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Originally posted by cthulu23
Maybe the problem was their insistence on carrying firearms and not the ideology? Lots of events ban the carrying of firearms. Hell, you couldn't even smoke at the Atlanta Olympics.
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I know at least here in OHIO that if you hold a demonstration or "parade" you have to get seperate approval for there to be weapons at it and you have to list all who will have them. This law came right after Kent State in 1970.
Sometimes before judging a law or criticizing an event, you need to know the past and why that state or city may have that requirement.
Plus, perhaps the Columbus Stonewallers wanted this to be a "peaceful" parade and in which case, in my opinion, guns have no right there. You cannot claim peace while having 20 people marching with guns (with the excepetion of a military honor guard or police officers celebrating). Sorry, but to me there's something wrong there.
Sounds like some people trying to create problems, as there is a pretty big schism between the concealed and non concealed activists here. And again, IMHO this parade is not a forum for those people as they probably had little to do with organizing it.