Video: People bringing assault rifles to Obama rallies now
posted at 7:51 pm on August 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
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And maybe not just people on the anti-Obama side, either. CNN reports seeing at least two AR-15s at today’s event in Arizona, one of which was carried by a guy standing among those waving “Reform Now” signs.
As I’ve said before, it’s a security risk and a de facto provocation to the other side. And having the right to do it is no more of a justification than bringing porn to a meeting with the president would be. Exit question: Why?
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That was supposed to be in response to:
MadisonConservative on August 18, 2009 at 8:43 PM
cozmo on August 18, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Yet I ask you to cite my attacking people, and you first protest, then provide my confoundment that a supposed conservative(as this is a conservative website, such a supposition is quite natural) is indistinguishable from a die-hard liberal.
I guess it’s all “relative”. Well, as you say, wasn’t an attack, just a statement of fact.
MadisonConservative on August 18, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Yeah. I tried to cover that in “You’re a meanie/no I’m not”.
Rightwingguy on August 18, 2009 at 9:05 PM
This thread has been a kind of Ad hominem/Strawman paradise.
Rightwingguy on August 18, 2009 at 9:07 PM
You pulled the same thing last night and I went through the trouble of finding the quotes only to have you change the subject. You can do your own work this time.
cozmo on August 18, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I love how you expect me to back up your baseless accusations.
Gun threads seem to eventually go there.
MadisonConservative on August 18, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Yeah, that’s the same thing you tried last time.
I’ll let those who paid attention decide.
cozmo on August 18, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I forgot to add sarcasm tags.
Pelayo on August 18, 2009 at 11:02 PM
At first I thought it was not such a good thing but today I heard a point made that changed my mind. Not an easy thing to accomplishment as my wife will attest. In an open carry state where open carry is common, the locals didn’t bat an eye; only the interlopers (media and Astroturfs) found it provocative. But in an open carry state like mine, where no one carries open, despite the fact that it’s legal, open carry has become provocative. In short Use It or Loose It!
Pole-Cat on August 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Unless of course you were talking about “the first Black President”.
Pole-Cat on August 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM
As the guy who wore a gun (in an open carry state) outside the Obama Townhall told Chris Matthews, he did it to show that if you do not exercise your freedoms, you lose them
The Secret Service did not arrest him and he was not beaten up by the crowd, which makes since because he was armed
Perhaps this is the best way to hold Townhall meetings. The sidearm might give SEIU members some pause. Even if the SEIU members were also armed, I assume they would still hesitate to slam an armed senior citizen up against a wall
entagor on August 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Maybe this has already been mentioned (can’t wade through 19 pages of comments to check), but I’m really wondering who let this man into the event with an assault rifle and why.
I live in an open carry state and something about this just doesn’t seem right to me.
Why was this man allowed to carry his rifle into the rally? Was the rally held in a public park? Why didn’t the Secret Service confiscate his weapon or turn him away? The man was dressed rather nicely, did someone mistake him for a Secret Service agent?
Obama recently visited my state and I heard that agents were crawling over every inch of the area in advance of the presidential visit, turning over every little leaf and rock. I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t have let me carry an AR-15 into the town hall meeting.
jix on August 19, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Um, because he has every right to have that weapon and carry it?
Would you have preferred they rescind his rights?
MadisonConservative on August 19, 2009 at 1:40 AM
I definitely would not have preferred it if they had rescinded his rights.
Again, maybe this was covered earlier, but I sort of assumed there might be exceptions to the open carry laws that apply to gatherings when the president is present. E.g., although my state is open carry, citizens may not enter City Hall wearing a gun.
I’m not saying that I think it’s right, I’m just wondering.
jix on August 19, 2009 at 3:32 AM
Our tax dollars hard at work training violence from another
right wing radicalFBI agitator.maverick muse on August 19, 2009 at 6:18 AM
By the way Allahpundit, AN AR-15 IS NOT AN “ASSAULT RIFLE”! The fact that you labeled it as such demonstrates quite well that you are part of the anti-gun problem.
rspock on August 19, 2009 at 11:45 AM
You know what would be nice? It would be nice if we lived in a country where people don’t piss their pants because they see a weapon. Bravo for these citizens for reminding their neighbors of their rights.
thegreatbeast on August 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM
And not tangential to this discussion, what are the crime stats for AZ? I’ll bet $ to donuts that they are purty good.
thegreatbeast on August 20, 2009 at 11:47 AM
No offense intended, but read the material under discussion. This guy never got near Obama or his mode of transport. He never saw Obama. He couldn’t even deliver the Evil Eye.
thegreatbeast on August 20, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Last comment was directed to jix.
thegreatbeast on August 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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