Response From News And Observer

Received from Mark Schultz, the Durham/Orange editor of the News and Observer:

Thanks for your note, though we prefer to know who we're talking with.

Taking aim can be literal or metaphorical. They clearly are taking aim at the speeders, even if no one has lifted a gun yet. The sign itself is an implied threat.

Thank you Mark. Now that we know we should be reading the story as poetry, we feel much better about it.