By Adam Hollingworth
Security guards at the Herald on Sunday suggested staff were concerned about their safety after Michael Laws made threats about their journalists.
On his RadioLive programme laws suggested journalists at the Herald on Sunday had gone rabid and if he had a gun he would shoot them.
Mr Laws' programme took what the Herald on Sunday journalists believe was a sinister turn when he singled them out over their handling of the so-called teapot tapes, suggesting the media had gone mad.
“The Herald on Sunday for example, which is rabid all the time. No idea why somebody hasn't taken the shotgun there and just cleaned out the entire newsroom."
Herald on Sunday journalists considered laying a police complaint. Editor Bryce Johns says staff were glad there was extra security on the door on Friday.
Former National Radio and RadioLive host Brian Edwards says Mr Laws may have overstepped the mark.
“As a columnist and talkback host Michael Laws is paid to be outrageous, offensive and frequently irresponsible. And he does all that very well.
“And the idea is to get a reaction, however once you're suggesting that we kill an entire group in society I think that may well be against the law.”
But today two days after his controversial comments, Mr Laws was not backing down.
“I don’t think a shotgun would have worked you see, it would have been more stake and garlic.”
3 News approached Mr Laws' bosses at RadioLive to ask whether they were taking disciplinary action against him. They did not return our calls.
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