Rally ’round the family
So, when anti-gunners have a rally and a dozen or so people show up. It makes the news.
Pro-gunners rally and show up in the thousands.
A reminder as to why politicians seek NRA approval and not Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership approval.
Update: Other press accounts say hundreds. Still, it’s more than 12.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Current estimates are over 2,000. Except for the video and an anti-gun editorial, it was effectively ignored by the major outlets.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I don’t see any reference to thousands of people in that first link, just an article about Daley seeking more gun control.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
oops, wrong link. fixed.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
The Trib can’t spell “Descend”?
March 12th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Maybe they wanted to say: “Activists decent at capitol while making positions known”.
See? They were “decent activists”.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Count Georgia in on that bias as well.
January we had 200 people rally on the capitol steps on a rainy weekday for a pro-gun bill. Only Georgia Public Broadcasting was there to tape it, even though notices were sent to all major news outlets.
February had an anti-gun lie-in that drew 32 people on a Sunday and the press are there.