2nd Amendment remedies
by digby
Why should this be a problem? According to the gun proliferation advocates carrying a gun is a perfectly normal thing to do and nobody should feel that it's being used as a form of intimidation, especially not in a political sense:
[Councilman] Carreia signed the petition filed by town residents to recall the mayor [Flanagan] over tax hikes and garbage fees. Flanagan, who has challenged the petition's validity, allegedly asked Carreia to call the Fall River Herald News and say he was intimidated into signing the recall petition.
According to Carreia, Flanagan took a gun out of the center console in the SUV and told the councilman that he never leaves home without his firearm.
"Obviously when he took out a gun, the whole thing escalated," Carreia told the Boston Herald on Monday. "This is the mayor. I don’t know what he’s capable of. He didn’t forewarn me he had a gun. I thought, ‘This is ridiculous. This is crazy.’ There’s no doubt in my mind there was intimidation being used. No doubt."
However, Flanagan said that the gun was in his waistband and that he never took it out. He claims he only showed Carreia the gun and was trying to show Carreia how to protect himself.
That's right. He was just showing him his gun and giving him some "instruction" on how one might protect ones self. Just like those nice "good guys" who carry guns into stores and restaurants aren't in any way intimidating people. They're just exercising their right to bear arms --- and if you happen to feel intimidated by that, well, that's your problem.
Nice little free speech you've got there ... be a shame if anything happened to it.
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