{"id":86,"date":"2019-05-24T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2019\/05\/24\/why-are-gun-control-lobbyists-so-violen\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:30:25","slug":"why-are-gun-control-lobbyists-so-violen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Gun Control Lobbyists So Violent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6159,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.demers-blaisdell.com\\\/about.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20191018195038\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.demers-blaisdell.com:80\\\/about.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 13:18:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 02:58:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 02:58:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6160,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/sos.nh.gov\\\/lob042419BlBu.aspx?id=8589987681&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sos.nh.gov\\\/lob042419BlBu.aspx?id=8589987681&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6161,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/patch.com\\\/new-hampshire\\\/concord-nh\\\/law-enforcement-lobbyist-arrested-assault-other-charges&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/robert-blaisdell-20190524105801-95681500.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"529\" data-original-width=\"705\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/robert-blaisdell-20190524105801-95681500.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo by Manchester (NH) Police Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nDon&#8217;t be this guy!<\/p>\n<p>Robert Blaisdell, 44, of Manchester, New Hampshire is a well-known lobbyist in the New Hampshire Statehouse. Blaisdell is the managing partner in the lobbying firm of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demers-blaisdell.com\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demers, Blaisdell, and Prasol, Inc<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/sos.nh.gov\/lob042419BlBu.aspx?id=8589987681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Among his many clients<\/a> are the NH Troopers Association, the NH Police Association, <b>Everytown for Gun Safety<\/b>, Bank of America, and Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>Why not be this guy? Other than being a lobbyist, his bio make him sound like an upstanding citizen serving on numerous municipal boards and school foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to The Patch, he was involved in a &#8220;domestic disturbance&#8221; on the evening of May 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/concord-nh\/law-enforcement-lobbyist-arrested-assault-other-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Patch:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>(He) was arrested on May 2, 2019, and <b>charged with domestic violence-simple assault, false imprisonment, and criminal mischief<\/b>. According to court documents and scanner chatter, a large police presence was sent to a Union Street address at around 9 p.m. for an incident that had escalated from a domestic disturbance.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived and after conducting an investigation, police charged Blaisdell with three counts. They allege that he &#8220;knowingly&#8221; confined a family member &#8220;so as to substantially interfere with their ability to physically movement by holding the laundry room door closed over a period of several minutes&#8221; when the person tried to leave the room. Blaisdell is also accused of stepping on the person&#8217;s hand during the disturbance. Court documents also allege that he grabbed the victim&#8217;s cellphone and &#8220;using his hands in a twisting motion thus cracking the screen and rendering the phone useless, causing damages in excess of $100.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;I wonder if when gun controllers push for more gun control it is because they think most people are violent like them. Hint &#8212; we aren&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>\nH\/T Rob Reed<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Manchester (NH) Police Department Don&#8217;t be this guy! 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