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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Virginia Man Temporarily Detained After Protesting Obama With Loaded Weapons On Highway Overpass"
Virginia Man Temporarily Detained After Protesting Obama With Loaded Weapons On Highway OverpassHUFFINGTON POST | By Caitlin MacNeal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/obama-overpass-protest-virginia_n_3829902.html
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A tea party protester was temporarily detained on Tuesday after taking to an overpass in Hopewell, Va. with multiple guns to rail against President Barack Obama, according to WTVR, a Richmond, Va. CBS affiliate.
The protest was part of a campaign launched by conservative groups at the beginning of the summer, aiming to gather support for a movement to impeach Obama by standing on highway overpasses with signs.
Brandon Howard took his protest a little further: he was carrying a loaded assault rifle and a semi-automatic handgun on the overpass. He claimed that he was exercising his right to free speech and his right to bear arms by holding a sign that read "Impeach Obama" -- and wearing his guns.
We have a tyrant in office right now; he thinks hes a king," Howard said to WTVR. If we dont exercise these rights, the rights have no value."
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"Virginia Man Temporarily Detained After Protesting Obama With Loaded Weapons On Highway Overpass" (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2013
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applegrove
(118,022 posts)1. Good lord they are deluded and even scarier...taking action. Such is the
life of GOP pawns and patsies.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Just another responsible gun owner. nt
Robb
(39,665 posts)3. Man alone with rifle in elevated position.
Yeah, baffling he got any friction with that act.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)4. I lived in and around Hopwell for 10 years.
From the article;
"...and he moved his signs to Colonial Heights (pretty much adjacent to one another).
CH's nickname was/is Colonial Whites as Petersburg (the 3 cities are known as, you got it, the tri-cities) is mostly Black and CW/CH is...
All in all, a bunch of nasty little towns a bit south of Richmond.
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)5. OMG I always worry that one of these some racist asshole cracker
is going to get a shot off at Obama. God help our nation...just keep praying for his safety.
Cha
(295,929 posts)6. Idiot.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)7. Another Impeach Obama bozo heard from...
...these people are all nutjobs.