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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFourth Of July Open Carry Demonstration Draws A Deuce
Carytown open carry demonstration draws little interestNolan Richmond Times-Dispatch - More than 300 people were invited on Facebook to walk down Cary Street on July Fourth with handguns, rifles and other so-called long guns proudly displayed.
Two showed up and they were the organizers of the midday event in the family-oriented Carytown shopping district.
read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poor-attendance-richmond-open-carry
http://www.alan.com/2014/07/06/virginia-gun-activists-hold-open-carry-march-and-literally-no-one-shows-up/
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Fourth Of July Open Carry Demonstration Draws A Deuce (Original Post)
bigtree
Jul 2014
OP
shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Here's a much more awesome gun:
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Protecting the Earth from Mars since 5020!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. Those yahoos are two too many.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)3. The other 298 shot themselves while opening their front door.
billh58
(6,635 posts)4. Wonder if these two
gun nuts are on their way to Target?
dgauss
(882 posts)5. The guy with the flag reminds me of Dwight from the tv show The Office.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)6. That neighborhood looks scary
I'm so glad they've got their guns!
aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)7. Thats a good sign that open carry activists may be less active.
Open carry as a demonstration of 2nd Amendment rights is a benighted strategy.
A lot of RKBA supporters such as myself agree on that.