Pa. Patriot ARRESTED at the OC dinner @ The Old Country Buffet in Dickson City 5/9

[PennsyPlinker]

Oh yeah. A bunch of us were milling around outside the town hall after the meeting. No cops bothered us, although one watched us for a while, probably to make sure we did not shoot out any street lights. We had some good conversations with some of the local folks and passed out a bunch of fliers. Next thing I knew, PA Patriot was standing there saying hello to me! He left the monkey suit at home, so no one recognized him until he was already there.

All in all, I think it was a powerful message to the media and the town. It will be interesting to see how it is spun by the MSM. I called my wife and parents on the way out of town to assure them I was not arrested or shot while there.

[Jailkeeper]

Originally Posted by HiredGoon

WOW, EM, that's so cool...your dog carries a gun too...GOOD BOY

Thought the same thing... Hope he's a Doberman!

[clarion44]

Just got back a little bit ago myself. I wish I could have stayed for the whole meeting but had to get back for work tonight. It was nice to meet a few of you and I applaud those who took time to speak.

by the way... never ask an employee at OCB where Charlie Browns is... they send you in the complete opposite direction I found it anyway after driving around some more. Good chicken k-sa-dilla

[awkx]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Pa Patriot

Hi!

[Montana]

Originally Posted by PennsyPlinker

I just got home a little while ago, and plowed through the last 20 PAGES of this thread! My daughter and 1iarrowking accompanied me up to the OCB. As we pulled into the parking lot, we saw three people standing there, so we drove past them looking for guns. As I passed, I saw cameras and notepads, so I kept going. As we got out of the truck, they came trotting up. The one guy said to me, "You're here with the open carry group, aren't you!?!" I wondered how he knew that, but he recognized me form a picture here on the site, probably the one I reposted from the Palmyra event.

So they talked to us for a while. The crux of the interview came in one question. He said,

"Just how important is this Second Amendment stuff to you?"

I gave him a big smile and replied,

"Well just how important is this First Amendment stuff to you?"

He thought about it long and hard and said, "That's a really good point. I never looked at it that way."

I went on to say that his 1st Amendment rights depended on keeping our 2nd Amendment rights. We talked some more, and he interviewed 1iarrowking, and then Gary showed up to tell us about the relocation to Charlie Browns. No cops molested us while we were there.

Charlie Browns had excellent food, good service, and the manager was cool with all the guns. One waitress gave me a nervous look, but I gave her a big grandfatherly smile, and she seemed to relax. Then it was down to town hall. There was a TV crew filming anyone and everyone. The captured part of my conversation with some local folks. The guy told me I would be on the news tonight. I asked him if that was true or was he just telling me that. He responded that he was the editor, and that I would definitely be on. I hope he was not planning on editing my comments to make me look stupid. I can do that all by myself without any help!

I got to say my piece in the meeting along with a number of our fellow PAFOA people. I heard the tinfoil hat lady too. But she was off on another tangent about something completely unrelated. some of the concerns of the people there were just plain silly, but they are their concerns. I explained to my daughter on the way home that a lot of people have their beliefs, and that they do not want to examine them too closely or have them challenged, as that is too painful for them to contemplate. There were a lot of people in the room like that tonight.

I got to meet the wife of the owner of the Scranton Political website. We had a very nice conversation, and while we might not agree on all things political, she was very supportive of our mission there tonight.

The mayor gave me a stare that would peel paint at 30 paces while I was signing in. Fortunately, I was not painted! The cops that were there and in uniform did not utter so much as a peep, despite all the chest thumping of the chief earlier on today. People packing guns abounded, and not a shot was fired.

Keep it coming, now we're getting somewhere. When can we expect the video and audio?

[TaePo]

Lildobe posted a summary at this thread...

http://www.pafoa.org/forum/general-2...3-may-7pm.html

[Mrs. Pa Patriot]

Originally Posted by awkx

COOL Thanks!

[Koli01]

Sounds like good stuff.

[Autonomous]

Thanks to all who went to the dinner and the meeting. Glad to hear yinz is keepin up the good fight.
I hit that poll and it was still in our favor...that was many pages ago and So i have forgot what the hell the numbers were.
It is good to see so many step up to support. I have to say the Mrs. Patriot is impressin the hell out of me with the iron strong support of the Gorilla. It is inspiring. Being under that kind of stress can tough but hats of to you Mrs. for keepin the head high.
Thank you again to all of those who speak the truth to the people who would have it shut up.
-A

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

And...how did I end the evening?????



Not to worry folks! Gun went into the safe after the pic (I'm at home). SigForum LOVES these kinds of 'meal protection' pics!