Trump supporters rally downtown Atlanta with semi-automatic firearms

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ATLANTA - Supporters are gathering for a pro-Trump rally in downtown Atlanta.

The crowd is meeting on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside Centennial Olympic Park, according to the Facebook event.

We'll have more information on Channel 2 Action News as this story develops.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/pro-trump-supporters-stand-in-downtown-with-semi-automatic-firearms/495372347

What fine upstanding citizens

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. We get it, dudes. Too bad for you but you don't have to advertise it.

[underpants]

2. Wow. How fitting that they'd meet at Olympic park

In an accidental cross reference to domestic terrorism, one of them has adopted a 21st century Unabomber look.

[starshine00]

3. 2nd dipshit has his finger awful close to the trigger

I hope that gun is on safety.

To me this is terrorism. If islamist terrorists stood in a public square like this they'd be mowed down by police before even a question was asked. This is revolting, what these people believe and what this posturing symbolizes.

[rzemanfl]

12. Needs it handy to pick his nose. n/t

[Aviation Pro]

31. It's an accepted practice

Of trigger control.

[starshine00]

36. what does that even mean. Asswipe is in a public place at a political rally

not on the battle field. Fuck him and anyone that defends any of this.

[Maru Kitteh]

49. x a BRAZILLION. Fuck all those asswipes and their apologists.

[sarisataka]

60. It means that

the standard for safe handling of a firearm is your finger should be extended straight on the frame above the trigger guard. It is not making any defense or judgement as to whether or not the firearm should be handled.

[starshine00]

62. vomit

barf barf vomit. go gunsterbate somewhere else.

[sarisataka]

69. Sorry for bringing educated facts into a discussion

twenty years of service taught me a little bit about proper firearms handling. There is a word for those who choose to remain ignorant...

Gunsterbate- that's a new one. What is with the bizarre sex and guns equivalency fetish? I have never felt the need to combine the two in any way.

[sarisataka]

77. Let me give you a belated welcome to DU

And do enjoy your stay however long it may be

[better]

80. Might be beneficial

To save your ire for people who actually are your opposition on this subject. It is actually possible to know what is and is not acceptable trigger discipline and still support strong regulation or even oppose open carry.

Let's leave the vilification of knowledge to the other side.

[billh58]

84. It was only a matter

of time before the Gungeon crowd rushed to the defense of these fine, upstanding, responsible gun owners, wasn't it?

[friendly_iconoclast]

88. It was only a matter

of time before the antigun crowd rushed to the defense of willful ignorance

[billh58]

95. That's funny coming

from you.

[friendly_iconoclast]

97. Why? I have no fear of 'inconvenient' information, and feel no need to suppress verifiable facts...

...if they do not promote my agenda. It's a liberating attitude, and only zealous, self-appointed zampolits
could have a problem with it...

[billh58]

99. That's even funnier! n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

104. +1000000!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

102. You only need trigger control if you are anticipating using it any second. Hair trigger

If you are out in public in a peaceful city midday like that with armed buddies you should not be scared of an attack because if you are then you are not mentally sound and should not be allowed to have weapons.

Oh.

Republicons just made law that mentally ill people can get guns. These loons are "jumping the gun", as the saying goes.

[notdarkyet]

83. They did it when Obama made appearances, a show of intimidation.

It was very racist. I believe some court decided they had the right to bring guns to protests. Scared me. I worried for Obama.

[starshine00]

86. the only good thing about them is they are so intensely selfish

that they will not risk inconveniencing themselves in any way. They just want to intimidate. But what could happen by accident is what bothers me, and the effect on law enforcement which is already stretched to the gills with policing just the normal amount of crime in Atlanta. This is thumbing its nose at our police departments and it should be stopped and they should be locked up and prosecuted.

[starshine00]

4. and look at the poor man walking down the stree with the shopping back on the far right

poor guy is like 'holy fuck what did I just walk into'...this is unexcusable, how can it be legal

[rzemanfl]

5. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but muzzle down over concrete in the downtown of a busy city

looks stupid to me. (In addition to all the other layers of stupid).

[appleannie1943]

8. Richochet is too big a word for them to comprehend.

[rzemanfl]

11. True that. n/t

[dawg]

57. Sounds French.

Can't be real.

[HassleCat]

10. Muzzle in any direction is stupid.

[sarisataka]

27. Muzzle down is correct

as there is a significant likelihood a high-velocity round striking concrete near perpendicular will shatter instead of ricochet. Even if it does ricochet much energy will have been expended lessening any resulting injury.

An elevated muzzle leads to the saying 'what goes up must come down'

[rzemanfl]

47. Thank you. Having never carried a weapon downtown I didn't know that.

Down was fine in the woods, where I always thought guns were supposed to be used.

[sarisataka]

53. I am only noting the appropiate method of carry

not making any statement on the appropriateness of using a gun as part of making a political statement...

My opposition to such is unchanged.

[rzemanfl]

59. I did not mean to suggest otherwise. I assume concrete is something the military would

encounter. I truly did not know and made the assumption that a projectile falling at terminal velocity at random would be less dangerous.

[sarisataka]

64. Terminal velocity is a very contentious issue.

The military training is you should know where your round is going, an upward shot is uncontrolled.

I adopted a policy for my Marines I learned from a British soldier. It is the one meter danger zone. It meant that the muzzle should never stray so a round will hit more than a meter from the shooter unless actually engaging a target. If adhered to, the shooter himself is at the greatest risk if a negligent discharge happens.

[former9thward]

46. He is holding it as any gun safety person would tell you to hold it.

If he had it in any other direction there would be no end of posters screaming how he was an idiot who did not know gun safety.

[rzemanfl]

51. As I remarked to the other person who corrected me, I never carried a gun

downtown. I don't think "carrying your rifle in the big city" was even in the lesson plan.

[former9thward]

66. I guess you were not alive in Chicago in the 50s and 60s.

Where many high school students took rifles to school for rifle practice after school. They all carried them in a similar fashion with no problems. Despite the beliefs of many, guns do not have minds of their own. They do not go off by themselves.

[DFW]

70. The potential danger is not from mindless guns

But there is great potential from mindless gun owners.

[rzemanfl]

72. I left the Chicago area when I was twelve, late in 1959.

Those rifles were .22 rim fire right? I hope they weren't carried loaded. We fired .22s in the high school basement, but they were provided.

[former9thward]

79. I never carried loaded.

Yes, .22s are all that are needed for practicing aim.

[rzemanfl]

94. Those were very different times. Couldn't do that now. n/t

[appleannie1943]

6. I can't imagine being so afraid of going outside in daylight that I would have to have those weapons

to make me feel secure. What a bunch of cowards.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

14. They aren't afraid, they want to intimidate

I grew up around guns in a community where hunting is a huge part of the rural culture.
These idiots shown in this photo have absolutely no respect for firearms. If this were three non-white men it would be assumed that they were dangerous or looking to hurt someone.

[appleannie1943]

24. And I hunted all my life and never felt I had to have a rifle to go shopping. They look like what

are. Cowardly assholes that think they look tough. If they want to carry weapons like that, grow a pair and join the military.

[Afromania]

42. They look like thugs to me.

[starshine00]

87. yep they are

there is no difference whether they are wealthy frat boys or backwoods Georgia rednecks, the mental state is the same, and there is absolutely no telling how many innocent animals they have slaughtered with their dick-substitute fire power.

[billh58]

100. You hit the nail

squarely on the head. Big gun = small mind (or fill in the blank).

[starshine00]

15. They are not afraid. They want us to be afraid.

These are the volunteer brownshirt brigade. And this is very much a threat, and it makes me sick, and I am sure it makes law enforcement sick as well. Just imagine having to deal with this shit on the behalf of a presidential 'rally'...don't they have enough of a hard time dealing with this kind of armament from mafia, gangs, drug cartels, whatever, in Atlanta? If they had any respect at all for law enforcement they would leave this crap at home. I pray for a day in our country when it will be illegal to own these kinds of weapons.

[appleannie1943]

28. I worked in a PD for over 15 years. You are right. They are a threat. Not just to other people

and law enforcement, but to themselves as well. A lot of them end up getting in papers because of what they now term as "accidents". And because of people like them, it makes being a police officer a much more difficult job and the likelihood of an officer shooting someone much higher.

[grantcart]

34. They are compensating for inadequacy of their genetalia. Enlargement should be covered by the ACA

[HassleCat]

7. Nothing to worry about.

As long as you're white.

[Runningdawg]

76. And a Trump supporter

[guillaumeb]

9. If they were black, or Hispanic, or wearing kaffiyehs,

the police would already have opened fire and the inquiry would have begun.

Pathetic posturing clowns.

[mitch96]

32. I'm waiting for another Kent State massacre

And I hope to God it does not happen in this day of road rage...
m

[guillaumeb]

37. Road rage, general rage, and an armed and angry populace.

What could possibly go wrong?

[BSdetect]

13. Worst scum ever.

Is three really a crowd?

[jaysunb]

16. Oh what I wouldn't give to walk by w/ a pack of firecrackers.

Toilet paper anyone ??

[MineralMan]

22. No. Just one cherry bomb.

[billh58]

17. Another example of the

right-wing gun lobby's finest in-your-face responsible gun owners.

[guillaumeb]

39. Well, they have not killed anyone. Yet.

Is this what Jefferson imagined when talking about a well-regulated militia being necessary to the defense of a free state?

[billh58]

52. No, this is what

Donald Trump imagined when talking about a Second Amendment solution.

[guillaumeb]

56. He and Sarah Palin.

Another phony con artist.

[billh58]

63. Thanks for putting that

picture in my head: Yosemite Donnie and Caribou Barbie...

[guillaumeb]

68. Imagine sitting on a plane, you in the middle seat,

with the two of them talking over you.

Did I mention that it is a 12 hour flight?

And no headphones?

A taste of eternity!!

[billh58]

74. Just shoot me. n/t

[Hoyt]

18. Ignorant white wing racist gun humpers, Trump and NRA's base.

[etherealtruth]

25. Yep, that sums it up ... SMH

[HAB911]

35. what he said

[workinclasszero]

19. They are just waiting for the word from Duh Fuhrer to open up on

Democrats and journalists.

Get armed before Dump unleashes his brownshirts people.

[dchill]

20. Now I know I'm not a REAL man.

[Leghorn21]

21. From link:

"Those there tell Channel 2 Action News they are part of an area militia group, III% Security Force."

Actually, 6.75% of the population fought in the Revolutionary War

I looked it up

Off to check on updates for this testosterone-fest

[Afromania]

44. I remember an ap story about those guys before the election.

They really ought to just go back to their day jobs and leave people alone.

[Leghorn21]

50. Looks as if there's more of them than supporters today?

From op link:

3:29 (EST in ATL?)


"Throughout the day we're going to have more people, more Trump supporters come to this corner, showing their support for President Trump. We are going to make sure that these people are safe and have the right to have their voices heard without fear of violence or intimidation from any opposing groups." 

Hill said he has seen counter-protesters circling the block, but he and his group want to make sure things stay peaceful. 

"We want to make it known that this is a peaceful event and we're going to do everything in our power to make sure that remains the case," he said. 

Hill said he expects 20 to 30 people to show up for the rally. He said a permit is required if there are more than 35 people, but he does not think that will be the case. 

[Afromania]

54. In the AP story they claimed 300 people in various states.

"Blood Agent"

Come on, come..... the..... fuck...... on..... what are you playing Counter Strike or something? This is the mentality of these people.

https://www.reuters.tv/v/kv9/2016/11/02/in-one-georgia-forest-a-militia-preps-for-nov-9

[nolabear]

23. Both of them? That's not a rally, it's a card game.

[meadowlark5]

26. What "morans"

[Calculating]

30. Great...

These 'wannabe militia' dickbags make responsible gun owners look bad. If these 3 fools wanna play soldier so bad, they should join the military already.

[spanone]

33. trump has no interest in uniting america. his ideology is to keep his sycophants pissed off.

an army of three 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

[Eyeball_Kid]

38. Three supporters constitute a rally? I thought "Three is a crowd!" Not a rally. Oh..

And do the rifles count as three-fifths of a person? Is that why these idiots are being scary?

[BeckyDem]

40. Crazier than Trump.

[coco22]

41. Like they did to Obama..

I thought they weren't violent. Is the media reporting this too.

[Mr. Ected]

43. Imagine the same photo as above, except instead of a bunch of white guys

There were several Muslim gentlemen, all American citizens, congregating at Centennial Park, armed to the gills per the permissive Georgia state law.

They would be ambushed.

[friendly_iconoclast]

90. No need to imagine it- I give you the Huey P. Newton Gun Club:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025918684#post3





No ambush ensued...

[GeorgeGist]

45. What a crowd.

[TrekLuver]

48. Ok so 3 people now constitutes a rally? Hahahahahhaa

[saidsimplesimon]

65. Good one

Now, my puritan Quaker respect, cover the pecs. (Liberal Quakers not included)

Unlike the French and most of the civilized world, some knuckle pounders can't handle the sight.

[sarah FAILIN]

55. Y'all have to go look at the idiots FB page.. 8 people went to this "event"

There is a post that says something like "4 days out, 6 people going..please find some active Trump supporters"

Troll them if you're bored.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1189526077830058/?active_tab=discussion

[wordpix]

58. "he expects 20 to 30 people to show up for the rally" Wow, compared to the women's march

that's YUUUUGE

[onenote]

61. So sad. They must have gotten directions to the Orlando rally from Spicer.

[logosoco]

67. So they SAY they are there to support trump

but they have no signs that actually say this. Just their guns. In a down town area.

Interesting.

[otohara]

71. Atlanta Has Hunting Season? n/t

or just want to intimidate us libtards who dare carry a poster.

[Thrill]

75. When you suffer from SPS

Small Penis Syndrome

[Pachamama]

78. What would happen if a crowd over 1000 of women, minorities wearing pink pussy hats and guns were

Standing somewhere in a public area in America?

Just wondering....it seems to me that we would have police in riot gear called in and freaking out...

[friendly_iconoclast]

98. How about 20 or 30 armed African-Americans? In Texas? See "Huey P. Newton Gun Club":

https://www.google.com/search?q=Huey+P.+Newton+Gun+Club+march&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[AC_Mem]

82. What is their point

And what is their intent.

This is like a creep in a raincoat, flashing public in a park.

There is absolutely no reason to be carrying RIFLES and standing around looking like stupid rednecks. Again I ask, what is their point?

This is dangerous and should be illegal. they are not there to "protect" anyone, they are showing their dickguns and trying to appear threatening.

This is what we need to fear, not 5 year old children who they are handcuffing and deporting for our "safety"

I'm beyond disgusted. I'm physically and emotionally sick.

[iluvtennis]

85. Asswipes. Bannon & Trump will start a race war (White vs Black/Brown) in this country...scary shit

[rockfordfile]

89. There's something wrong with these people

A gun culture is the problem. If I came across a person looking like that carrying a gun like that, I would have called the police. That's not normal.

[wordpix]

91. welcome to open carry US. This is what America looks like now

in open carry states.

[oasis]

92. Time to whip out the tape measure.

[njhoneybadger]

93. How do we know who they're and what they're thinking.

They could be Isis sympathizers with intent to kill many people.

[billh58]

101. Worse than that.

They are home-grown, right-wing, racist, bigoted white-supremacy terrorists, and they are a threat to every democratic (and Democratic) principle we embrace.

[PatsFan87]

96. I'm sorry about their penises.

[Doreen]

103. Which countries does this remind you of?

Get used to this because it is these type of people who are going to be hired by him to keep an eye on us and listen to us. If they choose not to like what they see and hear from us they will take us to some type of lock up somewhere. OK, maybe he will not do martial law but he will do this.