Video: Asshole heckles grieving father at gun safety rally, gets grabby with cops, ends up tazed

[Robb]

And now there's video:

Minutes before the arrest, Musso had approached and interrupted a speaker at the main rally, which was part of a multistate bus tour sponsored in part by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and is trying to raise awareness of gun violence and push for expanded background checks. The speaker, John Cantin, whose daughter was shot and killed by her husband in Manchester in 2009, continued speaking at a podium on the sidewalk next to the bus as Musso, standing to his right, glanced over his shoulder and asked him repeatedly about several of his talking points.

“What kind of gun?” Musso asked, as Cantin said that women living in homes with a gun-owning domestic abuser are hundreds of times more likely to be killed. “A pellet gun, a machine gun – what kind of gun, sir?”

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Emotions had been high leading up to the arrest, with dozens of gun rights advocates – many brandishing firearms and signs – chanting loudly as gun regulation speakers talked about and read the names of victims recently killed by gun violence.

“Shame on you,” they repeatedly yelled at one point, as the Rev. Stephen Silver of the First Congregational Church of Lebanon called on the crowd to pray for the more than 6,000 people who have died from gun violence nationally since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 children and six adults dead in December....

Read More: http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/7059660-95/man-subdued-arrested-at-dual-gun-rallies-in-concord

[Cha]

1. Oh that's too bad.

[freshwest]

2. Oh, no! Here's video of the arrest itself:

'Halp! I'm being repressed from my right to mock and bully grieving fathers, and deny them their freedom of speech! It's a Police State!'

[Cha]

3. thanks, fresh..

Poor thing

[freshwest]

4. Check the back and forth on the video comments, too. Not bad.

[Why Syzygy]

5. Never.

And I mean Ever.. touch a cop. Who doesn't know that.

[CTyankee]

7. that swaggering bully...I would have had a real pushback with him...

I'm old and I don't give a damn...

[Kingofalldems]

6. Reminds me of the gungeoneers who jump in on threads

in a coordinated effort.

[freshwest]

10. Online trollery in real life. He got into the father's space, tried to stop him speaking. No empathy

or respect. Acting out the propaganda.

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Some times you hate to see

A guy get hauled away by cops and tazed. The key word here being some times .

[freshwest]

11. Agreed. This is only one example. It's a mild event compared to others.

When we see horrible crimes reported on DU, who do people end up calling?

To deal with someone handing their baby to a man to rape her to death, it's won't be the 'kill the pigs' crowd coming to rescue or remove them from society.

Neither will unorganized society be able to deal practically with mass shooters, etc. If humanity does not change its ways, we are stuck with having a police force. No matter how much some people may hate them.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.

~ James Madison, The Federalist Papers

BTW. That's not directed at you, AK.

It's just that I wish people would consider how hostile the world really is. I blame corporate media for poisoning this man's mind, but there are so many like this man running around. It's very hard to deal with.

[Buzz Clik]

9. Did you see this weed's shirt?

Lovely. "Homeland Security. Fighthing Terrorism Since 1492"

[Heathen57]

12. Wonder if this fool

realizes that in many states, invading another person's space could result in them blowing him away with a handgun and claim that the shooter was in fear of his life and he "stood his ground"?

He figured he was safe confronting a liberal, but you can bet the same guy would be a lot more accommodating of the speaker's right to speak if wasn't sure he could be hurt. In other words; a bully and a coward.

[Dustlawyer]

13. Only the crazies trying to keep their guns! The goal has been to at least (very least) require

more background checks. The only ones to lose their rights (or ability to evade the law) are protesting because they know they would fail the check! The right wing and the NRA have them pumped up to think that ANY new background check starts some process that ends in Armageddon. Their tactic of being rude, bullying, and infringing on others 1st Amendment rights demonstrates that they are not interested in civil discourse and will go straight to violence. We keep being told that 90% of the people favor background checks, well I think the whole 10% reside in the South!

[cpwm17]

14. We've got a winner!

The award for the most unlikeable human on the face on the Earth goes to Mr. Asshole.