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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGun Rights Group Holds Toy Gun March in D.C.
Gun rights advocates marched to the National Mall from Arlington while "armed" with water pistols before hosting a rally and a water fight Wednesday.
Organizers of the Toy Gun March said they were promoting responsible gun ownership and trying to place gun owners in a better light. Participants were asked to carry toy pistols with orange tips, water guns, nerf guns and "anything peaceful," the organizers posted on Facebook.
"And the Toy Gun Marchers are here to say that we believe in the second amendment right to bear arms, we believe in the Supreme Court decision, and we are here to say we come in peace," one organizer, Austin Petersen, told News4 during the march. Petersen is also editor of the Libertarian Republic.
"We are non-violent; we want to show people that we're respectful, and that we are responsible gun owners," he said.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Gun-Rights-Group-Hits-National-Mall-With-Toy-Guns-214114831.html
Organizers of the Toy Gun March said they were promoting responsible gun ownership and trying to place gun owners in a better light. Participants were asked to carry toy pistols with orange tips, water guns, nerf guns and "anything peaceful," the organizers posted on Facebook.
"And the Toy Gun Marchers are here to say that we believe in the second amendment right to bear arms, we believe in the Supreme Court decision, and we are here to say we come in peace," one organizer, Austin Petersen, told News4 during the march. Petersen is also editor of the Libertarian Republic.
"We are non-violent; we want to show people that we're respectful, and that we are responsible gun owners," he said.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Gun-Rights-Group-Hits-National-Mall-With-Toy-Guns-214114831.html
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Gun Rights Group Holds Toy Gun March in D.C. (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jul 2013
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onethatcares
(16,185 posts)1. what they showed
is that they are responsible toy owners.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)2. Kinda funny.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. I should have brought my Nerf gun
It's pretty neat.
Duckwraps
(206 posts)4. I'll bet
there was someone under ever bush humping their toy guns. I've heard that some of them had several guns they were humping at the same time.
Ha, beat you to it Hoyt.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)6. You too should learn to enjoy being in public without your guns strapped to your body.
Duckwraps
(206 posts)7. I always have my "gun"
with me and sometimes I even carry a pistol or rifle.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. It was only a Mattel of time. nt
Duckwraps
(206 posts)8. Love it, lets get a little humor on this board. It badly needs it.
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