain where I claimed that it was. N/T