One time shock jock and current blogger Hal Turner got one thing right. Turner, accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators, told authorities upon his arraignment on a felony charge of inciting injury to persons that, ‘”It’s certainly my intent to motivate the public to get involved in this, and certainly we hope that nobody’s going to go off the deep end and do something terrible, but … ” He then added, chillingly, ‘’You never can tell.'’

The former radio talk show host recently urged his blog readers to ‘’take up arms'’ against lawmakers and suggested state officials should ‘’obey the Constitution or die.'’ He also wrote that residents should ‘’put down this tyranny by force'’ and ‘’I suspect we have enough bullets'’ to stop any prosecutors, police officers or court officials.

The crime Turner is charged with, inciting injury to persons or property, carries a maximum prison sentence of up to 10 years. Turner claims his words are protected by free speech rights.

As the Associated Press reports, “Turner’s views have drawn scrutiny before. Two years ago, police in New Jersey beefed up security for four state Supreme Court justices whose addresses Turner revealed ‘to show they can be gotten to.’ Turner released the information after the court ruled that gay couples were entitled to the same rights as married couples.”