Politics: No one shows for Ohio gun control rally, it turns into a pro-2nd Amendment rally
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'Mayors against illegal guns' rally goes horribly wrong - or right - depending on your perspective
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" group likes to bill its goals as "common sense" reforms that will reduce the number of illegal guns in American cities. In reality, the whole "illegal" part is just there to make it sound more palatable. It's just another gun control outfit that sees all gun ownership as the problem, and it organizes events around the country where it presses for legislation that will curtail the 2nd Amendment.
...Except if you're going to do that, you should probably be sure that people are going to show up. Your people, that is.
Take the odd case of a "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" rally in Columbus, Ohio, where none of the anti-gun supporters bothered to attend. Instead, dozens of pro-2nd Amendment protesters appeared, began shouting at the seriously out-manned organizers, and shut the whole thing down. By the time the rally was over, it was being anchored by Linda Walker - a member of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation.
"There’s no reason for Mayors Against Illegal Guns to be in Ohio," Walker said. "Ohioans stand up for our constitutional rights and that’s the way it’s going to be.”
To make things even more fun, WBNS News was there to film the gun control rally, so we have the whole thing on video. This needs to happen more often.