Blog post prompts police to seize weapons from Arlington businessman.
Remember Travis Corcoran, the owner of HeavyInk.com who lamented that the man who shot Representative Gabrielle Giffords didn't kill her? Well, he's under investigation by the Arlington police department for his comments.

Police have seized a “large amount” of weapons and ammunition from an Arlington businessman while investigating if comments he allegedly made online were intended as a threat to U.S. Congressmen and members of the U.S. Senate.

Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan has also suspended the firearms license of Travis Corcoran, 39, who runs the online comic book business HeavyInk.com in Arlington.

Police Captain Robert Bongiorno said Monday that police suspended Corcoran’s firearms license on the grounds of “suitability” pending the results of an investigation into whether a comment Corcoran allegedly made online was intended as a threat in reference to the Jan. 8 shooting in Arizona that left six people dead and 13 wounded.

After U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in the rampage, Arlington Police Captain Robert Bongiorno said police received information that Corcoran posted a comment online saying “one down 534 to go” in reference to Giffords and the other 534 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Bongiorno said police found the comment reposted on ComicsAlliance.com in a story that said Corcoran first made the comment in a blog. Bongiorno said Corcoran has since redacted the comments, but police consider the threat to be credible until they can prove otherwise. Police have also contacted federal law enforcement agencies about the comment.

Corcoran, who did not immediately return a phone call requesting comment Tuesday, has not been charged with a crime, Bongiorno said.

Corcoran surrendered his weapons and ammunition to police at his home on Evergreen Lane in Arlington last week after his firearms license was suspended, police said.

Bongiorno said the length of the suspension or whether Corcoran’s license will be revoked will be determined by the outcome of the investigation.

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	emily_goddess 2011-01-19 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, my first thought was "why him and not Palin?" OTOH, if I'm not comfortable with the idea that unless you prosecute everybody, you can't prosecute anybody. Especially since we're talking about different states and different local police forces. Why should Arlington, MA base its law enforcement decisions on what Wasila, AK is doing? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	queencallipygos 2011-01-19 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	Why should Arlington, MA base its law enforcement decisions on what Wasila, AK is doing? My apologies for not being clear; I was speaking more rhetorically. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	emily_goddess 2011-01-19 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Sure, and I agree. In principle, it would be nice if law enforcement was consistent nationwide. And really, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that some unfamous Alaskan might have gotten the same treatment, that part of what protected Palin was her fame. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snarkhunter 2011-01-20 03:53 am UTC (link)
	Um, because Sarah Palin, while she has said a fuckton of stupid, offensive shit and was incredibly inappropriate in the map-with-crosshairs imagery, never actually said something like "one down 534 to go" immediately following the shooting of a Congressperson? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

staroverthebay
2011-01-20 05:46 am UTC (link)

This. She never outright said to KILL any human being. She used violent imagery and violent rhetoric, but she didn't come out and outright say "Kill this person!"

There's a difference between implying violence and outright calling for it.

I don't like Sarah Palin one bit, and I think she needs to get off her martyr-bus and fucking APOLOGIZE for her over-the-top "Take Back the 20" campaign, but let's not demonize her any further than she's already done herself.

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