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bigtree

(85,996 posts)
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 05:29 PM Jul 2014

Fourth Of July Open Carry Demonstration Draws A Deuce

Carytown open carry demonstration draws little interest

Nolan 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
Here's a much more awesome gun: shenmue Jul 2014 #1
Those yahoos are two too many. Hoyt Jul 2014 #2
The other 298 shot themselves while opening their front door. cui bono Jul 2014 #3
Wonder if these two billh58 Jul 2014 #4
The guy with the flag reminds me of Dwight from the tv show The Office. dgauss Jul 2014 #5
That neighborhood looks scary BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #6
Thats a good sign that open carry activists may be less active. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #7

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
1. Here's a much more awesome gun:
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 05:31 PM
Jul 2014

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aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)
7. Thats a good sign that open carry activists may be less active.
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 08:55 PM
Jul 2014

Open carry as a demonstration of 2nd Amendment rights is a benighted strategy.

A lot of RKBA supporters such as myself agree on that.

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