<div dir="ltr"><div>As a curious bystander, eye witness at the "peace" rally I can tell you that the counter protesters were very respectful, kept their distance, and engaged in absolutely no threatening behavior what so ever. They didn't even laugh at any of the silly statements made by the speakers!</div>
<div> </div><div>Also, who ever claimed there were 100 attendees at this event must have had a horrible case of double vision. You'd have been hard pressed to number the crowd at 50 even if you included the second amendment supporters and on lookers such as myself.</div>
<div> </div><div>g</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Paul Rumelhart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Just as an aside, why do you think the people who were, in effect, counter protesting were "in mean spirit", and why do you assume that their express purpose was "to intimidate"? Carrying a gun in public seems like an elegant counter protest to an anti-gun protest. They were simply exercising their second amendment rights. Much better than making signs, getting bullhorns, chanting slogans, and so forth, in my opinion.<br>
<br>I believe that's what Wayne was referring to when he was talking about the protesters being "worried and afraid". Wearing a gun on your hip is not meant to be taken as a threat. <br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br>
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<div><div><div style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I cannot believe you just equated people who in mean spirit brought guns with the express purpose to intimidate to what was essentially a peace rally to people suffering under a history of racist bigotry. <br>
Have you no decency? </div><div><br><b>"I'm a bit puzzled by someone really "worried and afraid" when others freely exercise their Constitutional rights.<br><br>It reminds me of when I was living in Georgia and the whites were "worried and afraid" about the blacks, and wondered why the 13th Amendment was passed!<br>
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