Politics & Government

Morning Poll: Is Senator Lori Klein Lying About Pointing Loaded Gun at Reporter?

State Senator Lori Klein has an interesting yarn about how her loaded gun ended up pointed at the chest of Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas.Amongst heavy criticism, Klein issued a statement, in which she claims that Ruelas moved in front of her gun sight as she was showing him the gun.Ruelas...
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State Senator Lori Klein has an interesting yarn about how her loaded gun ended up pointed at the chest of Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas.

Amongst heavy criticism, Klein issued a statement, in which she claims that Ruelas moved in front of her gun sight as she was showing him the gun.

Ruelas denies that this is how things went down.

Read more about gunslinger Lori Klein here.

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We want to know what you think: is Klein lying about how her gun ended up pointed at Ruelas’ chest, or did the reporter move in front of it as she was showing it to him and then claim she pointed it at him?

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