A Marshfield man who planned to kill abortion providers in Madison this week was thwarted on the eve of the intended attack when his gun accidentally fired in a motel room, leading to his arrest for reckless endangerment, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday.
Ralph Lang, 63, confessed his intentions to investigators, saying his goal was “to lay out abortionists because they are killing babies,” the complaint said.
This was not the first time he has been arrested for this:
Lang had a history of targeting Planned Parenthood buildings. Court documents said he was arrested in 2007 outside a Madison branch, telling officers that everyone in the building deserved to be executed and that police were failing in their jobs by not carrying out the executions.
He told authorities he bought the .38 caliber gun about two years after his arrest “to help end abortion.”
He brought the gun to the Madison clinic last week but didn’t shoot anyone because he was having spiritual struggles, the complaint said.
Maybe he wanted to get caught - that would explain his lack of nerve the week before. We are lucky not to have a massacre on our hands. I am sure he is mentally ill, etc but it is a pretty strange coincidence that all these violent people focus their psychosis on abortion clinics.
I am sure it has nothing to do with the non-stop drum beat - Won't some brave soul rid us of these baby killers? And we are perpetually surprised that people who have problems feel the need to respond to that call?