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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:06 AM Jul 2013

Lock up this pinhead for violating D.C. gun laws. (Adam Kokesh loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza)

Video shows activist Adam Kokesh loading shotgun in DC’s Freedom Plaza
WASHINGTON -
A pro-gun activist celebrated the Fourth of July by loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. in an apparent violation of local weapons laws.

Adam Kokesh had someone record the incident, and the video has been posted on the internet.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier confirms that her department and U.S. Park Police are investigating the staged event. Freedom Plaza is U.S. parkland.

In the video, Kokesh, a former Marine, appears to load red shells into a pump-action shotgun while addressing the camera.

Kokesh said, "We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity."



Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22760646/video-shows-activist-adam-kokesh-loading-a-shotgun-in-dcs-freedom-plaza#ixzz2YBCh2e6u
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Lock up this pinhead for violating D.C. gun laws. (Adam Kokesh loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza) (Original Post) kpete Jul 2013 OP
YAM. MineralMan Jul 2013 #1
There's not a chance in hell that was filmed yesterday Recursion Jul 2013 #2
What a clod. This was apparently pre-packaged: "See you Independence Day." Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #5
We did this to ourselves Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #3
So you are claiming that all of our Veterans are blood thirsty killers oneshooter Jul 2013 #8
No man, not at all. Don't put words in my mouth... Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #10
USMC E5 RVN 1971, 1973 oneshooter Jul 2013 #12
U.S. Army 25th ID E-4 RVN 68-69. premium Jul 2013 #13
I'd be willing to bet that most of the people who show off with guns... Nine Jul 2013 #17
This fucking yahoo was staging an armed march on the Capitol but WIMPED OUT when the cops . . . .. Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #4
Wimped out? Sounds to me like he came to his senses. Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #11
Never mind. You missed the point because we don't think the same way. Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #18
Humanity? Laurian Jul 2013 #6
Gah! rrneck Jul 2013 #7
Wasnt it sunny in DC yesterday? bunnies Jul 2013 #9
Yes. And packed Recursion Jul 2013 #15
Facts that will, no doubt, be lost on his small-minded ilk. bunnies Jul 2013 #16
Then this guy should have been arrested also, premium Jul 2013 #14

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
1. YAM.
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:08 AM
Jul 2013

I could hear the crowd cheering him on...wait...no I couldn't. Nobody was there, except whoever was holding the camera.

(YAM = Yet Another Moron)

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. There's not a chance in hell that was filmed yesterday
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:09 AM
Jul 2013

That's one block from the Mall. And it's empty. On July 4th? Not a chance in hell.

Also it wasn't overcast yesterday.

EDIT: Actually I'm pretty sure there was a hot dog festival going on there yesterday.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
3. We did this to ourselves
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:16 AM
Jul 2013

when we sent young men and women into war. It awakens a blood lust in them that doesn't end just because they're back home. Sad really.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
8. So you are claiming that all of our Veterans are blood thirsty killers
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:53 AM
Jul 2013

And should be denied the rights of a citizen?

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
10. No man, not at all. Don't put words in my mouth...
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:11 AM
Jul 2013

I'm a vet myself. I'm just saying that you can't just turn the warrior mindset off when you get back home. I've had returning vets tell me this. I think a little counseling would be helpful. Civilians that have never served seem to think that because they're back home they can just forget where they've been and what they've had to do.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
12. USMC E5 RVN 1971, 1973
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:26 AM
Jul 2013

Yiu don't have to explain to me. Maybe just a reword would help get the proper message across.

 

premium

(3,731 posts)
13. U.S. Army 25th ID E-4 RVN 68-69.
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:35 AM
Jul 2013

Saw plenty of combat, lost friends, came home and became a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, retired with honors,
had no problem turning off the so called warrior mindset and the vast majority of returning combat vets didn't either, from any war.
Maybe you need to re-think what you wrote?
BTW, while I honor your service to our country, are you a combat vet?

Nine

(1,741 posts)
17. I'd be willing to bet that most of the people who show off with guns...
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 02:12 PM
Jul 2013

...have never seen combat.

Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
4. This fucking yahoo was staging an armed march on the Capitol but WIMPED OUT when the cops . . . ..
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:22 AM
Jul 2013

. . . . . said they would bust him if he tried it. He organized a march where armed asshats were going to sling loaded rifles over their shoulders and march from Arlington VA to the Capitol and back. The cops said "try it punk" . . . . and little Adam WIMPED OUT.

Fuck you, WIMP.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
11. Wimped out? Sounds to me like he came to his senses.
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:21 AM
Jul 2013

You don't go storming the Capitol with a gun at shoulder arms. That's just inciting trouble.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
6. Humanity?
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:29 AM
Jul 2013

This asshole thinks his actions are protecting humanity? Proliferation of guns and humanity are two concepts I would never think of together.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
16. Facts that will, no doubt, be lost on his small-minded ilk.
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 02:11 PM
Jul 2013

So now this idiot committed a crime & posted a video of him doing it. I hope he gets arrested. What a pathetic loser.

 

premium

(3,731 posts)
14. Then this guy should have been arrested also,
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:46 AM
Jul 2013

for possessing a banned 30 round mag. in D.C..
What's good for one, is good for the other.

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