Posted on 08/18/2015 9:59:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The leader of a Missouri Oath Keepers group is planning the experimental protest, hoping to arm 50 black people with rifles to demonstrate the meaning of the state’s open-carry law.
Oath Keepers are planning to use black protesters for a special kind of experimental demonstration within the next couple of weeks by arming some 50 black individuals with AR-15 rifles in a march to show what Missouri’s open-carry law really stands for, Red Dirt Report notes.
Sam Andrews, who heads a St. Louis County chapter, said the event will most likely occur within the next “couple of weeks,” comparing the event to Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington, D.C., according to the site.
“It will be an iconic event,” Andrews told the site.
The armed black participants will be surrounded by Oath Keeper members, Andrews said.
The Oath Keeper said that he was moved to attempt the experiment after the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, when members were allegedly told that they could not carry long-barrel rifles into Ferguson. The Oath Keepers reportedly said that they were there at the request of journalists, providing security while they covered the anniversary.
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Handing out rifles to complete strangers seems like a really bad idea — no matter their skin color.
Wonderful.
What could possibly go wrong with this stunt?
Handing out rifles to the Michael Brown protesters is sick.
Uhh.. USE them? Hand them some AR's and "surround" them and make a spectacle of it?
Well now, as much as I loathe the riotous "protesters" and
think highly of guns and patriotism.. I've got to say this
sounds ill-conceived.
Or maybe I don't get the point of this, or it was poorly written about.
I ain't about to agree with overtly "USING" black people or any other people.
no good will come from this...
Wonder whose rifles they’ll be using, or who is funding this.
What - EXACTLY - is the plan for re acquiring said rifles?
What could go wrong?
What a bunch of buffoons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Power to da Peeple Right On
Good for them.
If it’s legal to carry long arms in Ferguson, then it’s legal regardless of skin color.
A vast number of people in the US have shown themselves to be incapable of normal prudence, and a lot of those people are black.
However I don’t suppose oath keepers are handing out long arms at random. I’ve got to imagine there are 50 blacks out there who don’t take their gun-handling tips from Idiocracy.
Police should show up with AR-15 and plenty of body bags to the ready. First attempt out of order and hope they have at least 50 body bags.
I am very interested to see how this turns out.
Film at 9
Sounds like the black folks fear being armed in public and the Oath Keepers are going to arm them and provide protection. Kiond of radical but some problems require radical solutions.
If you’re correc then this is a great idea. Blacks should learn that they are not dependent on the government police for their security. They should be allowed and equipped to protect and defend themselves.
One big step off of the liberal plantation.
Well said.
This is almost exactly the purpose for which the NRA was instituted.
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