# More ricin in the mail, this time with a "pry my guns from my cold, dead hands" message. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719 "2013-05-30T16:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/1 "2013-05-30T16:12:36Z")
[Letters sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun-control group. NBC News, citing a source it did not identify, reported that the letters warned: “You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns.” NBC said the letter concluded with the line: “What’s in this letter is nothing compared to what I’ve got planned for you.”](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/30/bloomberg-guns-ricin/2372183/) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/2 "2013-05-30T16:17:30Z")
Obama got one too. The Secret Service is going to hang whoever sent them up by his non-existent balls. Then the FBI gets to play “Whack the piñata.” I hope they film it for YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/3 "2013-05-31T00:41:31Z")
Is ricin available at grocery stores now? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/4 "2013-05-31T00:48:23Z")
That poison comes from the castor bean plant which, basically, grows like a weed. Readily available and legal to grow, can probably find some feral examples in your neighborhood if you look hard enough. Really, it’s amazing how much toxic crap either exists naturally or is easily obtained from nature. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/5 "2013-05-31T03:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > “You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face. The right to bear arms is my constitutional God-given right and I will exercise that right till the day I die.” I bet the NRA is so proud of their little nut job. They need to start prosecuting these people for attempted murder in addition to any other charges. If they find this guy and this is a federal offense, won’t they take away his precious? Then what will he have left to fondle? ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/6 "2013-05-31T03:52:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Is ricin available at grocery stores now? Castor beans are easy to obtain and it is easy to make at least crude levels. All of the ingredients/tools are totally legal to have. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/7 "2013-05-31T04:25:57Z")
This is a set-up by Obama to make proud gun-loving Americans look like crazies! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/8 "2013-05-31T05:07:12Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > This is a set-up by Obama to make proud gun-loving Americans look like crazies! And this defines the sane end of some parts of the wide world around you. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/9 "2013-05-31T05:16:33Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > This is a set-up by Obama to make proud gun-loving Americans look like crazies! I think the NRA se this whole thing up because it would so obviously be blamed on Obama as a false-flag operation. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/10 "2013-05-31T06:13:24Z")
I think Bloomberg set the whole thing up knowing that the NRA would be blamed for trying make everyone think Obama set it up as a false-flag operation. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/11 "2013-06-07T22:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > [Associated Press](http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20130607/NEWS/130607022/Authorities-Pregnant-Texas-actress-arrested-in-ricin-case-) > > TEXARKANA, TEXAS — A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for orchestrating the scheme herself, a law enforcement official said Friday. > > :snip: > > Officials have said the search was initiated after [Shannon] Richardson contacted the FBI and implicated her husband, Nathaniel Richardson. > John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, told the AP on Thursday that his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife. He said his client was cooperating with authorities investigating the letters, which were sent last month to Bloomberg, his Washington gun-control group and the White House threatening violence against gun-control advocates. > > “There are a lot of factors I’m aware of that indicate (Nathaniel Richardson) was set up in this deal by her,” Delk said. [Delk has said that his client “married the wrong person.”](http://www.ksla.com/story/22531795/sources-wife-arrested-in-new-boston-ricin-investigation) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/12 "2013-06-07T22:18:01Z")
I’m guessing [this is her IMDb page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3652549/). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/13 "2013-06-07T22:33:39Z")
A bitter woman going through a divorce gets revenge by mailing ricin and trying to implicate her husband. The similarities to the guy trying to frame the Elvis impersonator are amazing. So neither ricin case was political. It was just about revenge. People don’t seem to realize the seriousness of a ricin crime. The Feds aren’t playing around. > **[AP sources: Texas actress arrested in Texarkana in ricin case](https://katv.com/archive/ap-sources-texas-actress-arrested-in-texarkana-in-ricin-case)** > > ABC News reports Shannon Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, was arrested in Texarkana. It was not immediately clear what charges the mother of five would face. > [@](#): > > John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, told the AP on Thursday that his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife. He said his client was cooperating with authorities investigating the letters, which were sent last month to Bloomberg, his Washington gun-control group and the White House threatening violence against gun-control advocates. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/14 "2013-06-08T00:39:38Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’m guessing [this is her IMDb page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3652549/). Nope, this is: [Shannon Richardson - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3735316/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/15 "2013-06-08T04:20:16Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > I bet the NRA is so proud of their little nut job. I bet you’re so proud of how wrong you turned out to be. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/16 "2013-06-20T04:14:10Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > I bet the NRA is so proud of their little nut job. > > They need to start prosecuting these people for attempted murder in addition to any other charges. > > If they find this guy and this is a federal offense, won’t they take away his precious? Then what will he have left to fondle? [‘Pro-Gun’ Ricin mailer turns out to be Hollywood anti-gunner](http://weaponsman.com/?p=9018) And the outcry in the mainstream media is deafening. Or not. Amazing how the mainstream sources are conspicuous in the absence of details about her political leanings. How’s that crow \*\*Enkel \*\*? Like some salt to make it a little more palatable? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ricin-in-the-mail-this-time-with-a-pry-my-guns-from-my-cold-dead-hands-message/659719/17 "2014-07-16T21:57:28Z")
In what should be the final chapter in this storyline. [Texas Woman Who Sent Ricin Gets 18 Years in Prison](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-woman-sentenced-ricin-letters-case-24579400)