People are now carrying assault rifles at presidential appearances

If you had written 25 years ago how fucked up this country would be in 2009, you would have been ridiculed an an absolute crackpot.

If you had written 10 years ago how fucked up this country would be in 2009, you would have been ridiculed an an absolute crackpot.

than probably any other hate group in history.

He's not even from AZ. He admits he was here to 'exercise his right to carry weapons'. I have no doubt he was hoping to be arrested.
What an idiot!

and require extensive investigation before one can legally own one.

I haven't seen anything indicating that the person carrying it didn't have a license that would allow him to buy/sell/carry a full-auto rifle, or more information on what exact kind of rifle it was.

How do you know it wasn't an "assault rifle"? If it was a legally owned, full-auto capable, M-16, would that count, or do you not consider any weapon to meet that classification?

talking about another firearm.

just to see how brave the rest are.

"You have the right to bring killing machines to a presidential rally. We have the right to assume that if you bring one, you intend to kill the president; there is certainly no need to have it for defense, since the only people at these meetings with weapons are

a. Secret Service, and
b. People who want to kill the president

Therefore, if your hand goes anywhere near the handle, we are going to assume you are getting ready to fire at the president, and will act accordingly.

There should be zero tolerance of firearms at presidential gatherings. There are so many McVeighs running around out there.

from some psychotic hate radio lunatic.

Your post is an outstanding piece of evidence of my OP premise.

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And while you're right that this would be ridiculous 25 years ago, so would the idea of having a black president.

jet packs not discussing how to make sure the Americans Health Care system didn't implode.

more proof of my original point

I expected a few

Even though rabid "unrec fans" never will admit that trolls misusing the feature render it somewhat useless.

This is outrageous in view of the fact that it's been stated that threats against President Obama are 400% higher than any other POTUS - I don't remember the time frame. This shit is beyond the pale.

If I were at a rally and saw that I know I would be arrested because I'd have to bitch slap that sorry sucker and would gladly go to jail for it.


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assault rifle, he would have been roughly removed and jailed, probably convicted of a crime and imprisoned.

But with a Dem president pretty much anything is encouraged.

I can't believe this shit! I don't give a rats ass about the 2nd Amendment or state law regarding concealed or not weapons. This is the PRESIDENT!! These fucking republicans piss me off in power or out. They disgust me.

Until the stolen election of 2000 I was pretty ignorant about politics. Thanks to the USSC decision re: bush v. Gore my eyes were opened.

And they never see the President. They're just waving their miniscule button sized dicks around hoping the weapons will make them grow a little

Freaked Ronnie the Hell out.

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and making it easier for the real kooks to get through.

walking among the people, shaking hands, etc., the nut cases have the same "rights" at those as they do at these things.

Again, the point is not the actual distance. The point is that allowing assault rifles at presidential events, in the hands of people who hate the president, is well and truly fucked up.

You can't carry a weapon of any kind in a school, a courthouse, a baseball stadium...

But you can carry an assault rifle within a few yards of the president!

I wonder why we're the laughingstock of the civilized world

No, you can't. From the CNN article:

Heavily armed demonstration at US political events has been around for a long time. I predict it will still be around in 25 years.

Or do you think everyone should go look it up?

California didn't like armed black men following and watching the cops, so they tried to ban carrying weapons.

30 Panthers went, fully armed, to the state capitol, pushed right by the guards.

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..gun grabbing! Tain't funny, McGee! T'ain't funny!

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eta: added sarcasm tag for those impaired.

Given our nations history of killing liberal Presidents, no one should be allowed near Obama with a gun, never mind a fucking assault rifle. And the same cops who pass around racist hate mail about our President are the ones telling us, 'There's no cause for alarm.' Fuck that! I can see where wingnuts will increasingly bring more and more guns to peaceful events until something explosive happens. We're on the verge here.

someone on another thread did just that.

Legal? Maybe. Fucked up? Royally.

because they need a large public outcry to come and take the guns.
If they just outlaw guns right now...there would be riots. etc. ..so there have to be more columbine massacres and gun scares first.
So you should be EXPECTING more of these things to happen in the very near future.
You should also be paying attention and you will find that ALL of the mass shootings are in places that guns are ALREADY OUTLAWED.
You would never see a mass murder at a police station or a NRA meeting...duh.

People who have been whipped into an Obama-hating frenzy by gun nuts are the radio are being allowed to carry assault rifles within a few yards of the president. This is very, very, fucked up

And your mental calisthentics - that this is a plot to take your guns. Is so far out there as to be unrecognizable from planet Earth. Look what you wrote. Your claim is that Beck, Weiner, etc. are whipping up hatred and paranoia among their followers, so that those nut jobs will take arsenals to Obama appearances, and one of them will take a shot at Obama, and then they'll be able to take your guns. Your claim is that Beck and the rest of Hate Radio are trying to get your guns by having one of their brainwashing victims take a shot at the president.

8 years of being on DU - this one takes the prize

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Mighty selective memory, ya got there.

Here's a couple names for a start:
Michael McLendon, Lovelle Mixon...

I am NOT for anyone bringing guns to town meetings, places that the president will be at or any of our elected officials..period.
You can bet that for every wacko carrying a gun outside in plain view there are dozens packing a concealed weapon...both the wacko and the law abiding.
Therefore I do believe there needs to be a policy, just like in the wild west where guns are checked in at the door.
However, in my post I was simply trying to point out that Beck and all the other talking right wing heads ARE trying to advance the right wing agenda which I believe is a total dictatorship.
Therefore, they are instigating violence and encouraging these wackos to brings guns and act out. I also believe that the right wing is planting a lot of these instigators in order to advance their agenda.
I don't believe it is all just racism to these heads, although to many of the wackos they appeal to, it IS simply racism.
I believe it is all part of the right wing attempt to take over America and destroy our nation and the wackos that bring guns to these events and display them are trying to intimidate everyone and to spook us into giving up our guns.
I believe the right wing agenda is to disarm us as a people.

should get used to having a little red laser dot on their foreheads.

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and every single one of those red neck hick fucks with a firearm has been "tagged", any indication of an attempt at anything and that dumbass becomes a one kill wonder.

It appears to be more about posturing and intimidation. Why is a gun needed at a health care rally? What does the 'right to bear arms' have to do with health care reform?

I see it as a way to create diversion from the topic at hand and it appears to be working since everyone is talking about guns at the rally instead of health care reform.

Because of all the attention they are getting.

Ignore them, and they will go away.

I know their mentality very well.

There are no rights which are absolute and unrestricted.

A few organized thugs have taken advantage of some poorly-run ones.

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many thanks

Why are you afraid of a black man with a gun?

Like their tactics or not, racial inequality was (and still is a reality) and the black panthers were fighting to change that.

The people at these health care forums are fighting against a totalitarian fantasy that they think will come true if Obama's health care plan passes even though it won't. They are not acting rationally, they are acting out of fear stirred up by Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

In the 60's, black folks were murdered by cops with alarming regularity.

This was morally wrong, and a few dudes figured out that it was legal to follow cops, while carrying guns, to keep the cops in check.

Black men started carrying guns. And following cops.

This freaked the hell out of white folks, and the cops.

A lot of the black folks who stood up were murdered too.

Except maybe by the Secret Service themselves. I gave this OP an unrec for putting out incorrect info.

I can't figure out which group is deeper in denial. The gun lovers or the Dittiots. But I guess there is a pretty substantial overlap.

then strive to use correct terminology. If you want to post rants, then continue with what you are doing.