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Yes, remember all the hoopla about the fellow who was carrying an AR-15 at an Obama rally last year? The only place where you say his face (or could even tell his race) was in the pro-2A press. Almost NONE of the MSM revealed that this "radical gun toting Obama Hater" was actually a BMWAG. About the only one that even mentioned his race was CNN, and even that was just mentioned in passing:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/obama.protest.rifle/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/obama.protest.rifle/#cnnSTCVideo
You'll notice that although CNN's Rick Sanchez makes a big deal about the fact that this guy is carrying (and even makes a deferential reference to the fact that in AZ it is 100% LEGAL) they only mention that this fellow is "African American" once. They never accuse him of being some sort of racist, like they always do with white citizens when they do the same thing...
It is particularly telling that they show his picture, but didn't actually interview him. Then they go on to speculate which "side" he is on and what his motivations are, rather than just ASKING him. They were close enough to get footage, but apparently, it is no longer a jurnalist's job to actually INVESTIGATE the news, or do interviews.
They keep saying that "there is an Open Carry Law in AZ that allows this"...
NO THERE ISN'T!!!!!!!
There is an Open Carry RIGHT enumerated in the US Constitution. No government has the moral or legal authority to "allow" a fundamental human right...
There is now statute, code, or law in AZ (or ANY state for that matter, except with regards to CA and their silly UOC law) that says that it is legal to OC. It is the LACK of PROHIBITION on OC that makes it legal in many states. These media putzes need to go back to high school civics class and re-learn how the American legal system works.
I find it morally reprehensible that the media is portraying OCers as being entirely white, redneck, uneducated and "radical right wing extremists". From what I've seen in VA, and NC, OCers are men and women, all races, all different levels of education and income, and are generally friendly, well-spoken, courteous and family-oriented.
The media is either stupid, or they are evil. Neither are good explanations for their behaviour, IMO, and we need to start calling them out on their intellectual dishonesty in an open and public manner...
PRINT + SPEAK + ASSEMBLE
because the 1A is every bit as important as the 2A when it comes to maintaining Freedom.