TruckinMike
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As a result the city of San Antonio, TX having an ordinance that violates Texas state law that clearly allows the open carry of long guns (rifles, shotguns, etc) a protest was held today yesterday, October 19th 2013 at 10am at the Alamo.
Estimated number of attending protesters: 600-800
The event was encouraged by a number of different groups, most notably "the OathKeepers", Blogger Mike Vanderboegh, and Alex Jones. On the Oathkeepers website they list some of the other groups that helped organize as well as spoke at the event:
Open Carry Texas
DontComply
Texas Carry
Come and Take It
After all the speaking was done the entire group engaged in some peaceful civil disobedience. Without "permission" or "permits" and at the frustration of the SAPD the entire group of armed protesters politely (we observed traffic signals) marched to Travis park 2.5 blocks away. North on Alamo plaza, west on East Houston, then north on Jefferson. We then engaged in a bit more speechin' at which point, many folks with tired ears began to slowly disembark. LoL. Me included.
One of the more interesting moments happened while we were leaving - Out of blacked out SAPD suburbon the SAPD police chief, William McManus, appeared with big cheeky grin while hollering out toward us - "Hey is that guy with y'all", while gesturing towards a man in a Darth Vador custume, "Bob" from New Mexico quipped back, "NO, he's on your team, the dark side." Everybody started laughing. LoL.
I cannot verify that the SAPD personnel was in fact William McManus. However I was walking right next to Bob when it happened and saw the entire exchange. ----> EDIT: UPDATE:Chief William McManus was the SAPD officer confronting "Bob" with the Darth Vador comment. LoL. The confirmation is in a radio interview with David Codrea -- its at 36:30 when Codrea tells what happened.
Overall it was a big success! A great second Am Rally. In fact I'll have to say it was the best that I have ever personally witnessed. It felt very empowering. Its was a real motivating experience.
FYI - I carried my Winchester model 94 30-30 that my dad bought me for Christmas (at seven years old).
Strange episode:
I picked a spot up on a raised section of grass with a large oak tree to watch the rally. Along with me was much of the the press. As the press piddled around and chatted amongst each other one of the women journalists or friend of the journalists became visibly shaken, even frightened of the armed ralliers. As I watched and listened to her I could tell she was having some type of anxiety attack -- she verbalized that "all the Men" were upsetting her, she became red faced, very nervous looking and scared at which point a couple of her female colleagues took hold of her and walked her away from the crowd to console her.
Freaky man Freaky.
Anyway here is a pic of the frightening crowd...
Estimated number of attending protesters: 600-800
The event was encouraged by a number of different groups, most notably "the OathKeepers", Blogger Mike Vanderboegh, and Alex Jones. On the Oathkeepers website they list some of the other groups that helped organize as well as spoke at the event:
Open Carry Texas
DontComply
Texas Carry
Come and Take It
After all the speaking was done the entire group engaged in some peaceful civil disobedience. Without "permission" or "permits" and at the frustration of the SAPD the entire group of armed protesters politely (we observed traffic signals) marched to Travis park 2.5 blocks away. North on Alamo plaza, west on East Houston, then north on Jefferson. We then engaged in a bit more speechin' at which point, many folks with tired ears began to slowly disembark. LoL. Me included.
One of the more interesting moments happened while we were leaving - Out of blacked out SAPD suburbon the SAPD police chief, William McManus, appeared with big cheeky grin while hollering out toward us - "Hey is that guy with y'all", while gesturing towards a man in a Darth Vador custume, "Bob" from New Mexico quipped back, "NO, he's on your team, the dark side." Everybody started laughing. LoL.
I cannot verify that the SAPD personnel was in fact William McManus. However I was walking right next to Bob when it happened and saw the entire exchange. ----> EDIT: UPDATE:Chief William McManus was the SAPD officer confronting "Bob" with the Darth Vador comment. LoL. The confirmation is in a radio interview with David Codrea -- its at 36:30 when Codrea tells what happened.
Overall it was a big success! A great second Am Rally. In fact I'll have to say it was the best that I have ever personally witnessed. It felt very empowering. Its was a real motivating experience.
FYI - I carried my Winchester model 94 30-30 that my dad bought me for Christmas (at seven years old).
Strange episode:
I picked a spot up on a raised section of grass with a large oak tree to watch the rally. Along with me was much of the the press. As the press piddled around and chatted amongst each other one of the women journalists or friend of the journalists became visibly shaken, even frightened of the armed ralliers. As I watched and listened to her I could tell she was having some type of anxiety attack -- she verbalized that "all the Men" were upsetting her, she became red faced, very nervous looking and scared at which point a couple of her female colleagues took hold of her and walked her away from the crowd to console her.
Freaky man Freaky.
Anyway here is a pic of the frightening crowd...
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