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In reply to the discussion: Man carries a gun into a city council meeting, caught on video! [View all]another_liberal
(8,821 posts)44. Being able to feel fear . . .
Being able to feel fear is a basic survival instinct, right? Let's not blame those who were frightened and fled the room.
The guy may have been completely within his rights to carry a gun there, but he might have thought a little about the first Amendment rights of those who also came to that meeting with something to say. Many of them will likely never go to another such meeting, they have been effectively silenced.
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Man carries a gun into a city council meeting, caught on video! [View all]
virginia mountainman
Jan 2013
OP
So you have no issue with the council members trying to BREAK the law??
virginia mountainman
Jan 2013
#8
You see intimidation of politicians using guns as a good thing? Something to be aplauded?
ehrenfeucht games
Jan 2013
#58
You know by ATTEMPTING to ban him.. They may have broke the law...
virginia mountainman
Jan 2013
#15