8-26-13 MAIG ANTI-GUN RALLY MONDAY 11:00AM CHESTER PA

[eyecanshoot]

Just tell the local population MAIG stands for Mayors Against Illegitimate Gangstas. The gangstas will take care of them.

[JenniferG]

I wonder if they would stage their little theatrical production if they weren't surrounded by armed guards?

[mmcguire]

I'll show up with one of my rifles, but I don't want to be the only one open-carrying.

[nater99]

This seems to be their new thing. Don't announce until the day before and covertly invite only the truest of believers in the cause. I'm not sure if we're better off having a handful of people go in opposition or just ignoring them completely.

[ATBackpackin]

This seems to be their new thing. Don't announce until the day before and covertly invite only the truest of believers in the cause. I'm not sure if we're better off having a handful of people go in opposition or just ignoring them completely.

I have given this thought some serious consideration. I think they have become such a joke that we are better off ignoring them for now. With the numbers they are attracting, we would only be making it more newsworthy by showing up and opposing them.

[Jhaydeno]

I really think Chester is too dangerous to risk visiting alone. By not going, their group looks smaller, and we don't validate their points by counter protesting. MAIG become a non- issue that no one cares about.
The average person expects grieving mothers in Chester to abhor guns, however, the average person also has a nagging suspicion in the back of their head : why didn't you leave the area? Why were they out at 3 in the morning? How can you have 3 kids at the age of 19? Isn't that a large drug dealing area?
People have come to expect gun violence in certain low income areas from a certain class of citizens; the difference is Progressives find it acceptable to hold different classes or races to different standards. I do not.

[nater99]

I have given this thought some serious consideration. I think they have become such a joke that we are better off ignoring them for now. With the numbers they are attracting, we would only be making it more newsworthy by showing up and opposing them.

Or giving them pictures which they can spin into a lack of support for our position.

[Jhaydeno]

From the Richmond Times Dispatch on August 23, describing their last rally:

"Speaking to a sparse crowd — perhaps 15 local supporters ......"

It sounds like the tour has become a circus side note in the 2A debate.

[lemko]

'WHAT CHESTER MAKES MAKES CHESTER." Well, nothing's made in Chester nowadays, so what does that make Chester? I'm surprised they're having it at the wee small hour of the morning like 11:00 AM on Monday. The hoodrats don't even get out of bed until 2:00 in the afternoon.

[BimmerJon]

The few that show up in "support" are probably looking for a handout or promised free stuff.

I'd go but... Oh yea! I work