"John R. Carroll" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"RBnDFW" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"David R.Birch" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

Not well, Squeaky couldn't even chamber a round.

David
That was good luck, wasn't it? Somebody forgot to leave one in the
chamber for her. Otherwise...
Otherwise she would have shot herself in the foot.
So, who's the next Squeaky? One of those gun-toters we've been
talking about? How can you be sure? How close do you want them to
get, before the SS takes them out?
Dunno, most of the gun owners I know, left and right, are
responsible citizens.

It only takes one. And those people who try to kill presidents
carry guns where the presidents are. So having people carry guns
around a president is a little loony, wouldn't you agree? One
hundred responsible citizens who like to show off their guns, and
maybe one John Hinckley, all in the same crowd. Hmmm....

Here's what I wonder: How many of those "protesters" milling around
the guy actually were Secret Service agents ready to take him out
if he made the wrong move? How many .300 Win. Mag sniper rifles
were trained on him by SS sharpshooters?

I'm really curious. There was one unattributed comment by some SS or
administration official to the effect that they "had a perimeter in
mind," but the gun-toters in all cases were nowhere near it.

Which still leaves the question, just what is it they were trying to
"say" with their loaded guns, in a crowd with police all around?
What was the message? Can you give us some insight about that?

The message was the same as the other messages - the signs, and the
chants, and the mass gathering:

Free exercise of basic rights to free speech, assembly, and bearing
of arms. Freedoms not exercised are eventually lost

I would say the individual who did this achieved his goal, by
starting a national discussion on the limits of this right.

Unless he just shifted the political center a notch or two towards the
gun-control side, which I strongly suspect is the case. I'm watching
for polls.

Were there ever to be effort to reinstate the federal assault weapons ban
this guys and his buddies will end up poster boys.


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John R. Carroll

I suspect you're right.

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Ed Huntress