# some asshat tried to stab the GOP candidate for CA-15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 11, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190 "2018-09-11T22:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/21 "2018-09-12T13:57:29Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Man, people are out to get Republican politicians like they are black men or something. For that analogy to be true, cops would have to be shooting unarmed GOP candidates. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/22 "2018-09-12T13:58:52Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I’m waiting until all the facts are in before making a judgement. There were good people on both sides of the knife. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/23 "2018-09-12T14:43:42Z")
Don’t most GOP candidates carry guns now, in accord with the NRA, if not abject obedience? For that all important “whip out” moment? How best to judge the caliber a candidate? ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/24 "2018-09-12T14:44:51Z")
Y’know, if the weapon in question was a Swiss Army Knife, we’d have evidence of foreign terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/25 "2018-09-12T15:09:06Z")
French Army knife, tiny little white flag next to the tweezers. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/26 "2018-09-12T15:37:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In the full article, it says Fazeli only took out the switchblade after Peters had already wrestled him to the ground. I think you should re-read the article. I do not believe it says anything of the kind. But I could be wrong; can you quote the article? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/27 "2018-09-12T16:01:29Z")
I’m surprised this was stopped without a good guy with a knife. Serious response. The details are murky at this point, but on the assumption that he instigated the attack, then this was wrong and he should pay the price. Violence is a poor substitute for civil discourse, and while there may be times through history where violence was necessary, this wasn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/28 "2018-09-12T16:49:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How does a knife malfunction? Most commonly for switchblades, the blade doesn’t open far enough to latch in place. This can happen with [both out-the-front](http://uniqueblade.com/catalog/Out_The_Front_Switchblades-31-1.html) and [side opening designs](http://www.uniqueblade.com/catalog/Side_Opening_Automatic_Knives-4-1.html). A weak spring, improper lubrication, pocket debris, or a combination of these things can be the cause. Less commonly, lever lock designs like [this Hubertus](https://german-knife-shop.com/product/hubertus-special-pocket-knife-large-cartridge-ejector-stag/) are sensitive to having the release lever properly depressed. If the lever isn’t pressed far enough, the locking pin drags across the base of the blade during opening. Typically, the blade stops only partially open. Another possibility is a broken mainspring. One typically finds out the spring is broken when one presses the release and nothing happens. Cheap automatic knives are generally more prone to problems than better quality makes, but even good ones are finicky. I have a Hubertus Camper (imagine a Swiss Army switchblade). It is a solidly made, well-crafted knife. Even so, it requires a drop of lube from time to time, doesn’t like pocket lint, and you better press that lever firmly if you want it to open properly. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/29 "2018-09-12T18:22:39Z")
My congressional district. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/30 "2018-09-12T18:50:21Z")
See, this is what happens when gun control advocates get violent. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/31 "2018-09-12T18:53:45Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I think you should re-read the article. I do not believe it says anything of the kind. > > But I could be wrong; can you quote the article? I’m not **RA** , but I presume this is the part he was talking about: > [@Rudy Peters](#): > > He picks up a coffee cup to rear back and throw it at us. And I jumped around the table. He throws the coffee cup and misses us. It hits the ground and breaks,” remembered Peters. “So I come out and grab him and wrestle him and throw him down to the ground. > [@CBS](#): > > He said that was when Fazeli pulled out a knife. So, by the candidate’s own account, Fazeli started with verbal abuse, then threw a coffee mug (which I believe constitutes assault and would certainly have been cause to arrest him). Peters then grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground. That’s where the direct quote ends, but according to the next line, he said that that was the point at which Fazeli pulled the knife. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/32 "2018-09-12T19:00:18Z")
Farzad Fazeli? Right now, somewhere in America, someone is posting to a message board how this shows that the alliance of MS-13, Antifas and ISIS is now operational. Someone who isn’t kidding. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/33 "2018-09-12T19:24:33Z")
Read the comments on the article. (Strong stomach recommended.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/34 "2018-09-12T19:24:38Z")
So we’re all agreed that stabbing people is bad? Finally, a Great Debate that results in a consensus. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/35 "2018-09-12T19:32:32Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Read the comments on the article. (Strong stomach recommended.) Couldn’t get past ten. Cry, the beloved country. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/36 "2018-09-12T20:16:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How does a knife malfunction? The victim lived. That’s a sign of a defective stabbing. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/37 "2018-09-12T22:10:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Farzad Fazeli? > > Right now, somewhere in America, someone is posting to a message board how this shows that the alliance of MS-13, Antifas and ISIS is now operational. Someone who isn’t kidding. As I said, I live in this congressional district. It is a real melting pot. For example it is about 30% Asian. Most of my neighbors are Chinese, Indian, or Filipino. My wife is a teacher in a neighborhood public elementary school. ALL of her students are Indian or Chinese. Around here a name like Farzad Fazeli would be considered completely normal. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/38 "2018-09-12T23:25:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Farzad Fazeli? > > Right now, somewhere in America, someone is posting to a message board how this shows that the alliance of MS-13, Antifas and ISIS is now operational. Someone who isn’t kidding. I thought that was the whole point of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/39 "2018-09-12T23:38:05Z")
A witness’s account: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212757434877971&set=p.10212757434877971&type=3&theater)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-asshat-tried-to-stab-the-gop-candidate-for-ca-15/821190/40 "2018-09-12T23:58:32Z")
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