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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGun-rights group organizing delegates to open carry assault rifles at Texas GOP convention
A controversial Texas gun group has called on activists make the Texas Republican Party convention the next front in their battle for the right to openly carry assault-style rifles as many places as possible.
Last week, the gun-rights group Open Carry Tarrant County sued City of Arlington for changing a city ordinance that made it more difficult for its members to approach motorists with pocket-sized copies of the Constitution while they were carrying rifles.
In a recent Facebook posting, the group attempted to call attention to its cause by organizing Republican delegates to bring long guns and black powder revolvers to the Texas Republican Party convention later this week.
All delegates, I urge you to open-carry the whole time, Open Carry Tarrant County coordinator Kory Watkins wrote. I will be a delegate with my AK 47. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.
Last week, the gun-rights group Open Carry Tarrant County sued City of Arlington for changing a city ordinance that made it more difficult for its members to approach motorists with pocket-sized copies of the Constitution while they were carrying rifles.
In a recent Facebook posting, the group attempted to call attention to its cause by organizing Republican delegates to bring long guns and black powder revolvers to the Texas Republican Party convention later this week.
All delegates, I urge you to open-carry the whole time, Open Carry Tarrant County coordinator Kory Watkins wrote. I will be a delegate with my AK 47. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.
MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/gun-rights-group-organizing-delegates-open-carry-assault-rifles-texas-gop-convention/
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Gun-rights group organizing delegates to open carry assault rifles at Texas GOP convention (Original Post)
LuckyTheDog
Jun 2014
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msongs
(67,496 posts)1. great, the stand your ground crowd can use that law to eliminate the threat nt
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Gun activists hurrying the coming age of restrictive gun control laws.
Please proceed, psychopaths.
louis-t
(23,310 posts)3. Yee-haw!
billh58
(6,635 posts)4. This entire right-wing gun nut group of idiots
has the combined IQ of a box of rocks with the smart ones taken out.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. ...because Thomas Jefferson toted a gun with him everywhere
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)6. Oh, this is gonna be good!
I think I'll invest in popcorn.
dembotoz
(16,865 posts)7. what could possibly go wrong....
tanyev
(42,669 posts)8. This could get interesting.
Verrrry interesting.