Constitutional Carry Rally, Lansing

[Venator]

What??? April 19th or the 20th?

April 19th is the anniversary of the barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan that exploded in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city in 1950.

April 20th is the anniversary of the Chinese authorities declaring martial law, which led to the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.

Wikipedia is great for creative reporters seeking to spin ANY chosen date of an upcoming event.

Exactly. April 20th is Hitler's birthday if I recall correctly. If you try you can find something bad happened on every day of the year at some time.

 

[Bronson]

Exactly. April 20th is Hitler's birthday if I recall correctly.

It is. I remember it because as a young man I learned he and my mother shared a birthday....for some reason it stuck in my head

Bronson

 

[DrTodd]

Ahh just a few of the road blocks on organizing a rally. Also remember what happened in history on the day we choose. When SAM did the D.C. Rally the press claimed we picked April 19th because of the Oklahoma bombing anniversary, when we picked it because it was the anniversary of Lexington Concord Battle.

Many people are away on vacations in June, July and August. It's hot as well. April is cold and rainy/snowy. May is the month that people are beginning to wake up from the doldrums of a wet spring. The weather is generally good and it's not too hot. Personally Mothers day is a Sunday and if the event is Saturday, it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Besides bring the mom to Lansing for the weekend and enjoy the Historical Museum and other Lansing attractions. I suggest the weekend between Moms day and Memorial day.

And no matter what day is picked it's not going to please everyone.

+1. You can't please everyone and there will always be an historical event, good or bad, that is linked to whichever day you choose.

 

[Generaldet]

+1. You can't please everyone and there will always be an historical event, good or bad, that is linked to whichever day you choose.

+2 April is risky with the weather, which as much as I hate to say it, does affect attendance. As soon as the date is confirmed I will update the post. Either way there will be PLENTY of advance notice to make other plans.