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My joke was spawned by the fact that Jimmy Wales is (or at least was) an avid gun owner and gun rights advocate. I am very distant from Jimmy Wales on this plank in the political spectrum. I suspect that men who feel the need to emphasize their masculinity with frequent [http://web.archive.org/web/20011214134105/http://www.jimmywales.com/shotgun.html firing of their guns at groceries] may be compensating for deficiencies in other armament categories.
My joke was spawned by the fact that Jimmy Wales is (or at least was) an avid gun owner and gun rights advocate. I am very distant from Jimmy Wales on this plank in the political spectrum. I suspect that men who feel the need to emphasize their masculinity with frequent [http://web.archive.org/web/20011214134105/http://www.jimmywales.com/shotgun.html firing of their guns at groceries] may be compensating for deficiencies in other armament categories.
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Over the course of time, Jimmy Wales has been [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=490016615&oldid=490015895 spouting off] about how he's afraid of Gregory Kohs because of this "sick fantasy" as he calls it.
Wales also says that he [http://www.mediaite.com/online/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-i-am-unwilling-to-register-to-vote-because-of-stalkers/ doesn't register to vote] because of his fear of a "stalker", presumably Kohs.
Gregory Kohs '''responds''':
In actuality, the gun I am shown holding above is owned by a municipal police officer, and it was being fired on a private shooting range. The sidebar comment was just a joking, throw-away retort back to my friend Nicole Boxer, after the photo had been posted for more than two-and-a-half years. [http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/josephrunas/jim/arton12931-1332a.jpg Jimmy Wales] is a [http://web.archive.org/web/20010801233331/http://www.jimmywales.com/shotgun.html gun] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturday-night_special&oldid=280255 enthusiast], not me. Jimmy Wales is lying about being threatened, as usual.
For any of the ding-dongs who still believe that Jimmy Wales is capable of penning one stroke of truth about me, let me set straight the record: I do not harbor any desire whatsoever -- either tangible or fantasized -- of firing a weapon near, toward, across, sidelong, underneath, above, over, zig-zaggy, in serpentine fashion, or at Jimmy Wales, his family, or his ex-family.
My joke was spawned by the fact that Jimmy Wales is (or at least was) an avid gun owner and gun rights advocate. I am very distant from Jimmy Wales on this plank in the political spectrum. I suspect that men who feel the need to emphasize their masculinity with frequent firing of their guns at groceries may be compensating for deficiencies in other armament categories.