Minnesota Gun
Rights Rally Draws Hundreds to State Capitol
KeepAndBearArms.com - Minnesota Concealed Carry Reform, NOW! (http://www.mnccrn.org)
held a gun rights rally called "Have Gun, Will Vote!" on the capitol
steps in St. Paul on Saturday, October 14. Hundreds of activists attended,
loudly applauding and cheering as several speakers spoke loud and clear messages
in defense of their God-given, constitution-recognized RIGHT to Keep And Bear
Arms.
While we eagerly await a writeup from any attendee who wishes to describe the
event, we do have a 2 minute
video of the Liberty Gathering, provided by one of the hundreds of Americans who
attended, KeepAndBearArms.com member Scott Chapman. (This video format is a .wmv file. Viewer available for free
from Microsoft, and will usually go straight to the Microsoft website and load
onto your computer if you run on Windows. Right click
here and select 'Save Target As' to download the video to your hard drive. 3520K)
If 3.5 Megabytes is a bit much for your computer/internet connection to
handle, here is what you'd see and hear:
- Several hundred people, many of whom are carrying signs, all of whom are
assembled peacefully, standing on the steps of the state capitol in one of
America's many great cities
- Minnesota Director of Second Amendment Sisters, Heather, speaking her
truth and firing up the crowd with questions like:
"How many people here today think that an 18 year old woman going off to
college for the first time should have the right to defend herself against a
would-be rapist or attacker in the most effective way possible?" Her speech
is peppered with loud cheers, screams, hoots and hollers, all affirming her
message: our lives are ours to protect and defend.
A woman reading a quote from Charlton Heston's
book that stirs the crowd to applaud
A man telling the crowd that hunters had
better wake up to this cause, because it's coming to them whether they wake up
or not
You can also click
here or go to http://www.keepandbeararms.com/images/mnrallypanpic.gif
to see a panned image (257K) that gives a very good perspective on just how
large an event Saturday's "Have Gun, Will Vote!" rally turned out to
be. Additional images are available at http://www.MNCCRN.org.
According to Scott Chapman, the following was
the sum total of mainstream media coverage for this event huge
weekend event on the steps of their own state capitol:
"There are 2 major papers and at 4 major
TV stations (not including PBS), channels 4, 5, 9, and 11. First channel
UPN-9. I emailed them. They claim they gave it 20 seconds during the 9pm
newscast and 30 seconds at the 10 pm newscast. Maybe I caught the tail at 9pm?
Probably buried after the weather! I saw 7 seconds, brief mention.
"Channel 4 CBS: I called them. The said "the NRA rally?, we are
not airing it." Channel 5 ABC: I did not see or hear of any coverage?
Anyone else see any? Channel 11 NBC: I did not see or hear of any
coverage? Anyone?
"Print Media: St. Paul Pioneer Press - Not a word or picture
that I could find. Anyone? Star Tribune - A large photo in the metro section
with a caption "Hundreds at Capitol for gun rights", brief caption
of the photo, no 'story' or interviews."
Says Mr. Chapman, "Even at 20/30
seconds, with 4 MAJOR TV stations and 2 MAJOR papers, this NEWS was declared
un-News-worthy by a press who gives in depth, detailed accountings of the puny
MMM/HCI events. We bring hundreds of concerned citizens to a rally at the state capitol,
and they mostly ignore us," Chapman continued, echoing the feeling of disgust many Americans hold for
today's blatantly
biased-against-guns media.
Sobeit.
Newswhores can put on their makeup and make up
their put-ons all they want to, spinning empty air into tinny murmurs
that signify not a thing. We lawful, peaceable, long-suffering gun owners are
constitutionally, morally and spiritually right, and we shall prevail!
While the socialist, liberty-usurping anti-self-defense movement tells decent
citizens in many parts of the country - including Minnesota - that our
grandmothers, mothers, sisters and daughters cannot defend their own beautiful
lives against armed rapists and vicious murderers, landing millions of dollars
from misled, misguided rich people, we know with certainty that Freedom will
win, because Freedom always wins.
God Bless America!!! Way to go MNCCRN!!!!
And Thank You to every single person who attended Saturday's event - for
standing up in your town what we stand for in ours: the Sacredness of Life, the
value we place our own lives and in the lives of our loved ones, the safety of
our children, the individual liberties of all free citizens, and the principles
upon which our nation was founded.
Spread the word. We the People
have spoken once again. And we're just getting started.
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