FTA: In both cases, the subject was not entering our site or otherwise attempting to," Donovan said. "They were in a designated public viewing area. The main thing to know is that they would not have been allowed inside with a weapon."
Representatives of the National Rifle Association did not return calls for comment.
Why would they?
Their work was done.
This story actually has Spud feeling a little conflicted.
On the one hand a lot of these protesters are the result of carefully crafted fear mongering from forces within both the republican party and the NRA.
"Obama's gonna take our guns?!!!
Well, we'll show him! Harumph!"
Problems here are two, as Spud sees it.
First, and most obviously, guys with guns and limited self control in a mob-like enviroment are prone to emotional over-reactions which could potentially turn lethal in a heartbeat.
Second, the optics are gawd awful just as they are supposed to be.
"Obama popular? Are you kidding? They are coming armed to his events now!" kinda thing.
All this fomented fear and furor is occuring despite the fact that Obama hasn't moved on "gun control" at all.
Tsk tsk.
K, but here's the conflicting thing.
These protesters are, essentially, right to demonstrate their right to bear arms openly as public protest is a birthright in any functioning democracy.
They are breaking no laws and so forth no violence has ensued.
As long as the events go off without any violence it actually goes to demonstrate that the sane, responsible, licensed gun owners are not the real problem.
America is a country founded in a revolution that ackowleged that sometimes governments become tyranical and thus a balance of powers were established that would prevent that.
And those powers *are* becoming dangerously unbalanced.
"A people shouldn't be afraid of their own government.
A government should be afraid of it's own people"
Not advocating or predicting violence just speaking some truisms here is all.
Be Well.
