{"id":73394,"date":"2020-02-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73394"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:36:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:36:02","slug":"justice-must-be-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73394","title":{"rendered":"Justice Must Be Served!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You know me.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8221;m an uncompromising proponent of 2nd Amendment rights.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it was with horror that I saw the MNGOP last week attacking the Dorr Brothers &#8211; the purveyors of &#8220;Minnesota Gun Rights&#8221;, as well as a pro-life and pro-Trump group &#8211; last week.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One could call it defamation &#8211; saying something untrue about someone, that&#8217;ll harm their reputation in the community, with malicious disregard for the facts.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve publicly urged the Dorr Brothers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mitchpberg\/posts\/10157719103715642\">Facebook link<\/a> and on the air) to take their case against the MNGOP to court, to lay the record out in public &#8211; the financial records <em>proving <\/em>their nonstop advocacy for gun rights &#8211; and forever shut down the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39222\">allegations<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39619\">that<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39637\">they<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39640\">are<\/a> just a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39721\">bunch of hucksters<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=19550\">fleecing<\/a> gullible Minnesotans with aggressive rhetoric (always aimed at pro-gun Republicans, almost never at anti-Gun Democrats.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if they took my advice and filed those papers yet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But while I wait for word, I thought I&#8217;d point out the toll that this effort has taken on the Dorrs.  They posted this yesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73395\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-473x1024.png 473w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-139x300.png 139w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-768x1662.png 768w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-710x1536.png 710w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8-946x2048.png 946w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-from-iOS-8.png 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those personal attacks are really a sign of desperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like this one, before the 2019 legislative session, aimed at Bryan Strawer and Rob Doar, the  director and lobbyist for the MN Gun Owners Caucus, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200208-115614_Meme-Generator-Free-934x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200208-115614_Meme-Generator-Free-934x1024.jpg 934w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200208-115614_Meme-Generator-Free-274x300.jpg 274w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200208-115614_Meme-Generator-Free-768x842.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_20200208-115614_Meme-Generator-Free.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Again.  Here&#8217;s hoping the Dorrs take their case to court, and throw those books open, to defend their legacy of rigorous integrity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know me. I&#8221;m an uncompromising proponent of 2nd Amendment rights. And so it was with horror that I saw the MNGOP last week attacking the Dorr Brothers &#8211; the purveyors of &#8220;Minnesota Gun Rights&#8221;, as well as a pro-life and pro-Trump group &#8211; last week. 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