Stuck On Stupid

Stuck On Stupid

Don't be stupid:

President Obama spoke in Arizona today at the 110th National Convention for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Though the event saw approximately 13,000 in attendance, it was the man outside that drew plenty of attention. A man, wearing a pistol on his hip and carrying an AR-15 assault weapon was seen walking outside the event. The incident was reported by the Arizona Republic

The man chose not to be named, however when asked why he was bearing arms outside the event he replied, “Because I can do it. In Arizona, I still have some freedoms.” The man was telling the truth. In Arizona, it was legal for him to carry the weapons in public. Phoenix Detective J. Oliver stated, “What he is doing is perfectly legal. We are here to keep the peace. If we need to intervene, we will intervene at that time.”

CNN's Ed Henry was in Arizona and saw the man first hand. Here is his account of the incident, " I saw at least a couple weapons, including an AR-15, and it happened just across the street from where I am.

There was a large group of Obama supporters. They were supporting the president on health care. And it was peaceful, and, you know, there were some protesters across the street shouting things like socialism, et cetera, kind of typical stuff you see outside of some of these events these days.

And I happened to wade into the pro-Obama side to take some pictures, still photos, and try to interview some people. And all of a sudden, I saw this gentleman who was anti-Obama. He was shouting something about socialism with an AR-15 on his back.

Yes, this is Arizona. He has the right to be armed in public. But talk about provocation without any useful purpose. This accomplishes nothing but inflame Obama supporters, make opponents to Obama look like idiots, and generally, accomplish nothing.

The Second Amendment protects our right to be armed not to make stupid political points, but in the event that the government becomes tyrannical. This sort of display does nothing useful. Obama and friends know that we have the power to, if not overthrow the government, at least make the country unmanageable, so that his obscenely rich friends can't continue to loot it.

Don't be stupid.

UPDATE: Even more curious: the man with the AR-15 is black.