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Tenn. Gun Rally Interrupted After Police Arrest Man Carrying AR-15

Feb. 10, 2013 11:06am Becket Adams

A peaceful pro-Second Amendment rally in Nashville, Tenn., hit a bit of a snag after a man showed up with a loaded AR-15, forcing police to arrest him on the spot.

“Organizers often request that people who show up to rallies leave their weapons at home, but one man didn’t get that message and now faces a misdemeanor,” WSMV reports.

“Troopers arrested Reggie Robertson of Byrdstown for carrying an AR-15 as about 100 people gathered to express their concern about the proposals in Washington to limit semiautomatic assault rifles and high-capacity magazines,” the report adds.

“The state troopers are doing their job, and while it’s legal to carry a gun around, it does upset some people so it’s best to keep it hid, I think,” attendee Jeff Quinn told reporters.

Robertson had attached a loaded magazine to the rifle and had two more clipped to his belt, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

“While permit holders are allowed to carry handguns on the Plaza, the THP said it’s unlawful to carry a loaded rifle in public places,” the report explains. “The man was cited for unlawful carrying and possession of a weapon, which is a misdemeanor.”

“Robertson … must appear for booking on March 4. He was a valid handgun permit holder, and this is his first offense,” the report adds.

Despite the minor mishap, the rally continued as protesters expressed their thoughts on the issue of gun control.

“I just feel as an American citizen if I have the right to life, I have the right to defend my life with the best tools available to me,” one protestor, James Anderson, told reporters.

“I realized kind of one night when I thought there was someone in my house – and thankfully there wasn’t – but that was the night I realized the scissors by my bed would do no good,” said Ellie Lentz.

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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:10pm
A judge must hold these cops infringed on the 2nd amend rights and must dismiss all charges give the weapon back as well as the ammo. And Cops must appologize for being Communist the fine them 5000 dollars each or jail time what ever

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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:33pm
  They were lucky the AR didn’t jump out his hands and start killing thousands.
  You know how dangerous those assault rifles can be.
  
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- A Bit of Thought
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:38pm
  I must disagree and will explain why. No matter what the laws about firearms are, this guy was there to cause trouble. (Probably a plant from some anti gun rights group.) Law enforcement was correct in arresting the troublemaker.
  
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- motherboard
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:53pm
  @ a bit of thought, your kung fu is strong.
  
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- Soulfire1975
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:01pm
  If the guy is smart would plead not guilty and have a lawyer with him that will site the 2nd Amendment “Shall NOT be infringed” then saying the law is unlawful.
  
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- PeteLaRo
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:10pm
  I wouldn’t count on it. More likely is that they will raid his home and take his guns for the misdemeanor and do thier best to ruin his life, then they will “lose” the gun along with the paper work.
  
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- PubliusPencilman
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:13pm
  You also have the 1st Amendment right to Assemble, but that doesn’t meant that you don’t need permits, licenses, etc. to have a large gathering. It doesn’t mean that you can assemble whenever and wherever regardless of safety concerns.
  
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- dosdelgados
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:36pm
  OWS sought out permits and followed protocol?
  
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- termyt
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:50pm
  @A Bit of Thought
  
  When a person causing no harm with no evidence harm is intended can be arrested and charged with a crime for simply being in an open, public place, we are no longer free.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:01pm
  bit-
  He was exercising his rights. How does this equal causing trouble? Just because there are a bunch of sheep who are nervous, doesn’t give them the right to infringe his rights. And of course everyone there allowed it to happen. It is one thing to talk about standing up for the 2nd amendment, but when it comes to action, there is only silence.
  
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- Pontiaku
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:06pm
  “Robertson had attached a loaded magazine to the rifle and had two more clipped to his belt, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.”
  
  So he was carrying stripper clips?
  
  The terms are not interchangeable.
  
  ►A MAGAZINE feeds the gun bullets, a CLIP feeds the magazine bullets.◄
  
  It’s almost as bad as the media calling a semi automatic rifle an “Assault Rifle” because it has a different appearance. (If anything they’re defense rifles.)
  
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- DefyTYRANNY
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:06pm
  At the gun rally in Georgia almost everyone had AR-15′s. No one got arrested. The organizer requested that chambers be flagged with no magazines inserted. This was a concession above and beyond state law. Most complied, some didn’t, and had magazines inserted. Once again, no arrests. Also, almost universally, everyone in attendance open carried holstered pistols fully loaded. Mine had one in the chamber as it always does.
  
  We were surrounded by Capitol Police and Georgia State Patrols with their LOADED AR-15 rifles, There were snipers on the rooftops and bomb sniffing dogs.
  
  Quite a spectacle, but Americans have to stop being afraid to exercise their rights, and dump the PC bulls***.
  
  I don’t know the laws in Tennessee, obviously the cops want fire superiority over law abiding citizens once again. But it must have been a State Law. If not, this guy needs to sue.
  
  In Georgia, we have organizations such as Georgia Carry .Org. They lobby on our behalf to reduce unconstitutional gun laws (Which almost all gun laws are, UNCONSTITUTIONAL). We can open carry rifles in the same manner as handguns here. Most are not aware of it, and PC cowards and ******** sure would like to keep it that way.
  
  Tennesseeans need to start a lobbying group the same as here, this should not have been a crime. He had a license, the police should have left him alone.
  
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- khandahar&jalalabad
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:06pm
  @publius,
  That’s part of the problem also. Why do you need a permit to peaceably assemble, it’s a constitutional right. Would you like it if you had to pay for a permit to write a grievance to the president or any other politician. Hey what about those occupy dorks that didn’t pay for permits, while previously a tea party rally paid thousands for permission to protest in the same area. I can’t recall where it happened though, maybe somebody else’s memory can serve better than mine.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:29pm
  A Judge must revoke the gun holders permit, he clearly is unable to follow the law.
- Sarah_Palin_Is_God
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:23pm
  The cops acted responsibly, unlike you by making comments such as these.
- FrostedFlake
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:51pm
  These officers were doing their jobs. Tennessee law says it is unlawful to carry a loaded rifle in a public place. If you have an issue with the arrest, blame the legislators who wrote the law not the officers who upheld it. If this guy had any common sense, he would have foreseen the the reaction by rational people to someone carrying a loaded rifle into a crowd.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:26pm
  Tennesee Constitution ARTICLE II. Distribution of Powers; Legislative Department; Section 20. The style of the laws of this state shall be, “Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.”
  The authority of law is the enacting clause “see above”,.. none of Tennessee’s codes are published with the authority of law enacting clause, this nullifies ANY so called law under which this man was arrested!
  the leo’s who took him into custody took an oath and are bound to obey the states constitution and that same constitution doesn’t give permission to ignore any of it’s contents by anyone who took that oath!
  An oath is indivisible, it cannot be in part true and in part false. RESULT = false arrest! SUE them in their personal capacity and attach their public hazard bond, no bond, no job!
  
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- roscoe569
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:26pm
  Really? You’re nuts
  
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- cgnick
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:46pm
  A rifle with no bullets is nothing more than a fancy stick.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:53pm
  @ ROSCOE569, could you come up with a more cohesive argument? or hasn’t soros issued your canned responses yet?
  
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- DefyTYRANNY
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 5:06pm
  GGNICK – very true, and at the Georgia rally everyone had magazines believe me. Some just complied with the request of the Organizers and did not have them inserted into the rifles. Many didn’t comply, and had them in the rifles.
  
  Either way, I would never carry mine without ammo. What do I look like, a US consulate guard in Bhenghazi?
  
  Hahaha…
  
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- proliance
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 5:23pm
  Pontiaku, your reading comprehension fails you.
  
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- Wisdomseeker
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 5:25pm
  Any law written which infringes on the rights afforded by the Constitution shall be deemed null and void. That law is “null and Void” at the Supreme Court level. open carry is legal in all 50 States of these here United States of America…….
  
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- wzanesdad
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:43pm
  defytyranny,
  Same here in AZ. Just got home from a gun show today. Almost everyone was armed. All loaded, all in plain sight. No armed guards anywhere. A few cops walking around but they were shopping with everyone else. It was awesome.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:47pm
  The Constitution is clear that this individual had the right to keep and bear arms. These police infringed on that right. Why are policemen enforcing unconstitutional laws? What is it about “shall not be infringed” that these police don’t understand? This is tyranny, as bad or worse than Hitler or Stalin.
  
  I for one shall not comply. If I’m carrying around my loaded AR-15 and someone tries to take it from me, indeed deprive me of my God given rights, they’ll have to pry that gun from my cold dead hands, to coin a phrase. Let them try! We’ll see who is sorry. I won’t be the only person watering the tree of liberty at that juncture, and my actions may indeed lead to a revolution among patriots like me, and together we shall cast off the shackles of this tyrannical government and our actions will be glorified for 1000 years.
  
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- TheCalmOne
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:08pm
  Sendthemeteors – Yes, that’s right, it’s exactly like Hitler and Stalin.
  
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- ONLY4UANDME
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Petelaro, You got that right. Read this-
  Http. Palinsdirtylittlesecret.blogspot.com
  
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- 1_Smoot_Tall
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:24pm
  One day, very soon, the people will just say,”No, officer, I don’t think I’m going to let you arrest me today.”
  
  And that will be the “pivot point” for which Glenn is always looking.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:31pm
  @ Frosted Flake, Maybe I can enlighten you a little. You see, an officer who is upholding an unconstitutional “law” is committing treason. In fact, the same act in the military (following an unlawful order) is punishable by the UCMJ. Depending upon the severity of the infraction, the death penalty is even a quite possible punishment.
  
  You see, everyone is held (or should be) to account for their transgressions against the sovereign citizens of this land, or for that matter, against any human being. It matters not that these officers were just “following orders”. Those orders and the law were and still are, unconstitutional and immoral. Which means that the actions of these officers were of the same. We are not free and the only thing that takes man from slavery to freedom and liberty is violence done for a purpose. Remember that age old saying that for evil to prevail, all that is required is for good men to do nothing? Well, we have been doing nothing for far too long and our current state of slavery is causing systemic decay to our nation. If you ever wonder why we have to watch commercial after commercial advertising for mood enhancing, anti-depression medications (which all the recent mass murderers have been on), the answer is quite simple. We are slaves in a police state, all waiting for the next shot heard round the world. And the worst part of war is the anxiety and tension created by inaction on both sides.
  
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- Jarhead 88
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:40pm
  We have the right the bear arms, doesn’t say you have a right to bear unloaded arms. You stupid sheep.
  
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- TexasKnight
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:25am
  Just wondering.
  Are not public hunting lands, public spaces?
  I guess every hunter in the Volunteer state is in danger of being arrested and having their guns taken away. Or do hunters in Tenn. conceal their rifles under their coats so the dear/squirels wont see them coming?
  For that matter, how about the Volunteers mascot running out on the VERY public space in front of 115,000 drunks before a football game. (I can say that, I am a Vol grad). He carries a riffle.
  
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- Ishmot2
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:34am
  PONTIAKU He had two more magizines clipped to his belt, not two more stripper clips, or two more rounds clipped o his belt, Dumb a$$!
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:31am
  Maybe the cops were there looking for trouble. I wonder why they weren’t out patrolling schools and making sure no guns show up there?
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:28am
  @A Bit Of Thought
  
  Your type of thinking keeps us hiding our rights.
  
  In Ohio we had the same rally. Almost everybody showed up with loaded rifles. You know what the police did? Smiled, waved, nothing else. You know why? Because we’ve gotten hard core about our 2nd Amendment rights in Ohio the last ten years and have trained the police and government, through aggressive lawsuits that result in huge fines for the cities and municipalities, to leave us alone. Our rights are now respected, open carry of sidearms and rifles without a “license” is guaranteed in writing by the AG, the police are trained and instructed all the time that OC is legal and to leave us alone, and the few holdouts like that Harlass buttmunch are drummed out of the ranks.
  
  I carried my loaded FN FAL (Stg-58) on Friday outside the statehouse. No biggie. Too bad to many in other states are full of fear, who are supposedly on our side. Get aggressive and get your rights back, or stop pretending to believe you’re on our side.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:44am
  Ohio gun rally, statehouse, Columbus, January 19
  
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/Hubbahubba.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/LawEnforcementReaction.JPG
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/YoungCouple2.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/GrandmaIsPacking.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/AmINotImportantToo.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/YoungFamily.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/YoungMan.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/businessman.jpg
  
  Same Rally, February 8th
  
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/February8Rally.jpg
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/OhioGirl1.jpg
  
  Me at the rally:
  
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/images/OhioGunRally2013/Me.jpg
  
  See all the loaded firearms? See anybody dying or panicked? Exactly.
  
  Must suck to live in states where people whimper “Well, it’s legal but it scares people so it’s probably best to just hide your rights”. Wimps. Ohio has its problems, but we are hard core when it comes to our 2nd Amendment rights.
  
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- 1marinesthoughts
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:23pm
  TENNESSEE CONSTITUTION – ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
  § 26. Weapons; right to bear arms
  
  That the citizens of this State have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defense; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime.
  
  Not sure what the crime they prevented being that all the other protesters were there for the same US 2nd amendment.
  
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- Touche Turtle
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:13pm
  A Bit of Thought . . . would you care to CHECK to see if what he did was against the law first??? After all, we don’t want unauthorized arrests of lawful citizens just because someone like you “thinks it is a good idea!” Quite frankly, what you “think” isn’t relevant if this man did NOT break the law!!!
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 4:09pm
  So-o-o-o, how’s that whole “Police (standing army) Department” thing working out for everyone? America’s Founders knew what they were talking about (they had it, too) when they warned us of it, eh?
  
  But, but, but … the police … they won’t harm you … they only want to help you. Here’s some police heroics as they “serve & protect”:
  “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0
  
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- zenyoshi
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:35pm
  So they want you to have a permit to own a gun, or to assemble, etc…?
  
  Marbury v. Madison 5 US 137
  The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land. Any law repugnant to the Constitution is null and void.
  
  Murdock v. Pennsylvania 319 US 105
  No State shall convert a secured liberty into a privilege and issue a license and a fee for it.
  
  Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham 394 US 147
  If a State erroneously converts a secured liberty into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the law with impunity.
  
  U.S. v. Bishop 412 US 346
  If you have relied upon prior decisions of the Supreme Court, you have a perfect defense to the element of willfulness.
  
  Owen v. Independence 445 US 622
  Officers of the court have no immunity when violating a constitutional right for they are deemed to know the law.
  
  If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any…
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 10:04pm
  You are all diseased.
  
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:07pm
Cops are Union and probably voted for Obama . Does this tell you all wahts going on here?/ I see it from where I am. infringment on the Bill of rights the 2nd amendment. These cops are criminals

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- motherboard
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:56pm
  I gotta be honest, I am leaning towards what “A bit of thought” said on this topic that this guy was a plant. Lots of false flags shooting up all over the place. The challenge is seperating them from real.
  
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- jimmymac1
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:49pm
  I just want to know when the cops started enforcing the laws again. No laws are enforced against illegals this is some racist **** all crackers need to stand up for your rights.
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:33am
  What the hell is a SAFF Sergeant? Are you connected with the South Asian Football Federation? The South Australian Farmers Federation? The Svenska Amerikansk Fotbollförbundet? The South Asian Film Festival? The Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair? Because those are the only SAFFs I’ve ever heard of, but I can’t imagine why the employees of any of those organizations would employ any form of paramilitary nomenclature.
  
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:04pm
where does it state in the 2nd amenment rights that cops can do this??? read it no where does it say they can do what they did. The cops infringed on rights and must be punished for their crimes

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- encinom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:32pm
  “WELL REGULATED”, you idiot.
- Fred Noonan
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:00pm
  Yes that’s right Encinomom.
  This armed individual citizen is indeed a member of the militia the 2nd amendment speaks of; as we all are.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:15pm
  Yeah well regulated by the people NOT the government you stupid commie…
  
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- Rob in Katy
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:50pm
  At the time of the writing of the 2nd, “regulated” meant “perfection.” as in a “well regulated watch”, in other words, we are guaranteed our right to bear arms so that we may be proficient, accurate and deadly with them, so should the time arise, we may kill as many of the blinking traitors as possible – just in case you were wondering what “regulated” meant :)
  
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- GrandpaOf4
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:21pm
  Ya see when liberals like our troll friend mr. Enc read the words “well regulated” they think it is the same concept as “well endowed”. So if their favorite porn start is “well endowed” she has a whole LOT of what they are looking for. So to these folks “well regulated” must mean we have a LOT of regulation. The idea that “well regulated” might refer to the quality of the regulation is a concept foreign to them.
  
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- Dirtdigger67
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:30pm
  @encinotroll you are the idiot go away troll
  
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- common_sense_donkeys
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:04am
  Encinom,do yourself, and the rest of us American patriots a favor, shut your f__king mouth about **** you know nothing about! The second amendment States: “a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, [now pay attention] the RIGHT of the PEOPLE to KEEP and BEAR ARMS, shall NOT BE INFRINGED. ”
  The purpose of the second amendment was and is to defend against a tyrannical government! It would also have served well had a teacher had a firearm at sandyhook, but as we all know that right is infringed upon because it was a school. So don’t feed us this 20 white caskets crap! It was a tragedy quit disrespecting the children and familys of that event to try to shore up your weak minded political agenda. I am a proud gun owner as many others here are and I, being of no militaryor government affiliation, would gladly stand with said firearms to defend this country against all enemys both foreign and domestic. If this act were to cost me my life then I would surrender it with pride as many before me have. So please take your snivelling ass back to whatever Afghan shithole you crawled out of.
  
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PoliticallyRightUs.Com
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:03pm
You know this stinks of foul play… I am wondering is this was a lefty planted/pretending to be in favor of guns? How many of these lefty’s are shooting people lately in the name of Socialist politics?!

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- motherboard
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:57pm
  bingo
  
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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:53pm
  Weather a lib plant, or not, he still has the right to bear arms, and not to be infringed upon. oh, I forgot we gave those rights away, when we lost our ba!!s.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:56pm
  Left Plant? Paranoid much, this was just a typical gun nut demonstrating the Gun Nut’s contempt for the law.
- Jarhead 88
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:20pm
  Encinom (moron) – Call me a gun nut all you want, I’d rather be a gun nut than one of Barry’s left nuts, which is exactly what you are. Sniff away, sheep.
  
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demsrtraitors
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:02pm
meanwhile thousands of illegal aliens walk across the border “loaded” with diseases, drugs and guns. And liberals, democrats and other traitors welcome them. Even law enforcement are told to NOT arrest them. Thank your nearest liberal and RINO.

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- angeleyes63
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:44pm
  More proof that.
  A. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  B. Liberal/progressives want nothing less than communism and the complete destruction of the greatest form of government the world has ever known.
  
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no1hd
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:01pm
Not sure I understand what he was arrested for. Tennessee is and open carry state. I’ve had mine since ’98 and didn’t know it excluded rifles.
‘shall not infringe – except (list)’ starting to sound like all the equal but with exception rules.

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- Dan_o
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:37pm
  I didn’t know Tenn was an open carry state, but that’s irrelevant. Carrying, concealed or open, refers to handguns and weapons that can be concealed. To my knowledge, it’s not illegal to carry a weapon that cannot be concealed in most states, including Tenn. That doesn’t mean it’s a smart thing to do, though. If I wanted to “make a statement”, I would probably carry it in it’s case.
  
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- DonaldH
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:52pm
  It most likely applies, as in West Virginia, to long guns that can be used for hunting..
  
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- DefyTYRANNY
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:12pm
  No, Dan-O, that’s not the case. You can choose to interpret however you like, but that does not make it so.
  
  Open Carry is not limited to rifles, unless there is specific language in a law that makes it so. And if there is specific language stating so, it is Unconstitutional.
  
  In Georgia you can open carry a rifle on Marta Trains and buses but you have to be 21 to do so. I would personally not have a magazine inserted but I sure as h*** would have 2 or 3 in my cargo pockets.
  
  I personally find that it would be physically awkward to open carry a rifle. But I could.
  
  I have a concealed permit but due to all of this bull**** I no longer bother to conceal. I open carry my G17 at all times when I am off work. If someone asks me to leave their place of business (which has never happened as of yet) I will ask them if it is their company policy, and if so make it clear that it will be posted on many and various Pro 2A / Constitutional rights websites and they WILL suffer financially as a result.
  
  All of this hubbub is just causing the Freedom Loving Public to cease to give a s***. They are arming for bear and are beginning to leave it all out for the world to see.
  
  The more the Socialists push the more Americans will rise up.
  
  They do not understand this, but they soon will.
  
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- OngoingFreedom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:37pm
  In Tennessee it is illegal to carry a loaded weapon (going armed). Period.
  
  Once you understand that the rest is easy. There are limited “defenses” to this law. Such as:
  1. You are hunting
  2. You are a homeowner on your property
  3. You are a Handgun Carry Permit (HCP) holder, or the equivalent of that if you’re from out of state
  
  HCP only applies to handguns (with one exception), but not to manner of carry. Because it is illegal to go armed in TN, TN is not a traditional open carry (OC) state as, say, KY. Meaning, in KY anyone 18 or over who is not prohibited from owning a weapon may carry a weapon openly. In TN one must be at least 21, have an HCP, and only be armed with a handgun.
  
  The exception is an HCP’er may carry a long gun in their vehicle, and though it may be loaded it must remain unchambered unless it becomes needed for self-defense.
  
  This gentleman made a mistake and will pay a price for such.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:04pm
  As I said, DEFYTYRANNY, I didn’t know Tenn was an open carry state. Nothing wrong with my interpretation, as you so “gently” put it. I was just unaware. In fact, I don’t think anything you said contradicted what I said.
  
  Part of the problem with conservatives is their willingness to jump down each other’s throats over nothing. Rest assured, we are on the same side of this battle.
  
  ONGOINGFREEDOM, thanks for the explanation.
  
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- DefyTYRANNY
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:17pm
  Dan-O – It was not my intention to jump down your throat, and was not aware that I had done so.
  
  I was just making the point that Open Carry does not always apply to only pistols. It depends on the state and Local laws.
  
  We open carried AR-15′s, AK47′s, FN SCAR’s, Sig 556′s, almost any rifle you could imagine on the steps of the Georgia Capital friday from 10am to 1:30 pm. with no incident.
  
  There is absolutely no reason for US citizens who are not criminals to be bound by such restrictions, and it is Unconstitutional. That was my point.
  
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- TexasKnight
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:38am
  Just wondering when they are going to arrest the volunteer mascot as he carries a riffle into Neyland stadium Although, I guess it could be said that he is hunting bulldogs, *****, or gators at the time.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 8:52am
  NP, DEFYTYRANNY. I was probably over sensitive as this is a huge issue.
  
  Anyway, my point was that rifles don’t apply to open or concealed carry laws and we ARE allowed to open carry them in most states.
  
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:59am
This is the start of Police states when they can openly infringe on the 2nd amend rights which is guaranteed in the Bill of rights and the Constituton. Thes cops have guns and they are loaded. I can see agreat discrepency here Authorites get to stay arme while they disarm the citizens. 2nd amend does not specify rifles or loaded magazines of any kind can not be owned or used. I think these cops need to be retrained about being an American

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:05pm
  Most people posting on hear need to be retrained on our rights……
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:31pm
  If the politicians were doing their jobs and were not blatant, in-our-face criminals they would have no reason to fear a man with a rifle. Same with the cops. Only those that are committing wrong-doing fear good men with guns.
  
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- Spitfire1938
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:18pm
  @CIVILWARCOMETH.. love your ‘creative’ spelling; is it some kind of ‘insider’ code?
  Seriously… I agree whole heartedly with nearly everything you post and in particular I appreciate your desire to ‘peak’ our awareness when you highlight ‘a’ given ‘Truth’ and ‘post’ pertinent, but otherwise obscure or deliberately obscured “Links” that clearly and effectively illustrate a point, or add context to it.
  
  So… If and when the time comes… I’ll gladly ‘cover’ your back.
  
  “Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition!”
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:00pm
  @Mil-Dot there are twenty tiny caskets filled of reasons why men do not need to carry AR-15 in public, let alone own them. Gun Nuts are little more than frightened children afraid of imganiary tyrants hiding under their beds.
- roscoe569
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:30pm
  I think they should come in your home and remove all the sharp objects
  
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- Gremlin1974
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:17pm
  @ENCINOM, ya know, I have read the writings of people who feel the same as you do and who felt that they were just a forward thinking and progressive as you seem to believe yourself to be. Unfortunately, I will never read writings by those people again because they were letters from German citizens around 1936 to 1938, they never thought it could happen there either.
  
  Also I do not give much credence to someone who uses those same 20 caskets as a podium to advance a political agenda, as you just have. Tread carefully across those innocent graves my friend because if you disarm the people then the only ones with guns will be the tyrants and the evil.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:19pm
  yeah hear/here i get ya…It’s what happens you have to quit school to go to work. I know my spelling sucks but guess what i don’t care lol…
  
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- Thighmaster
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:41pm
  @SPITFIRE1938: I’m sure when you were pointing out the creative spelling of CIVILWARCOMETH you meant to spell peak the correct way which is “pique” for your example….
  
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- Judeo_Christian
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:37pm
  Encicom, there are 20 Million people, including men, women, and yes children, that were never given the luxury of coffins in communist Russia. They lie in unmarked mass graves. Their spirits scream out their warning of allowing a tyrannical goverment to be un challenged.
  
  Encicom, Stop spitting on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook and embrace the gift and blessings that the founding fathers insured us in the Second Amendment.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:20pm
  ENCINOM, there you go again telling lies in hopes of supporting your personal agenda. There were neither any children nor adults shot at Sandy Hook School with an AR15.
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:57am
I took a look at the constitution. Seems the only one’s who broke the law was the THP.
I guess if Dorner type was to show up…….

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florida123
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:52am
Heil Hitler………….Get ready for the UN Gestapo, Agenda 21 is real!

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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:51am
2nd amendment does not specify Ar15s and loaded rifle cant be used. You folks better get your heads straightened out you cant be a half Commie here . get in the American program or leave the USA

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- LessIsMore4Govt
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:01pm
  Amen brother.
  
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- HumbleMan
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:35pm
  You said it SGT. Problem is a good fraction of the US Congress and Senate should have to get out. Allen West spoke out on this, and see what happened to him.
  
  This arbitrary non-sense of banning Armalite style sporting rifles (which are only one of the best tools available to the public) is crazy. It’s like banning laptop computers for use by journalists who exercise their 1st amendment rights. It also smells like “free-speech zones”. Who the he$$ invented free-speech zones? Isn’t the whole country a free-speech zone?
  
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- TCPatriot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:41pm
  You got that right too many are ignorant to the meaning of the Bill of Rights as they have been progressivly educated and have no clue!
  
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bdandsl
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:49am
What good is a gun that is unloaded?

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- DonaldH
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:54pm
  I will not carry a gun that is unloaded
  
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- motherboard
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:07pm
  Just remember thoguh what made the Ninja the ultimate…He didn’t dress in a black suit with a sword on his back. They where low profile, until the very last moment. LIBS have employeed the same method up until now. The election of Obama for them was their cue to throw on the black suit and sword. For them, this is the last moment. Remember… The difference is yet to be determined, is it the last moment or did they get impatient? Time will tell, and not a heck of a lof it either.
  
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:47am
Well, good luck to the gentleman getting his weapon and all rights back . After the trumped up charges ,costly attorney fees , and the ‘Mental-Evaluation’ that the JUDGE (who has a 50/50 chance of being a liberal commie). Orders him have to one.

If he was trying to make a point.. He sure did. AND I got MY answer..!

So much for us being UNITED.

And everyone will come running to his side …right Glenn…NO..???

WE split hairs .and we say ‘WELL… HE SHOULD HAVE NOT BLA ,BLA , BLA..!”

I will give LIBERALS credit for one thing .

When they have a rally and someone gets arrested for EXACTLY what the rally is for.

ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE..!

There is no ‘US’ …There will be no ‘patriots banning together‘.

‘We the people’ will go down ‘ONE AT A TIME‘…just like this idiot did , that thought someone had his back.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:09pm
  Hoot,
  The guy didn’t “go down”. He got arrested for a misdemeanor. He will probably pay a 200 dollar fine. And how do you suggest the others around were to react? Start shooting the cops or something? Turn it into assaulting a police officer? The cops are not my or your enemy until the time comes and they show their cards. Then, it is game on. Until then, lets keep it peaceful. War is the LAST option. Don’t rush it. It is not fun or pretty. This guy will be just fine. What he did was no big deal.
  
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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:28pm
  MIL
  I’m not saying for people to turn a rally into a riot.
  
  But if you think this will end with a slap on the wrist for this guy,
  your sadly mistaken.
  
  This guy has just had himself digitally fingerprinted and
  photographed (booked) and is now in a data-base.
  
  The NEXT time he has any dealings with the law .
  it will be his SECOND TIME .
  
  HE NOW HAS A ‘HISTORY‘.
  
  Like I said ‘we the people’ will go down one at a time.
  
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- BerettaM9
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:55pm
  @Hoot Owl. Right on the money with your comment. This man that got arrested does prove the point that no one will have are back. There is no trust left in this vile forsaken country. There will be no victory against these communist. The war is already over. The only thing a true patriot of this nation can do now is try to take out as many of them as possible when they come to are homes to steal are property and arrest us and are family’s because we are not in alliance with there father. (Satan himself.) And to Mil Dot. This man will never see a gun permit ever again after his lonely little misdemeanor charge.
  
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- motherboard
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:00pm
  There is atleast a 50/50 chance this guy was not the owner of the ar15 he was issued to show up at this event with.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:07pm
  Mil-dot-
  The Supreme court stated a person can be denied on firearms background check for a misdemeanor conviction. They violated his rights, and everyone just watched. Lots of people here on the blaze are justifying that violation.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:47am
Another detail not clarified… Was the magazine loaded? An empty mag would keep him in compliance with the insane law.

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- beekeeper
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:26pm
  How was it not “clarified”? Didn’t you read the article? He had a loaded magazine clipped to his rifle:
  
  Robertson had attached a loaded magazine to the rifle and had two more clipped to his belt, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
  
  “While permit holders are allowed to carry handguns on the Plaza, the THP said it’s unlawful to carry a loaded rifle in public places,” the report explains. “The man was cited for unlawful carrying and possession of a weapon, which is a misdemeanor.”
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:57pm
  beekeeper,
  
  If you listen to the report it is not that clear. Also I go back to the “intent” portion of the law. The Blaze added the “loaded” statement as evidenced by the lack of quotes. Details are very important.
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:06pm
  Hey Beekeeper, this isn’t a knock on you because the author screwed up the article, but how do you clip a magazine to an AR15? Did he have one of those magazine holders that attach to a rail and work like a forward pistol grip or what? Or did he have a magazine INSERTED into the rifle? For that matter how do you clip a magazine to your belt? I haven’t seen an AR Magazine yet that clips to anything. Now if he had a magazine IN the weapon and a couple in pouches on his belt, that makes sense. Like I said Beekeeper, it’s not a knock on you, but the author of this article is less than competent when it comes to firearms.
  
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:46am
Us Gov tracks Militias, they are Constitutional and required in the 2nd amendment and others. They are fully legal and needed go join one we are guaranteed the right to belong to a Militia. Obama better study up on real America. Every town needs a Miltiai armed to the teeth to protect against attacks from enemys Foreign and Domestic as well as tryanical Folks who get Bossy. There is nothing criminal about Militias its guaranteed in the Constituion

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- LessIsMore4Govt
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:07pm
  Agree with you 100%. But some of my questions are……How do you start a militia? If one is started, the DHS has already said they will be looked at as domestic terrorists, so how will they stand if not untied in very strong numbers? Will the govt reconize the militia and not imediatly try to disband it, or will it be bloodshed right off the get?
  
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- TheCalmOne
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:48pm
  Can you give us some examples of these militias that already exist?
  
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- Jarhead 88
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:27pm
  Everyone that goes against this regime will be called a terrorist, I’m sure our forefathers were called the same things. I know as long as I stand with God though, they can kill my body, not my soul. I’ll be praying, preparing and waiting.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 10:00am
  Less
  
  I just Googled Nebraska Militia and got these sites. You might want to try it for your state.
  
  37 Nebraska Volunteer Militia
  
  Nebraska Constitutional Militia
  
  Modern Militia Movement.net
  
  For some reason, I can’t get the links to work.
  
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TheRef
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:29am
Some open carry laws say you cannot have the weapon loaded.Should have checked first.

Anyone see Nancy Pelosi with Chris Wallace? She stated, she, we, the Dems stand and support the 1st ammendment rights of gun owners to have guns.

@ sendthemeteors might want to start with the education of you’re mum Nancy Pelosi on the U.S. Constitution then get back with us when they are like you, “smarter than a 5th grader”. Yuck yuck!!!

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- HumbleMan
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:52pm
  Ms. Nancy wouldn’t even stand a chance in “Smarter than a newborn”.
  
  “It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.”
  ~ R. Reagan
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:29am
Just because there’s a law that says carrying a loaded rifle is illegal is irrelevant there’s thousands of ‘gun laws’ that are unconstitutional, in fact all ‘gun laws’ are unconstitutional. The second amendment instructs congress that our right to bear arms shall not be infringed. For you Barry supporters that means congress can’t even create a law regarding the sale and use of firearms.

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:41am
  Read some posts on hear it’s just not the obama zombies…
  
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- Ollie123
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:44am
  kudos
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:57am
  Yes I’ve seen them and It’s a sad state of affairs and you’d think they should know better about our constitutional rights.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:23pm
  Funny how politicians get away with slander everyday…Until more people start pulling their heads out from where the sun doesn’t shine I’m afraid we’re screwed….Basically they are bending the constitution to meet their own selfish needs, it’s the opposite of what the founders intended…..
  
  infringe vb [Latin infringere] 1: violate, transgress 2: encroach, trespass Source: NMW
  
  In the context of the Constitution, phrases like “shall not be infringed,” “shall make no law,” and “shall not be violated” sound pretty unbendable, but the Supreme Court has ruled that some laws can, in fact, encroach on these phrases. For example, though there is freedom of speech, you cannot slander someone; though you can own a pistol, you cannot own a nuclear weapon.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:23pm
  They don’t even know the constitution and people on hear think the laws they passed are good.LMFAO!!!http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/10/pelosi-claims-first-amendment-protects-right-to-bear-arms/
  
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- ledbythnose
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:38pm
  Until the 1900s everybody carried openly. If you go back and look at the Laws of those days . There were none that prevented anybody from carrying a Rifle any where they wanted to. Until the Progressives came in to power and started adding hundreds of restrictive gun laws . The silence of the American People in those days was interpreted by the Criminals in the Government as consent. That same consent is what brought us the un Constitutional Income Tax and all of the Draconian Laws we live with every day. As it stands right now only an armed rebellion will stop this march to Tyranny.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:50pm
  LEDBYTHENOSE You’re correct about progressives and their assault on the constitution,it began a century ago and they’ve pretty much eviscerated it. The people allowed them to get away with it,they became complacent to the point of being ignorant of their rights and we’re seeing the natural progression of government,they keep taking more power and control and the people sit idly by.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:28am
There was more to the statement “While permit holders are allowed to carry handguns on the Plaza, the THP said it’s unlawful to carry a loaded rifle in public places,” It sounded like “with the intent…” was omitted from the quote offered by The Blaze. That is a big detail that needs to be clarified.

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Carrie3570
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:27am
That law needs to change. He should have the right to carry his gun. It is the law in TN, Cannot carry a rifle or shotgun “with the intent to be armed”.

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- Saff SGT
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:48am
  Militias are permited under the Constitution, where do we draw the line here??? either we have them or we dont
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:59am
  What exactly is “intent to be armed”? And how is it different than carrying a handgun?
  
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- Thighmaster
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:01pm
  SAFF SGT: The second amendment was not written for militias, it was written for individuals “the right of the people to keep and bear arms”
  
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- SidneyDave
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:06pm
  What militia did he belong to? This was not a militia meeting and attendees were asked not to bring their firearms. He also broke the law. Don’t agree with the law, express your opinion, suffer the consequences.
  
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- Carrie3570
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:07pm
  Amendment II:
  
  “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
  
  The Constitution of the United States of America
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:21pm
  “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
  
  You forgot a comma. When people clearly see that “militia” and “people” are separated there may be a chance to see that gun laws are a waste of time.
  
  Here is the actual Amendment…”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
  
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Uechi
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:26am
Check the Open Carry and Concealed Carry Laws in Tennesse. It is illegal to open carry a rifle with some exceptions like when hunting or in your car. You need to know the firearm’s laws in your state!

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- Ollie123
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:32am
  the statement says it is “legal” to open carry but it might upset the people???? I’m upset ever time I hear a ******* speak, but that doesn’t stop them form legally speaking, even if I don’t agree!!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:32am
  Yep, know the laws. Good advice. The guy just got caught up in the moment and made a mistake. He can hang with me any day. Let us not be too hard on him for making a minor error. He will pay the fines and move on. He is one of us, so go easy on him.
  
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- Ollie123
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:34am
  check the constitution clause “No infringement” what part of no infringement is not clear?
  
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- Saff SGT
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:02pm
  2nd amend does not say that. cops have to not infringe on rights they broke the laws and the bill of rights
  
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Lordchamp
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:24am
Seems “fair”? This is exactly what they want you to believe and accept. If he was not harming anyone he should not have been considered to be breaking any “LAWFUL” law.

The arrested him for something he MIGHT have done because he had a loaded weapon.

They presumed him guilty of something before he did anything with the weapon.

Strictly unconstitutional but we have been conditioned to accept it as “lawful” because THEY say it is “reasonable” and “common sense”.

When is breaking Natural Law and Constitutional rights reasonable or common sense? Since we have allowed it is when. When we stop allowing it, it will stop and we can regain our rights and freedoms.

They should have immediately begun to protest HIS unconstitutional arrest.

“Shall not be infringed” means just that. Period! I think that is reasonable and common sense.

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:40am
  Some people say they want freedom and in the next breath say this man was in the wrong. He has every right to have that gun loaded. He has every right to carry that gun where ever he wants in public. These people who stood and watched are cowards. What should have happened? Everyone should have pulled their guns out and said not hear not today or any other day. We will not stand by and watch our rights be trampled on…
  
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- hoofmanw
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:45am
  Too bad he wasn’t in Arizona, they would have had no reason to arrest him. It is foolish to carry an unloaded weapon, that just makes you the first target of an unlawful gunman.
  
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- cactusjoe
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:00pm
  “Shall not be infringed” I thought the constitution only applied to the federal Govt?
  If the state in question did not adopt the second amendment it can indeed infringe to a degree.
  The problem is the second amendment needs to be incorporated via the 14th amendment.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:12pm
  @JOE: If the state in question did not adopt the second amendment it can indeed infringe to a degree.<<<< REALLY? Are you really that stupid? Explain to me how a state can not except the 2nd Amendment? It's the law of the land…Every state agreed to the constitution and the bill of rights to become part of the United States of America….
  
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- cactusjoe
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:12pm
  civilwarcometh
  Not true all states excepted the fed version of the Constitution and agreed to uphold it.
  Not every Amendment of the constitution was adopted by the states word for word. This is why we have no uniformity on the second amendment. This is the reason a CCW is not recognized like a drivers license in all 50 states.
  Each state regulates 2A and maybe several other amendments the courts have not yet forced them to incorporate yet. I suggest you read up before engaging an educated anti 2A person.
  I happen to be pro 2A therefore I will spare making you look more foolish here.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:17pm
  Cactus joe-
  If your argument held water, there would still be slaves. All states are bound by the bill of rights. They all signed on to them. No state has the right to infringe on the peoples rights. Been ruled on over and over in the Supreme court.
  
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- Kuurus
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Sorry Joe SCOTUS says it applies to all levels of government even cities. I think it was Heller V Chicago? there was another about DC.
  
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- blazer809
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:06pm
  Ok, here’s where the pro-gun lobby/people will lose the battle. You have the “don’t back down” crowd and the “common sense” crowd. EX; I can take a weapon to the grocery but do I need to. If you need to then it should go concealed (as to protect yourself) If you go to the grocery and feel the need to flash your weapon because it’s your right and act a fool, then most folks will enjoy watching you get treated like a fool! Pro-Gun, Anti-Stupid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Showboat’n fools should go to jail like any other jacka$$.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:31pm
  BLAZER so your alright with restrictions on our rights???? Should all cops keep their guns concealed?? Do you get scared when you see a cop with a gun and call him a fool? Why can’t i open carry and not be called a fool but the police can? He had every right to do what he did. We always say (when are people going to stand up) and when some one does?
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:53pm
  Prior to the enactment of the 14th Amendment and the so called activist judges the right wingers love to complain about, the Bill of Rights was a limit on the Federal Government, not the State Governments.
  
  Next time you mindless node to one of Beck’s rants against the Court, its the Courts that read the 14th Amendment to mean that the Bill of Rights was also a limit on the States. It was Progressives on the Court that did this.
  
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Old Truckers
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:20am
Just because a person has the right to do a certain thing does not mean he should do it.
Discernment is required when making decisions but the foolish man makes rash judgements.

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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:27am
  We need tgo tax every highway…. A toll only for those who profit the most from them…
  Ferkin freelodin truckers.
  
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- ABRAXUS
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:13pm
  today we must stand,full force, for our rights before they take them from us
  
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- Old Truckers
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:20pm
  Maulemall,
  
  “the foolish man makes rash judgements.”
  
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- hpyagl
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Well said Old Trucker. I am getting tired of knee jerk load mouths over reacting in defense of stupid decisions. I doubt this guy was worried about his personal safety. Some people just want to have their 5 minutes of fame. Just because someone wants to make a civil argument does not mean he is by definition a bleeding liberal. I have many firearms including AR15s. I don’t do stupid stuff like that out of respect for others. And I have no need to show off nor do I have the desire to prove a point.
  And to Maule, there is no need for Truckers to pay tolls because you are already covering it by buying all that Chinese made Walmart crap that ends up getting to you via semi delivery.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:17am
@gyro,
agreed.
and nowhere in the story does it say that the man killed the officers, or innocent bystanders, or resisted arrest. The AR did not jump from his arms and go on a killing spree.

Curious… a loaded AR platform, with no violence… at a rally where the vast majority support the presence, ownership, and carriage of arms.

sort of like the MSM bashing of the tea party and love affair with Occupy despite the polar opposites of the way the groups treat their environs…

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- Thighmaster
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:53am
  “Organizers often request that people who show up to rallies leave their weapons at home,” Are you kidding Me ? Are you kidding ? Sort of like going to a free speech rally and being asked to shut up lest you upset someone….
  
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PaBowHunter
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:16am
It sounds as if this man needs a good lawyer. That law needs to be removed.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:12am
If the guy broke the law then his arrest is valid, but if not, then we are seeing one more move on the part of the government to use pressure and intimidation to disarm the nation one step at a time.

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:25am
  All gun laws are unconstitutional. Some people have been convinced that some gun laws are needed and that is how we ended up where we are today.
  
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- whywonder
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:48pm
  Imagine that. Snopus made a comment…. On every story ever on the blaze
  
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gyro
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:10am
Seemed fair the police did their job
The fellow with the gun may be not to bright ?

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:14am
  GYRO
  
  I agree.
  As a gun owner and a big supporter of the 2nd I have to say that he does not seem to be the sharpest shooter on the range.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:26am
  Come on SurfRat, you don’t even know the guy. During rallies at other state capitols all kinds of folks were carrying rifles, loaded and unloaded. This guy just made a minor mistake. He might be an upstanding patriot, one of our guys. Nowadays, the cops make up laws on the spot. And Gyro, you might want to check out your own grammar before you talk about others not being “too” bright.
  
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- Lordchamp
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:28am
  Supporter of the 2nd Amendment? Really? In what way?
  
  What part of “shall not be infringed” do YOU not understand?
  
  So you are willing to give up just some of your rights? Is that what you are saying? See the point?
  
  Who decides WHAT you give up? You? Someone else?
  
  What if I don’t want to give up that part of MY rights? What then?
  
  Only way to do it is to give up NONE! Then it is fair for all and all have equal rights.
  
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- Thighmaster
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:34am
  I find it interesting that so many citizens who would gather at a second amendment rally would gather around authorities who would arrest this man for resisting laws that would disarm him. I’m practically speechless at this time.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:50am
  Mil-Dot – Thanks for the kind words
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  Thighmaster – I dont think it was resisting but just a nutty mistake
  Notthing wrong with police removing weapons from people doing nutty things in my opinion as long as the police dont infringe on peoples rights and here I think hes just a fellow who didnt think
  
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- Thighmaster
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:07pm
  GYRO: “as long as the police don’t infringe on people’s rights” ? you can’t be serious. what exactly ARE his rights by the second amendment ?
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:21pm
  Hi there Mildot
  How you been?
  
  Fair enough.
  Did not question his patriotism in any way. However it would seem that he could have simply brought his weapon without being loaded to the meeting.
  We need to show all the other anti-gun wussies that we can be and are responsable with decrement.
  His actions will only make the MSM say “See I told you so. Just a bunch of backwoods YO’s”
  
  @lord
  Give it a rest.
  As Mildot pointed out to me (rightfully so) about Mr Roberts. You do not know me or how many guns I own. I only questioned his commom sense.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:32pm
  Yeah lets watch how we exercise our rights as to not offend the left or give the MSM any talking points. How about we tell the left and the MSM to kiss our A$$ instead…I can’t believe some of the commie crap i’m hearing on hear. Either your for freedom and our rights or your NOT!!! There’s no in between. Walking on egg shells will help no one….
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:52pm
  Civil
  
  Not egg shells my friend. Just smart tactics.
  Fight smart (:
  (rope a dope)
  
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- SidneyDave
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:16pm
  He was arrested for breaking the law in Tennessee. The police were only enforcing the law. The police are not the problem, it’s the lawmakers in Tennessee. Now if the law in Tennessee allowed for carrying a loaded rifle, and the police arrested him, then the police would be breaking the law and infringing on his rights.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:08pm
  @SDAVE: no they took an oath to uphold the Constitution. They are not supposed to enforce unconstitutional laws.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:35pm
  OLDSURFRAT: I think the focus should be on getting rid of these commies. Then people like us can sit down and debate the issue then. I’m sure it will get heated but at the end of it all we will be gentlemen about it and shank hands. I like your posts you remind be of a kid i grew up with that lived across the street. Was funny as he!!…
  
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