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speaktruthtopower

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Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:46 PM Aug 2017

Can't they screen Demonstrators for weapons? [View all]

...with metal detectors like many other public gatherings? The weaponry those people were marching around with while people nearby were brawling in the streets was mind boggling.

The Charlottesville PD, with all sympathy for the officers lost in the copter, could have looked a lot worse.

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Can't they screen Demonstrators for weapons? [View all] speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 OP
I believe it depends on the state Corgigal Aug 2017 #1
I live in an open carry state... speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #3
my thoughts exactly fantase56 Aug 2017 #4
You would think.. speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #5
open carry laws DBoon Aug 2017 #2
I'd like to know if armed individuals were in the fist fights... speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #6
More backlash from previous gun-control attempts. krispos42 Aug 2017 #7
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