Gun Protesters Plan March On Washington With Loaded Rifles To ‘Put The Government On Notice’

[Judi Lynn]

Gun Protesters Plan March On Washington With Loaded Rifles To ‘Put The Government On Notice’

By Rebecca Leber on May 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm

Almost 900 people are RSVPed for a July 4th march on Washington, D.C. where protesters plan to carry loaded rifles. In D.C., openly carrying guns is against the law. But the organizer of the event, libertarian radio host Adam Kokesh, says the march is an act of “civil disobedience” that attempts to prove gun advocates’ point in the “SUBTLEST way possible.”

The event’s Facebook invitation describes the march as a nonviolent demonstration, “unless the government chooses to make it violent”:

This is an act of civil disobedience, not a permitted event. We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny. We are marching to mark the high water mark of government & to turn the tide. This will be a non-violent event, unless the government chooses to make it violent. Should we meet physical resistance, we will peacefully turn back, having shown that free people are not welcome in Washington, & returning with the resolve that the politicians, bureaucrats, & enforcers of the federal government will not be welcome in the land of the free.

There’s a remote chance that there will be violence as there has been from government before, and I think it should be clear that if anyone involved in this event is approached respectfully by agents of the state, they will submit to arrest without resisting. We are truly saying in the SUBTLEST way possible that we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

More:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/05/1965191/open-carry-washington-march/

[Mnemosyne]

1. I hope the feds bring in an LRAD unit. Their fucking guns mean shit, maybe they will learn.

I am against the LRAD, but if it would make a major point with these idiots, good.

Just so sick of idiots...

[Robb]

2. Lunatics. But mostly cowards.

I predict more portapotties than protesters.

[ljm2002]

3. Good grief. I misread that headline...

...as "With Loaded Bibles".

I guess that would make sense too, in a twisted sort of way.

[RagAss]

4. Hey Assholes...if the government choses to make it violent.....

....then your life expectency from that point forward is 4 seconds.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. That's just wonderful.

July 4th, and visitors to the nation's capitol willl have to endure these ASSHOLES parading around with their iron peckers hanging out.

I hope they get rounded up and thrown in the city can until the courts reopen after the holiday.

[BlueJazz]

6. I wish we had 300 of these to "Greet them"

[Rex]

7. Gun Protesters? Sounds more like gun loving nutballs.

nt.

[Canuckistanian]

8. I say let 'em do it

And have 200 high-tech HD cameras recording them, and identifying them. Then put their names into the no-fly registry or "other" surveillance lists.

[bbernardini]

9. Will they be able to see where they're marching with their pointy white hoods on? nt

[bluedigger]

10. I'm setting the over/under at two dozen.

That's people actually dumb enough to bring guns to the event. They'll have a few dozen hangers-on encouraging them.

[marions ghost]

11. Let them do it

Let America see the reality. When people wanting to see the fireworks are scared away by these NRA supported zombies it will be very clear who really owns America.

[Cha]

12. K&R.. Brainwashed idiots Hiding behind their guns.

Too bad they don't have 2 brain cells to put together to realize no one's going to take their puking guns away from them.

thanks Judi Lynn