So the fuggers have brought out their weapons to protest the President

[malaise]

Well done morons.

[flamingdem]

2. where what?

no tv

[arcane1]

3. Huh?

[winstars]

4. In Oregon, right now. The are lining the motorcade route of the Prez, some armed....

On the TeeVee now. He will drive by them in about 45 minutes...

[MoonRiver]

5. Protesting the president offering his condolences to families of those massacred.

How special.

[branford]

14. I believe this type of protest purportedly in support of gun rights is self-defeating

and entirely unproductive, but President Obama did explicitly advocate politicizing the tragedy.

In a area of Oregon where support for gun rights remains quite strong even after the shooting (look who they elected sheriff), such a protest is entirely unsurprising. As usual, I also predict there will be no actual criminality or violence from the protestors.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

16. I predict Secret Service has the kill shot ready for every one of them.

[Human101948]

6. Remember how during the Bush Jr. administration peaceful protesters were penned?

Often at great distances from the event. Not hard to imagine that they would have been arrested for a stunt like this.

[saturnsring]

15. they were called free speech zones

[Human101948]

20. another Orwellian distortion of the language...

Jeebus I hate those people!

[dmr]

21. Remember the Bush*/Cheney loyalty oaths?

I'd post a link but my cell phone isn't cooperative.

I'm not happy about them carrying guns near the president (no matter which party). I would think it would make it easier for anyone to show up and to do harm.

I'm sure it's far more taxing for the Secret Service, and more expensive.

[countingbluecars]

7. Sick gun humpers. n/t

[Cleita]

8. Secret service should arrest all of them for posing a threat to the President IMHO.eom

[restorefreedom]

9. unbelievable. he is paying a condolence call

and these idiots are out protesting because they want to keep their guns. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Unfortunately though it's their kids that in some cases died. Not that it would ever convince the gun nuts, obviously even the death of their own children doesn't convince some people.

[olddots]

10. this will get very ugly

Hope I'm wrong .

[Vinca]

11. What absolute, total morons.

Maybe they'd change their tune if their loved one was on the "shot dead" roster. As a previous poster noted, the Secret Service should round them all up and arrest them for threatening the POTUS.

[B Calm]

12. One idiot was waving the rebel war flag out of his pickup window, lol.

[countingbluecars]

13. Seems his issue with the president

is more than guns.

[olddots]

17. Any pictures of this embarrasment ?

Hopefully these maggots can be recorded .

[nykym]

19. There will be plenty of picture taking but

not for release to the general public.
The Secret Service will have a photo with names addresses and type of gun.

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Here's a bunch

http://www.kval.com/news/local/Photos-Protesters-await-Obama-in-Roseburg-331701191.html

[MuseRider]

18. Armed? Didn't there used to be a law

about not allowing weapons when the president was around? Maybe it was a suggestion that doing so would mean forfeiting your weapon or getting arrested? I simply cannot believe it is OK to ever be anywhere near a president with a weapon unless you are on the job working to protect them. My god, I remember when GW was being driven down the road that passes almost where I cannot see it from my farm. I was out working that the secret service were patrolling where I could see them with weapons and watching me work just in case. No cars, no people NOTHING was allowed to use any of the roadways around where he landed for hours. Maybe it was the big sign I had placed on the roof of my barn that they flew over?

[malaise]

24. But but but

This time it's an African-American President-time to put that uppity (fill in the blank) in his place.

[spanone]

23. big men with teeny-tiny pistols