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Men tote assault rifles at Obama event
CNN ^ | 8/17/2009 | CNN

Posted on 08/17/2009 7:10:13 PM PDT by Greystoke

(CNN) – At least two Arizona men brought assault rifles to President Obama’s speech Monday to the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: ar15; arizona; banglist; bhobanglist; bhotownhalls; obama; opencarry
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To: SandRat

Don’t you know it! If it was an open carry state, I would have felt nekkid without a gun when somebody else was packing.

parsy, who has been nekkid in public a lot, but it was a dream and I woke up thank goodness


21 posted on 08/17/2009 8:34:47 PM PDT by parsifal ("Where am I? How did I end up in this hospital room? What is my name?" Anonymous)
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To: Natural Law

I was about to agree with you (an “assault weapon” is nothing more than a scary moniker to frighten the masses), but then you had to add that last sentence. Since when have quicker follow-up shots and improved ergonomics been a waste of money?


22 posted on 08/17/2009 8:34:50 PM PDT by Constantine XI Palaeologus ("Vicisti, Galilaee")
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To: Greystoke

Union Goons, escalating?


23 posted on 08/17/2009 8:48:47 PM PDT by correctthought (Hippies, want to change the world, but all they ever do is smoke pot and smell bad)
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To: Greystoke
At least two Arizona men brought assault rifles to President Obama’s speech Monday...and at least one of them was a black man according to the video I saw - makes it sorta hard to blame it on hate-filled white racists......
25 posted on 08/17/2009 9:14:23 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: popdonnelly
"The good news is, no fights broke out."

That proves the old adage that an armed society is a polite society.

26 posted on 08/17/2009 9:15:24 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Greystoke

No harm, no foul. It was legal — get over it.


27 posted on 08/17/2009 9:15:45 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Sola Veritas; Nosterrex

Bump.


28 posted on 08/17/2009 9:21:22 PM PDT by Miss Behave (AKA "Noogie." I dispense 'em. Hertz Doughnut?)
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To: Greystoke

Better to bing one of THESE.........
http://spypen.factoryoutletstore.com/?cid=11063&chid=1&gclid=CI_Dv9XBkJwCFQk_agod82iHcA


29 posted on 08/17/2009 9:24:19 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Natural Law

I don’t suppose you have ever attended an NRA high power rifle match.


30 posted on 08/17/2009 9:43:05 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Greystoke
How do they know it was a select fire weapon? That's in the Definition of "assault rifle", you know per FSTC-CW-07-03-70 from November 1970, and was also published in later editions. The book is "Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide - Eurasian Communist Countries".

Oh they mean "Assault Weapon", which is any gun Dianne, Barbara, Chucky and the usual suspects, including CNN, want to demonize.

31 posted on 08/17/2009 9:43:38 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Shooter 2.5
"I don’t suppose you have ever attended an NRA high power rifle match."

Yes I have, I'm a life member. Those guys aren't carrying to impress each other.

32 posted on 08/17/2009 9:47:53 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
A semiautomatic rifle with a 20 round magazine and pistol grip is NOT an assault weapon. For all practical purposes it is nothing more than a simple waste of money.

While I agree with the first part, even the US Army, and especially the Marines are taught to use the semi-auto setting, except when suppressive fire is called for.

IOW, you can't miss fast enough to do any good, except to make the bad guys keep their heads down.

33 posted on 08/17/2009 9:48:29 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
"even the US Army, and especially the Marines are taught to use the semi-auto setting"

I was an 11B20P.

34 posted on 08/17/2009 9:55:27 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

LOL! well, that takes care of anyone TT-PROYC!!! thanks for your sevice for our country NL, we need more like you! stay safe young man.


35 posted on 08/17/2009 10:58:16 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
BTW, the photo at CNN shows an African-American is one of the folks carrying the "assault rifle".

The follow-up on him is that he was among the Obama supporters; good luck finding that tidbit in the MSM!

36 posted on 08/17/2009 11:34:41 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Greystoke
How do we know that this guy is not a plant from the anti-gun left?

Someone needs to look at who exactly this guy is.

37 posted on 08/18/2009 6:54:08 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Greystoke

The man toting the AR 15 is a black man.

I would bet money that this man is an Obama plant.

Video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWVaAXHf-bA


38 posted on 08/18/2009 6:57:50 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Natural Law
For all practical purposes it is nothing more than a simple waste of money.

Keep your burst setting, semi auto was more than enough for me.

Semper Fi.

39 posted on 08/18/2009 7:00:39 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (1st Amendment or the 2nd .... let them choose.)
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To: HiJinx

Definitely an Obama plant most likely a set-up by the anti-gunners.

40 posted on 08/18/2009 7:09:49 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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