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You've been had.
Posted by benEzra in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Aug 21st 2009, 07:14 PM
There was no threat to the President; the threat was to the President's message, which the MSM gleefully buried under ZOMG SCAWWY GUN! stories.

What the Secret Service actually said about the matter, for those who haven't bothered to look past the MSM hysteria:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/oba...

"Asked whether the individuals carrying weapons jeopardized the safety of the president, (Secret Service spokesperson) Donovan said, 'Of course not.'

"The individuals would never have gotten in close proximity to the president, regardless of any state laws on openly carrying weapons, he said. A venue is considered a federal site when the Secret Service is protecting the president and weapons are not allowed on a federal site, he added."
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