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I can recall back in 2010 when Tea Party Republicans would go to Obama rallies with semi-automatic or fully-automatic weapons strapped on their backs, including AR-15s and M-16s.
Of course, no one felt threatened by those people.
Direct threats of violence - with guns.
tblue37
(65,357 posts)blood of martyrs and tyrants.
kentuck
(111,095 posts)With his talk of division and his uncanny ability to not know when to shut the hell up.
lapfog_1
(29,204 posts)Some assembly required." That was the one that made my blood boil.
I went to a "congress on your Corner" event with my then Congressperson, Gabby Giffords... 2009 I think. They had a line form along a entry wall at the local Safeway... they provided chairs because many of the people were elderly. This meant that we all "moved up a chair" every time the line moved. There were also a number of these AR-15 gun nuts with their "Don't tread on me" flags. After moving a few times up the line... a guy two chairs behind me moved and a handgun (revolver) fell out of his pocket and hit the linoleum floor. We were so lucky that the gun didn't fire. It caused quite a stir with everyone nearby and there was a security guard who had a few words with the idiot that dropped the gun.
A little over a year later she was shot and a number of other people murdered at a very similar event.
Arkansas Granny
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