Smoky Mountain Journal -National Rifle Association Spokesperson Dana Loesch Having To Flee Home Due To "Repeated Threats" From Gun Control Advocates




The Great Smoky Mountain Journal Staff, Wire Reports Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 06:33 PM


National Rifle Association Spokesperson Dana Loesch Having To Flee Home Due To "Repeated Threats" From Gun Control Advocates
National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch said Sunday she was preparing to move from her home "due to repeated threats from gun control advocates." In a series of tweets, Loesch explained some of the threats she has recently experienced. Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch #MeToo. Spent my weekend preparing to move due to repeated threats from gun control advocates. 1 "One guy hunted down my private cellphone number, called when police were here, threatened to shoot me in my front yard," Loesch wrote. Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch #MeToo. Spent my weekend preparing to move due to repeated threats from gun control advocates. 1 pic.twitter.com/cQoZzOYXPt Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 2 One guy hunted down my private cell phone number, called when police were here, threatened to shoot me in my front yard. #MeToo In another post, Loesch said someone posted photos of her house, and "threatened to rape me to death." 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 2 One guy hunted down my private cell phone number, called when police were here, threatened to shoot me in my front yard. #MeToo 3 Another guy created a string of social media accounts, posted photos of my house, threatened to rape me to death. #MeToo The threats haven't just targeted Loesch, but have also focused on her children. 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 3 Another guy created a string of social media accounts, posted photos of my house, threatened to rape me to death. #MeToo Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 4 Another gun control advocate, after threatening to hunt me down and assault me, dragged my kids into it. #MeToo 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 4 Another gun control advocate, after threatening to hunt me down and assault me, dragged my kids into it. #MeToo Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 5 I’m grateful that my kids’ school worked with law enforcement and private security to ensure campus safety, and work with me. #MeToo 8:51 PM - Oct 15, 2017 40 40 Replies 620 620 Retweets 1,692 1,692 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy "I’m grateful that my kids’ school worked with law enforcement and private security to ensure campus safety, and work with me," she wrote. Loesch said she's only discussed these threats "kinda vaguely," and noted there were others she "can’t discuss." 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 6 I’ve only ever discussed these issues kinda vaguely. More I can’t discuss. I and other 2A women are sexually threatened regularly #MeToo Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 7 I’m not sad, just determined. Maybe someday ppl will drop the ideological boundaries and not cherry-pick concern. Maybe someday. #MeToo 8:55 PM - Oct 15, 2017 66 66 Replies 580 580 Retweets 1,943 1,943 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 5 I’m grateful that my kids’ school worked with law enforcement and private security to ensure campus safety, and work with me. #MeToo Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 6 I’ve only ever discussed these issues kinda vaguely. More I can’t discuss. I and other 2A women are sexually threatened regularly #MeToo 8:53 PM - Oct 15, 2017 100 100 Replies 683 683 Retweets 1,676 1,676 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy "I and other 2A women are sexually threatened regularly," she wrote, referring to women who support the Second Amendment. 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch I’m not sad, just determined. Maybe someday ppl will drop the ideological boundaries and not cherry-pick concern. Maybe someday. #MeToo Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 8 When you think of it, it’s amazing/sad to see the treatment of women on social media who do not identify as progressive. 9:01 PM - Oct 15, 2017 104 104 Replies 814 814 Retweets 2,438 2,438 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 8 When you think of it, it’s amazing/sad to see the treatment of women on social media who do not identify as progressive. Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 9 I see conservative women regularly abused on social media by some of the same people slamming Weinstein. 9:03 PM - Oct 15, 2017 85 85 Replies 948 948 Retweets 2,772 2,772 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 14h Dana Loesch ✔ @DLoesch Replying to @DLoesch 9 I see conservative women regularly abused on social media by some of the same people slamming Weinstein. Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch 10 The culture is only non-conservative women deserve respect. It’s idiotic, demonstrated daily, and deserving of more than 140 chars. 9:05 PM - Oct 15, 2017 73 73 Replies 670 670 Retweets 2,115 2,115 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy To wrap up her posts, Loesch wrote, "Maybe now you understand why I believe all women have the right to defend themselves with 2A and expand their skills w training." Follow Dana Loesch ✔@DLoesch Re my last: Maybe now you understand why I believe all women have the right to defend themselves with 2A and expand their skills w training. 9:39 PM - Oct 15, 2017 117 117 Replies 622 622 Retweets 2,649 2,649 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy She recently slammed "Saturday Night Live" actors who made fun of gun owners in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, saying during an appearance on "FOX & Friends," they "lack the courage of their own convictions." Loesch said the anti-Second Amendment jokes are told by celebrities who often have armed security guards to protect them. "Why don't you give up the firearms that your private security is holding?" she said. "You're not being more virtuous just because you're paying someone else to carry it. You're outsourcing it because you lack the courage of your own convictions."