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Related: About this forumPro-gun display seeks to educate O'Rourke rally attendees at Kent State
There were few signs of unrest during Wednesday evenings Kent State University visit from Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke, as gun-rights supporters turned out for a promised open-carry display to counter the former U.S. congressmans outspoken push for gun restrictions.
Ron Jones of the Akron-Canton Proud Boys, along with a handful of its members and its supporters, stood across from the crowd of supporters awaiting ORourke. On a table in front of Jones sat a mix of rifles and smaller firearms, all secured with metal rope and padlocks. A sign on the front asked onlookers, Which one of these should be banned?
ORourke recently presented a proposal for a mandatory gun buyback program during the third Democratic presidential debate. Kent State alumnus Brett Pucillo commented on a Record-Courier Facebook post that people should join him in an open carry demonstration at the event. Jones said the Proud Boys did not work with Pucillo, but that they supported his efforts and wanted to do something similar.
Because the outdoor area of Kent State University is considered public property, Jones said, the Proud Boys were able to demonstrate close to the crowd awaiting ORourke.
Read more: https://www.record-courier.com/news/20190925/pro-gun-display-seeks-to-educate-orourke-rally-attendees-at-kent-state
(The Record-Courier, Ohio)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LW1977
(1,238 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ret5hd
(20,564 posts)that the NRA will not allow attendees to bring into NRA conventions.
Just sayin.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatrickforO
(14,605 posts)feel when confronted with toxic masculinity. Maybe it is a bad analogy, but a Walmart got shot up by a white right-wing nut job who drove ten hours to kill brown-skinned people in El Paso, Beto comes out strong for gun controls, and then at a Beto rally, these white right-wingers bring guns to 'educate' students and 'bridge the gap.'
Pretty tone deaf, if you ask me. And really egocentric - seems like these gun nuts are so into their rights that they are willing to sacrifice our children.
Toxic white supremacy, I guess.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,289 posts)fucking cowards.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided