MAIG protest turns into 2nd Amendment rally

[Pullo]

Bloomberg drums up support for Ohio Republican Senator.

What started out as a protest against Ohio Sen. Rob Portman turned into a 2nd Amendment rally in the Arena District Friday.

A small group of people who want stricter gun legislation and increased background checks were greatly outnumbered by an opposing group.

There were five people on one side, and at least ten times that number on the other. The groups debated the gun issue Friday at McFerson Commons Park, a grassy area south of the arch in the Arena District. .....

..... The smaller group, Mayor's Against Illegal Guns, originally started by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, came to Columbus to protest Portman, who voted in April against increased background checks.

The larger group came to support him, and it became a protest of a protest.

[link:The smaller group, Mayor's Against Illegal Guns, originally started by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, came to Columbus to protest Portman, who voted in April against increased background checks. The larger group came to support him, and it became a protest of a protest.

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Hey, Bloomberg, Ohio doesn't want your gun control.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. lol

[virginia mountainman]

2. That is epic!!

ROFLMAO... I am certain Mr Portman took note of the support...

[BigAlanMac]

3. Actually the count was better than reported

As posted on another forum by one of the pro-gun people there. (Photos bear him out)

MyWifeSaidYes wrote:
Their count ranged from 6 to 8, but we'll say 10 because we felt sorry for them.

Their 10 to our 100+ (I stopped counting when I hit 100)

[Pullo]

6. Earlier in the year, during the big gun control push ....

The protests for stricter gun control were far larger. Even still, the pro 2nd Amendment counter protesters at the time still vastly outnumbered anything Bloomberg et al. could drum up.

The difference is, this time the local media here picked up on that fact. In the spring, their reporting mostly ignored the fact that concurring pro 2nd Amendment rallies, which were much bigger, even existed.

[Eleanors38]

7. And the biggest protests by far were the gun show crowds.

[Pullo]

9. Good point

[SecularMotion]

4. All I see is a group of NRA shills & Teabaggers

Is that who you're supporting here?

[Jenoch]

5. The few post here so far appear to be

amusement, rather than support.

When MAIG came to Minnesota, pro RKBA people ignored them and about 15 people showed up in support. The media didn't give the appearance much time or space either.

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. We're just enjoying a bit of schadenfreude at the expense of...

...a decidedly less-than-mass 'mass movement'.

[oneshooter]

10. So you support Bloombergs attacks against Democrats?

How about stop and frisk? Bans on over 16oz drinks? Seems you are supporting a REAL democrat ain't ya.

[virginia mountainman]

11. So would you would like to make it six

SIX!!!! gun control advocates HA HA!!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Democracy demands unity of thought