Ed Huntress wrote:

Of course not. The whole point was the *situation* in which those characters
were carrying. It was the proximity to the president, and the environment of
a group of political demonstrators, that got them the attention they so
eagerly sought. And they got it, as they know perfectly well, because they
created an ambiguous "message" that implied a threat. That's why the media
were there. And getting attention was their whole point. If there hadn't
been the ambiguity of the "message," including the possibility of a threat,
no one would have paid attention.


And whether any of you bozos realize it or not
he did those of us who own gun NO favors at all.


THIS is not the kind of publicity we want on public TV.