Pro-gun ‘Patriot Groups’ Plan Dual Rallies In Washington On Disputed April Anniversary (April 19th)

[Purveyor]

The date April 19 seems to have a strange echo in American history.

According to the media, a pro-gun group planning a rally in Washington, D.C. on that day is doing so because it is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. While technically correct, that's not half the story.

The controversy surrounds two groups: Oath Keepers and Second Amendment March; one, a rapidly growing association of current and former military and law enforcement personnel who've sworn an oath to uphold the constitution, even if ordered otherwise; and the other, a pro-gun group organizing rallies across the country.

While Oath Keepers forbids its members from ever ushering U.S. citizens into a military tribunal or a detention camp, its promotional materials tend to focus on resisting the Obama administration -- even though their items of concern are artifacts from the Bush administration. They were the subject of a recent profile in Mother Jones magazine, which characterized them as deeply resentful of President Obama.

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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0405/progun-patriot-groups-plan-dual-rallies-washington-disputed-april-anniversary/

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. April 19th - the day Charlie Manson was sentenced.

Helter skelter.

[nemo137]

3. Also, the OKC bombing and the last day of the Waco standoff

which I think are more on their minds.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Yeah, but sometimes i wonder -

the idea behind Helter Skelter WAS to initiate a race war. Something a lot of these teabaggers seem to advocate.

EDIT: Besides, I LOVE the idea of linking them with Charlie Manson - it would SOO piss them off.

[Tailormyst]

6. First battle of the Revolutionary war.

[jwirr]

2. According to the "Concord Hymn" April 19 is the day "the shot heard

round the world" was fired in Concord, Massachusetts and the beginning of the revolutionary war.

[nemo137]

4. Wow, I somehow completely missed that.

Thank you for telling me.

[jwirr]

7. Old history - I am old enough to remember the death of FDR and I

assume they do not teach these little trivial facts in school anymore. It just stuck in my mind all these years.

[nemo137]

10. No, the sad thing is I had to memorize "Concord Hymn" in school.

I'd just been so focused on militia mythology I'd forgotten that other things might have happened on April 19th. Thank you.

[KG]

8. Charles Alan Wilson regrets he won't be making the trip.

[marmar]

9. This country is becoming one big Nuthouse.

nt

[political_Dem]

11. Isn't this around Columbine and the VT shootings? eom

[piedmont]

12. Why would they WANT to be associated with the OKC terrorism?

Do they think Americans have forgotten how God-awful that was? How's that going to be received in Oklahoma?