A man was carrying an AR-15 (a semi-automatic version of the military M-16) outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech in Pheonix. The man said he was doing it because he can.
No laws were broken, according to Phoenix police. Arizona is an “open-carry” state, which means anyone legally allowed to have a firearm can carry it in public as long as it’s visible.
During Obama’s health care town hall in Portsmouth, N.H., a man carrying a sign reading “It is time to water the tree of liberty” stood outside with a pistol strapped to his leg.
A reference to a quote by Thomas Jefferson “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
And why are right wing extremists making open threats against the president’s life? Because he’s is trying to reform healthcare. Because he’s trying to make sure people who have insurance don’t get thrown under the bus by an insurance company who decides you’re no longer profitable and people who do not have insurance can get some.
Seriously, people? This is what you’re going to go to war over? You’re going to murder a president and wage a revolution against your own government because you don’t want everyone to have health care? Because you want insurance companies to keep the right to ditch patients if they cost too much? Of all the evils in the world, this is what you decide to stand up against? Will you be expanding your war to include Medicare too? Will you kill your fellow Americans to stop food programs that help feed Americans who are starving? Will you murder to put an end to unemployment benefits?
The mind boggles at the murders people are willing to commit to prevent anyone from helping their fellow man.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090817/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_protesters_guns
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