{"id":1031,"date":"2009-08-25T23:07:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T04:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2009-08-30T19:50:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T00:50:31","slug":"guns-near-obama-fuel-open-carry-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/guns-near-obama-fuel-open-carry-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns near Obama fuel ‘open-carry’ debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a surprisingly even-handed article, MSNBC writer Mike Stuckey provides an interesting overview<\/a> of the recent furor over firearms near the president, and how various groups perceive the impact of these events.<\/p>\n

It does rather display the open contempt that some people have for our basic civil liberties. For example, a fellow named Jim Kessler (of Third Way, the successor organization to the anti-self-defense group Americans for Gun Safety), is quoted as saying that openly carrying firearms near the town halls is the sort of thing done by “a very tiny faction of the extreme right wing that’s a real paranoid conspiracy theorist group.”<\/p>\n

Wow. So, to this fellow, peacefully exercising a basic civil right is evidence that you think The X-Files<\/a> is a documentary. I confess, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the thought process that produces that kind of assertion. You know, if anything, I would think that paranoid conspiracy theorists would be afraid to go anywhere near the President.<\/p>\n

What I like most about this article is the quote from White House spokesman Robert Gibbs:<\/p>\n

The White House, hoping to allay fears of a security threat, has said that people are entitled to carry weapons outside such events if local laws allow it. “Those laws don’t change when the president comes to your state or locality,” spokesman Robert Gibbs said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The laws don’t change because the president comes to town? Maybe it makes me an “extreme right wing paranoid conspiracy theorist”, but I think it is refreshing to have an administration that doesn’t<\/em> consider itself above the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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