we made the MMM sad...

"DZ, i got the last pix of a MMM leader getting in a SUV at 11am"


You mean one of those gas guzzling high capacity Urban Assault Vehicles? The kind that causes us to send the "children" to the mideast so we can keep feeding these instruments of environmental destruction?

ha,ha,ha, (actually own one myself) but it could make for an interesting response to the Million Minivan Maoists".
 
new letter to the editor:
In your article about the gun show protests at the Montgomery County
Fairgrounds, gun rights activist Beth Caherty's remarks about the
counter-demonstration being a "spontaneous gathering of people who had been
shopping at the gun show" is clearly belied by the picture accompanying the
article showing pro-gun protestors holding obviously pre-made,
professional-looking signs.

I guess, though, it is understandable. In her distorted version of reality,
she refers to an event that displayed and sold handguns and assault weapons
next to tables of hate literature as a "joyous group of women, children and
men happily and joyfully celebrating."

How sad that she can find pleasure in books of hate and instruments that
destroy lives.

Linda Kahn, Potomac
 
Also, how does this Kahn's Hot Dog b!tch know about there being "Hate literature" at a gun show? Did she go inside? Sounds like a lawsuit to me. Sure, it will lose, but it will cost her money. 500 gun owners file a class-action slander and libel suit against her. Costs her $1000 or more to get an attorney to get a judge to throw it out. Win/win
 
Council considers request to end gun shows

by Peggy Vaughn
Staff Writer

Nov. 8, 2000

The City of Gaithersburg needs to do some legal homework before discussing the
future of gun shows held within the city limits, the City Council said Monday night.

City attorneys are busy reviewing a request made by County Executive Douglas M.
Duncan last month to ban local gun shows, Mayor Sidney A Katz said.

"We'll get back to the public as to what we can and cannot do," Katz said.

A gun show was held Oct. 21 and 22 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Gaithersburg. The show drew protest against it from about 30 women and children. A
counter demonstration of guns rights activists also took place.

Duncan cited the "considerable controversy over the propriety of hosting gun shows
in Montgomery County when we are working so hard to protect our citizens ... from
gun-related injuries and death" in an Oct. 18 letter to the city.

As in similar letters sent to other municipalities in the county, Duncan asked the city
to adopt a 1997 county law that bans gun shows by creating "gun-free zones" within
100 yards of places of public assembly.

Since municipalities in the county are self-governing, each must adopt county laws if
they are to apply within municipality borders.

If Gaithersburg city officials decide to agree to Duncan's request, twice-yearly guns
shows held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in the city will be a thing of the
past. The fairground is privately owned and operated, but has received about $1
million in state, county and City of Gaithersburg improvement funds since 1998.

Katz expects to discuss city attorney findings at the council's next meeting on Nov. 20
http://www.gazette.net/200045/bethesda/news/31818-1.html

>>>>>>>>>>>

Prince George's bill would ban gun shows on public land

by Myra Mensh Patner
Staff Writer

Nov. 8, 2000

State legislators in Prince George's County are planning to consider a bill that would
ban gun shows on all property in the county owned by the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.

The bill -- requested by County Executive Wayne K. Curry (D) in Oct. 13 in letter to Del.
Rushern L. Baker III (D) of the Prince George's delegation -- would end gun shows at
Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro.

The shows began in 1993 and take place three times a year at the arena, which is
owned by the Park and Planning Commission. The next show is scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday, with others planned for February, July and November 2001.

A public hearing on the bill is scheduled for Dec. 6 at the commission's office in
Riverdale.

State Sen. Brian E. Frosh (D-Dist. 16) of Chevy Chase said there are several ways
the bill could proceed if the Prince George's delegation approves it. One way would
be for the Montgomery delegation to amend it or draft a parallel bill to include Park
and Planning-owned land in Montgomery County.

Leonard Lucchi, director of legislative affairs for the Prince George's County
Executive's Office, said the bill came in response to increasing unease among
residents over the gun shows at Show Place Arena.

"Concerns were expressed by members of the public with regard to the government
hosting gun shows where firearms would be sold and could be used in crimes that
may occur in Prince George's County," he said.

The bill would exempt the Prince George's County Trap and Skeet Center, also
owned by the Park and Planning Commission, as a place where hunters can
practice.

Frederick-based Frank Krasner of Silverado Promotions organizes the gun shows at
the arena, and has said they are among his biggest shows, attracting as many as
5,000 people.

Lawmakers are not opposed to Krasner, who is credited by State Police officials with
running tight shows and reporting suspicious or illegal activities; they are opposed to
gun shows in general. Krasner has declined comment.

Krasner's gun shows in Montgomery County have drawn attention recently.

Last month, Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) called on
municipalities to adopt a county law that would end gun shows at places of public
assembly, targeting the ones held twice a year at the county fairgrounds in
Gaithersburg since 1990.
http://www.gazette.net/200045/bethesda/news/31817-1.html
 
http://www.gazette.net/letters/

Gun activists did not cross the line


Nov. 15, 2000

I was at the Oct. 21 protests at the fairgrounds. but I was a member of the opposition.
I was there to protect our rights.

I feel really sorry for Ms. Krivda, because her Nov. 1 letter seemed as if a truly
sensitive person wrote it. Unfortunately, this truly sensitive person has become just
another victim of the MMM propaganda machine.

First off, I am not a member of the NRA. I am a very lucky victim of an encounter with a
thief during a break-in. I wished then that I had had a firearm to protect myself. I didn't
and I did suffer some injuries. So I speak from experience.

We marched on the MMM because it is time they understand they have opposition.
We, too, were exercising our First Amendment rights. As we approached the MMMs,
they scurried away to place their backs against the fence. At this point they started
some nonsensical chant about guns and the fairgrounds to which we replied with a
chant of "Vote Freedom First."

The MMM were huddled among themselves and we did not deny them the opportunity
to share the sidewalk with us. As a matter of fact, we would have liked the opportunity
to discuss the issue with them.

We are all law-abiding people; we will not hurt you or anyone else.

As for the finger wave, I received several from minivans and SUVs and I had my
16-month-old daughter with me. I wasn't offended because they were expressing
their First Amendment right. I do take offense to Ms. Krivda's attempt to paint us all
with one brush. We are not rednecks. We may be a bit stiff-necked, but that's
because we have drawn the line in the sand and here we'll stand.

Jennifer R. Brand, Gaithersburg

Taking aim at endangered species?


Nov. 15, 2000

More explanation is needed concerning County Executive Douglas Duncan's
opposition to gun shows at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds ("Bills would ban
gun shows on Park and Planning land," Oct. 20).

The fact is that the county's children do not need "to be saved from guns." The real
unmentioned problem is that many gun owners in the county are members of the
National Rifle Association or they are of the same mentality. They are in all likelihood
white, male, conservative, possibly Christian, who believe in a smaller government,
lower taxes and less government interference in their lives. They might even be in
favor of school uniforms, parents being responsible for raising their own children,
and for the thinning out of our suburban deer herds.

While this type is a distinct minority in the county, they should not be made
comfortable or encouraged by references to the irrelevant legal rights of private
businesses or the independent political status of the city of Gaithersburg. The liberal
women (and men) of Montgomery County have identified an enflaming cause here
and must rally against the threat of this insidious enemy.

Vernon J. Goertz, Bethesda
 
"(they) planned a peaceful protest that would be non-confrontational.."

Typical passive-aggressive gibberish. The problem isn't that they irritate people beyond rational limits of patience, the problem is that the people they irritate express their irritation!

These people have the emotional maturity of pampered ten year olds. Disgusting.

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ALARM! ALARM! CIVILIZATION IS IN PERIL! THE BARBARIANS HAVE TAKEN THE GATES!



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"The whole atmosphere was very uncomfortable."

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"Children of protestors were crying and tensions were escalating, Clifford said."

Heeheehee!!! STOP!!! YOU'RE KILLING ME!!!

They constantly push to erode our Constitutional rights, and they chide us for yelling and making them feel uncomfortable? You gotta be freakin' kidding me!

We RKBA'ers need to send Bobby Knight to counter-demostrate at one of their rallies... THEN they'd see what yelling is all about!!! And maybe he'd choke one or two of them as well. How's that for being uncomfortable? :)
 
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