September 20, 2004
Athens News

Charges dismissed in road-rage incident

By Jim Phillips

Two men who were involved in a July "road rage" incident in which one of them pulled a gun both have had criminal charges against them dismissed, and have agreed to enter court-ordered diversion programs.

On Sept. 13, the cases of Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo, 43, and James Kirkendall, 49, were resolved in Athens County Municipal Court. McAdoo, a local ophthalmologist, was facing a charge of aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor. Kirkendall, of South Canaan Road, was facing a lower, fourth-degree charge of menacing.

In a July 9 incident, McAdoo reportedly pulled out in traffic on South Shafer Street, cutting off Kirkendall's vehicle. Kirkendall then allegedly approached McAdoo's vehicle to berate him about his driving.

McAdoo claims Kirkendall threatened him with physical harm, and the complaint filed against Kirkendall in Municipal Court alleges that "by his yelling and aggressive behavior toward the other driver (McAdoo), and by threats made to police officers about the other driver, did cause the other driver to believe that James Kirkendall would physically harm (him)."

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September 16, 2004
NEWS RELEASE

Does Sen. John Kerry, a supporter of the so-called "assault weapons" ban, own a "Communist Chinese assault rifle," as suggested by his remarks in the October issue of Outdoor Life?

If so, the Second Amendment Foundation wants to know where Kerry keeps that rifle, if it is legally registered, and how the senator got it into the United States, SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb said today.

"Senator Kerry's own words once again trip him up in an apparent hypocrisy," Gottlieb stated. "Responding to a question from Outdoor Life about whether he is a gun owner, and if so, what's his favorite gun, Kerry strongly intimates he has an assault rifle, which is illegal to own both in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C."

The Kerry quote appears on Page 82 of the October issue of Outdoor Life. In that comment, the senator states, "My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam. I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle."

"Here's another example of Kerry running on his Vietnam service history," Gottlieb observed, "which has become a major campaign issue, for the wrong reasons. Now he's talking as if he's got an assault rifle stashed somewhere, while he's been railing against their ownership by other law-abiding American citizens.

"Senator Kerry," Gottlieb demanded, "where's the rifle? In which one of your mansions are you hiding that gun? Why should it be okay for you to have a Communist Chinese assault rifle when you think nobody else should have one? And if you don't have one, why would you intimate to Outdoor Life that you do?

"Senator," Gottlieb continued, "you told a crowd in St. Louis on Sept. 10 that, ‘As a hunter, I have never ever thought about going hunting with an AK-47 or an Uzi or anything else'. So, then why would a Communist Chinese assault rifle be your favorite gun?

"Whether he is lying about owning the gun, or just being a hypocrite," Gottlieb concluded, "this remark is just more proof that Senator Kerry is full of crap."

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