LAGC
10-15-2010, 02:42 AM
The history of civil rights in America is long and multi-faceted, from Rosa Parks keeping her seat on the bus to the Stonewall riots.
And now to five guys packing heat while having ButterBurgers at Culver's.
Welcome to civil rights 2010.
Pro-gun activists are careful not to equate the open-carry movement with the epic struggles of blacks and gays to win basic civil rights, but they see plenty of parallels.
"We not suggesting that the severity of the discrimination is the same," says John Pierce, spokesman and founder of Virginia-based OpenCarry.org. "But it is of the same type. And it needs the same solution that other types of civil rights violations need. That is for the government to stop interfering with the fundamental rights of a group of people."
The open-carry movement is gaining momentum across the country, and the Sept. 18 confrontation between Madison police and five armed men having dinner at an east-side Culver's has become a rallying point both in Wisconsin and nationwide.
More: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_9fa0c010-cf48-11df-ad8f-001cc4c03286.html
Its definitely high time for open-carriers to come out of the closet. ;)
And now to five guys packing heat while having ButterBurgers at Culver's.
Welcome to civil rights 2010.
Pro-gun activists are careful not to equate the open-carry movement with the epic struggles of blacks and gays to win basic civil rights, but they see plenty of parallels.
"We not suggesting that the severity of the discrimination is the same," says John Pierce, spokesman and founder of Virginia-based OpenCarry.org. "But it is of the same type. And it needs the same solution that other types of civil rights violations need. That is for the government to stop interfering with the fundamental rights of a group of people."
The open-carry movement is gaining momentum across the country, and the Sept. 18 confrontation between Madison police and five armed men having dinner at an east-side Culver's has become a rallying point both in Wisconsin and nationwide.
More: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_9fa0c010-cf48-11df-ad8f-001cc4c03286.html
Its definitely high time for open-carriers to come out of the closet. ;)