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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Character Study Who Could've Predicted That the Founder of the Minutemen Was a Dangerous, Gun-Waving Maniac?

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Not his wife... until now.

Chris Simcox's wife is seeking a divorce and alleges in court documents that he twice brandished a gun and threatened to shoot his family in late 2009 - four years after he helped found the Minuteman movement that drew thousands of anti-illegal immigration activists to patrol the border.

Simcox worked recently as an adviser to J.D. Hayworth, who is challenging Sen. John McCain in Arizona's Republican primary. A Hayworth spokesman says Simcox is no longer affiliated with the campaign.

A judge in Phoenix ordered Simcox to surrender his guns and stay away from his family.

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Awww...nothing like a good divorce preceding to lift the spirits!

Posted by mrbombit on June 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM

So belligerent jerks are often belligerent jerks? Interesting.

Posted by Proteus on June 8, 2010 at 1:05 PM

Aw, man - Don't talk shit about D. Boon!

(That was my first quizzical response)

Posted by oxyala trio

on June 8, 2010 at 1:06 PM

Guns don't kill people. They just have this uncanny knack for attracting and drawing in unstable people.

Posted by Telsa Grills on June 8, 2010 at 1:53 PM

"A judge in Phoenix ordered Simcox to surrender his guns"

I've got a bad feeling about this...

Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 8, 2010 at 1:55 PM

@5: Yes. When you have a jingoistic, nationalistic, gun-waving psycho — particularly one from Arizona — and you order him to surrender his firearms, you can be reasonably sure that it'll end in a blockade and shots fired.

I'm sure the future ex Mrs. Simcox is shocked, just shocked at how her husband degenerated over the last few years, not realizing that the sickness was always there. It was merely masked under a thin veneer of respectability that began cracking a half decade ago.

I'm beginning to feel a little like the famous frog in the hot frying pan. The temperature is rising, and it might be a good idea for me to start thinking about jumping the hell out, and soon.

Posted by warreno

on June 8, 2010 at 3:32 PM

I thought this post was refering to Mike Watt.

Posted by fourfingersdown on June 9, 2010 at 12:34 AM

Apparently no one here is familiar with what goes on in family court or the Lautenberg Amendment.

Accusations of domestic violence are common. Women do this and/or attorneys encourage this because them/their clients the upper hand in court. The advantages of doing this are legion: disorients the guy and puts him on the defensive, destroys his will to fight, makes women look better in custody battles, paves the way for restraining orders that force the guy out of his home so he can't get ahold of important documents and evidence, drains his monetary resources so he can't hire a competent lawyer...and of course the satisfaction of having "got" someone if they have a grudge against him.

Family court makes a mockery of due process and civil rights. Accusations of domestic violence in divorce procedings are like "I've got an 8 inch dick!" claims on craigslist. Common, but unlikely to be true. To sum up, the fact that this guy's soon-to-be-ex made the accusation is hardly evidence that her accusations are true. But it plays into political preconceptions and Bob's your uncle.

Posted by Peter Principle on June 13, 2010 at 9:52 AM