Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Hate, obama; love guns....but this seems to be a serious lapse of personal judgement. It gives the admin ammo to say: "look, they are all gun toting kooks." If this guy is legit, that's not the message I'd want to send. Seems like it would be more of a legal hassle too.

Personally, I do not necessarily agree with having weapons near an elected official. You are correct that it can back fire. However, even the Secret Service did not think enough of it to widen the security zone.

The thought did cross my mind that he could be one of those acorn plants

Maybe, you can't be sure these days.