Air America: Tea Partiers Bring Guns To Their Own Meetings Now (VIDEO)

[Omaha Steve]

http://airamerica.com/politics/01-04-2010/tea-partiers-new-mexico-bring-guns-anti-obama/

Monday January 4, 2010 5:04 p.m.


Photo Credit: YouTube
By Mairead Maguire

The Alamogordo Daily News reports that an estimated 350 people showed up at an rally organized by the Otero Tea Party Patriots and the recently formed Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force. The protest has attracted attention because many of the protesters openly carried guns. The rally was not violent, and as one protester said of his choice to carry a weapon, "I'm not trying to start a war. I just want to make a point."

Right-wing protesters carrying weapons is not a new phenomena--however, they used to just bring them to rallies where Obama was speaking. A man in New Hampshire showed up to an Obama town hall meeting on health care with a holstered gun, and a man in Minneapolis wore two loaded pistols while standing outside the Target Center where Obama was scheduled to speak.

The New Mexico Independent interviewed protesters who said they brought guns to the protest to exercise their Second Amendment right, and some expressed concern that the Obama administration wants to abridge that right. The Tea Party Patriots' desire to pack heat at their own events is ironic, given that the movement is now struggling with internal dissent.

Currently there is a feud between the Tea Party Patriots and the Tea Party Express. The Patriots have accused the TPE of being inauthentic and too close to the GOP, and have gone as far as to sue one of the party's founders, Amy Kremer, after she became involved with the TPE. As factionalism poses a possible threat the the Tea Party, alliances with local organizations like the Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force may strengthen the Tea Party's base of support.

(video) Alamogordo Tea Party Protest, January 2, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjVWifq4Kc&feature=player_embedded

[izquierdista]

1. Feud?

Will they start shooting each other?*






*can we be so lucky?

[HBravo]

4. I can hear the banjos playing

[rfranklin]

6. It's gonna be hilarious when they start plugging each other....

"The Three Stooges and the Second Amendment" Yuk yuk yuk!

[izquierdista]

7. What a bunch of maroons!

[Historic NY]

8. throw a couple of M-80's in there and its a whole new ballgame....

[msongs]

2. ya never know when a black american president might show up at a gun nut rally so they

wanna be ready. teabaggers = republican klan nt

[LiberalFighter]

3. They are just pretending to be 2nd amendment supporters.

They are just pretending to be against Republicans.
They are just pretending to be for Republicans.

They know that Republicans are just pretending to support them even though they are against them.

Republican politicians want to take away their guns.

Most Republican politicians pretend to be hunters.

Most Teabaggers don't know which end of gun the bullet comes out. And Republican politicians rely on that.

Most Teabaggers have the wrong ammo size and Republican politicians know that.

Republican politicians make fun of the Teabaggers.

Republican politicians are secretly bugging the Teabaggers and their families.

:evilgrin:

[zbdent]

5. "I'm not trying to start a war. I just want to make a point." ...

and George W. Bush wanted Saddam Hussein to stand down ...

Can I set up a "beer sampling" stand in front of the parties early, then take off as people get a bit loopy?