Reply #114: The main problem here.

[Atypical Liberal]

The main problem here is that this man sabotaged the Occupy Atlanta protest.

1) The one (1) man with an AK-47 was legally carrying and not brandishing;

And yet by his own admission the gun was there as a symbol of the last resort should the government try and stop the protest. Doesn't this sound just the teensiest confrontational?

2) The demonstration was shut down by a "liberal" mayor because of alleged "escalation" (1 above);

We all know that all governments everywhere are pretty much against these protests. So here's a clue: don't give them a fucking excuse.

3) The man legally carrying the firearm was NOT arrested;

And conveniently he left before the police came in and started arresting people. So much for his claim that he brought the gun as a symbol of the last resort should the government try and stop the protest.

He was all hat and no cattle.

4) The atmosphere created for above was created by the overwrought fears of gun-controllers; and

When you have a man carrying an assault rifle in public, publicly proclaiming that he brought the rifle as a symbol of the last resort should the government try and stop the protest, I think you could say that there are some valid concerns.

Hell, it's entirely possible that this guy, who already said he doesn't agree with the protesters, came simply to act as a disruptor.