Tuesday, April 20, 2010

*Gun control


                           Photo credit: USA Today Poll page
Carrying loaded pistols and unloaded rifles, dozens of gun-rights activists got as close as they could Monday to the nation's capital while still bearing arms and delivered what they said was a simple message: Don't tread on me.
Hundreds of like-minded but unarmed counterparts carried out a separate rally in the nation's capital.
The gun-carrying protesters in Virginia rallied on national park land, which is legal thanks to a new law signed by President Barack Obama that allows guns in national parks. Organizers said it's the first armed rally in a national park since the law passed.
The District of Columbia's strict gun laws, however, generally make it illegal to carry a handgun, so rally participants there were unarmed.

Read the entire article at: Advocates carry handguns, rifles at VA rally - (April 19, 2010)
Read more at: Gun rights rallies - (April 19, 2010)
My notes: 
(1) The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution (adopted in 1791) is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms.
(2) Attorney General, Eric Holder, calls for gun ban calls for gun ban - (wanted to reinstitute ban on sale of assault weapons) - (Feb 2009)
(3) The debate between those who want more gun control and those who want no control will continue to wage on.

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