The parking lot at the National Guard Armory was full, and so was the grassy field used as an overflow lot. Lines stretched out the door. Inside, attendees squeezed through narrow aisles - past mothers pushing babies in strollers, past burly men in camouflage, past long rows of tables displaying knives and holsters and ammunition and handguns and semiautomatic rifles.
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Meanwhile, Mayor Nutter and the Pension Board are rushing to divest the City from any ties to gun related businesses. Guns are the hottest commodity in the country right now. Worth more money than gold, and the Mayor [always whining about a lack of cash] is getting rid of an asset that is spiking off the charts. It's going to be difficult to position yourself as a financial whiz for any future political ambitions Mr. Nutter. Don't worry though, no national candidate for anything would even consider you for a D.C. job. Explain to the pensioners how you passed on a chance to prop up the pension fund because:"it was the right thing to do."— bad joe s- I've no problem throwing criminals and the mentally-ill under the bus to protect my Second Amendment rights, and neither does the NRA. Most, maybe all, AR massacres were committed by mentally-ill folks, so screen them out, and we eliminated the problem. A bigger problem is getting the courts to take existing gun laws seriously, and deal harshly with offenders.— Tony Stark
- Saw the line to the gun show on TV and the main question that came to mind was...why are white guys in America so afraid?— bobcitydoc
- Not "Afraid" , Prepared ,.....................as Usual , First to Fight , and not wait for Big Brother to "Hand Them Out" .
Why no Chinese ?— oldsog67 - Did you think that about the nearly thousand people marching against guns in DC yesterday? — tr88
- Because the black guys buy them off the street or steal them. — Mottz
- Not afraid, but aware. I don't think its a stretch that our unsustainable entitlement economy is subject to future collapse. I think that the generations that we have raised to rely on the government from cradle to grave will immediately resort to protest and then crime. I also would not trust anyone in Washington to look out for the rights of anyone who just goes to work and pays taxes. Feinstein, Biden and their ilk are talking an awful lot about not taking anyones guns and retaining a right to own guns, that means they are mostly likely planning to restrict those exact rights. — itzjake
- ohhh they are afraid.
afraid and armed.
thank GOD for fox news and their ability to stoke the xenophobia movement— the lopez! - The "Biden" Commission Did NOT even address That issue at all , They Just want The Guns , and That's it !
The Mental Crazies are Supposed to be card carrying members of the NRA Also !
Real Helpful for this Tyrant , Big "O" !— oldsog67 - The "Biden" Commission Did NOT even address That issue at all , They Just want The Guns , and That's it !The Mental Crazies are Supposed to be card carrying members of the NRA Also !Real Helpful for this Tyrant , Big "O" ! (HTML deleted)— oldsog67
- bobcitydoc...i guess you can say..why are all the black men in the city afraid? since we see a lot of gun violence in those areas of the city...keep dividing and conquering--seems to be the norm nowadays.— Shemp Howard
- Why didn't Hemwood hand the money to his 18 year old grandson and let him buy his own rifle? Isn't this known as being the straw buyer?— gb
- My lord it awesome when people comment without a clue. No, it isn't even close to a straw buy. Liberals never let a fact get in the way — Mottz
- So, enlighten me. How is it different? Did the grandson go through a background check? Is the grandson really 18? Or is he 16? Maybe you didn't answer the question because you can't.
— TexColorado - I Guess You put "Cash" in a Birthday Card Too , You "Libs" Don't get it , and We are Not educating you anymore , go back to Public School . — oldsog67
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