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UPDATE by Mike on 21 OCT 07:
Great work folks!
Here are all the links I can find right now:
NBC 12 story with video - http://www.nbc12.com/news/state/10691606.html?skipthumb=Y
SNIP
“We had a problem at Virginia Tech, but it wasn't the gun, it was somebody that picked up that tool and had the blackness of the heart to actually murder someone and that's the problem,” said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. . . . “There is nothing you can do inside a gun show that you can't do outside a gun show,” said Van Cleave. “A person who is selling privately isn't required to do a background check to sell you a gun, but that's true anywhere. If you came to my house, and I wanted to sell you a gun...I don't need to do that.”
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CBS 6 story - http://www.wtvr.com/global/story.asp?s=7242809
SNIP
Counter-protesters at the gun show todaysay the problem isn't with the state's gun laws, but with the people who commit such heinous crimes.
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RTD news item - http://tinyurl.com/2x7umk
SNIP
It didn't take long for gun-show outriders to cross the street to the church yard and reach the perimeter of the lie-in protest. As TV and video cameras rolled, there was jostling for exposure among the two sets of sign-carrying advocates. "Yes, I tried to get in the way on purpose. I have a right to state my view as much as they do," said Chesterfield County resident Paul Henick. "They can't muzzle me." Henick, who wore a badge from the **Citizen Defense League**, loomed over the recumbent victims with a half-dozen other gun-rights activists. He carried a sign that stated: "This is what happens when people are denied effective means of self-defense." "If I'm an activist, I have to be active," Henick said.
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Also, internet posting of a counter protester video: http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/peternap/?action=view¤t=signlt_3.flv
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According to the 10/16 VA-ALERT from VCDL http://www.vcdl.org the MMM's and Bradys are planning to lie in at the C&E show at the Showplace this Saturday (10/20).
It was suggested that a "counter demonstration" might be fitting & proper. I'm going to show up and stand in for one of the 32 victims at Va Tech who were prohibited from effectively defending themselves.
Anybody who is going to be in the Richmond area this coming Saturday (10/20) is invited to show up.
stay safe.
skidmark
UPDATE by Mike on 21 OCT 07:
Great work folks!
Here are all the links I can find right now:
NBC 12 story with video - http://www.nbc12.com/news/state/10691606.html?skipthumb=Y
SNIP
“We had a problem at Virginia Tech, but it wasn't the gun, it was somebody that picked up that tool and had the blackness of the heart to actually murder someone and that's the problem,” said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. . . . “There is nothing you can do inside a gun show that you can't do outside a gun show,” said Van Cleave. “A person who is selling privately isn't required to do a background check to sell you a gun, but that's true anywhere. If you came to my house, and I wanted to sell you a gun...I don't need to do that.”
--
CBS 6 story - http://www.wtvr.com/global/story.asp?s=7242809
SNIP
Counter-protesters at the gun show todaysay the problem isn't with the state's gun laws, but with the people who commit such heinous crimes.
--
RTD news item - http://tinyurl.com/2x7umk
SNIP
It didn't take long for gun-show outriders to cross the street to the church yard and reach the perimeter of the lie-in protest. As TV and video cameras rolled, there was jostling for exposure among the two sets of sign-carrying advocates. "Yes, I tried to get in the way on purpose. I have a right to state my view as much as they do," said Chesterfield County resident Paul Henick. "They can't muzzle me." Henick, who wore a badge from the **Citizen Defense League**, loomed over the recumbent victims with a half-dozen other gun-rights activists. He carried a sign that stated: "This is what happens when people are denied effective means of self-defense." "If I'm an activist, I have to be active," Henick said.
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Also, internet posting of a counter protester video: http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/peternap/?action=view¤t=signlt_3.flv
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According to the 10/16 VA-ALERT from VCDL http://www.vcdl.org the MMM's and Bradys are planning to lie in at the C&E show at the Showplace this Saturday (10/20).
It was suggested that a "counter demonstration" might be fitting & proper. I'm going to show up and stand in for one of the 32 victims at Va Tech who were prohibited from effectively defending themselves.
Anybody who is going to be in the Richmond area this coming Saturday (10/20) is invited to show up.
stay safe.
skidmark