Not the First Time Guns Were at Rallies

The Chicago Tribune reminded readers that the recent wave of gun-toting citizens at various political rallies isn’t new. The paper explains in this passage:

“In 1967, for example, about 30 members of a new organization called the Black Panther Party marched with rifles and shotguns into the California State Assembly in Sacramento to protest a proposed ban on carrying weapons in public. Yes, children, the ’60s were not only about Woodstock.”

But before we applaud the paper for reminding of history, we should mention that the author had an agenda as well. In this same piece columnist Clarence Page added however:

“Imagine how today’s gun-rights conservatives would react if, say, a group of armed Panthers showed up at a rally for, say, President George W. Bush or Sen. John McCain, last year’s Republican presidential nominee.”

Why would gun-rights conservatives even have an issue? As long as the guns were carried legally, I don’t really think many would have a problem. Clearly Mr. Page is trying to paint gun owners as white racists. The issue isn’t one of black and white as much as it is about being able to legally own, and carry, what the constitution has promised

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