I love stuff like this, “Defying faith leaders, Lansdowne gun shop supporters throw a pointed party“:
“They might as well have been on different planets, these side-by-side-counter-demonstrators outside Clyde’s Sports Shop, in Lansdowne on Saturday. Gathering around a vintage combat-green armored reconnaissance vehicle and a troop carrier, about 175 of Clyde’s pro-gun supporters, many wearing camouflage and waving American flags, spoke ardently about the Second Amendment …, as a DJ played “God Bless America” and The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” … Meanwhile, a couple hundred yards away in a vacant grassy lot, Clyde’s critics — including some of Baltimore’s most prominent religious leaders — were in a much less festive mood. The interfaith group of about 75 people sang “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” heard from mothers whose children were killed by guns and repeated their plea that owner Clyde Blamberg do more to prevent guns from his shop from winding up in criminals’ hands …”
This is exactly how to deal with antigun crackpots. When they try to claim a moral high ground, laugh at them. They simply cannot deal with opponents who will not be intimidated by their shrieking.
“… The Saturday prayer service near Clyde’s is the latest action in an ongoing campaign by this interfaith coalition of Baltimore religious leaders who have affiliated with the group “Heeding God’s Call.” … Politely rebuffed when they sent a small delegation into Clyde’s shop in October, the group has pledged to return periodically with these public actions … But the ministers and bishops, outnumbered at least two-to-one Saturday, weren’t about to confront the pumped-up crowd in the Clyde’s parking lot. “That would not be a good idea,” said Bryan Miller, director of public advocacy for the Philadelphia-based Heeding God’s Call …”
Miller is a well-known gun control activist in the NJ/PA area. Heeding God’s Call has all the hallmarks of a phony leftist front group. They don’t even list a phone number or mailing address on their website.
This is a typical tactic of the antigunners and leftists in general. They create these astroturf groups to give the illusion of public support. Then they engage in publicity stunts like this to generate media attention for themselves and their cause and to try and scare their opponents into submission.
“… Facing across the grass toward Clyde’s (but too far away for the pro-gun group to hear) speakers tried to personalize the problem …”
No, they didn’t. What they were trying to do was blame the owners and patrons of Clyde’s for criminal violence. If they had any real evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Clyde’s they could have taken it to the police. They didn’t do that. They went for a PR stunt instead.
“… Customers, and Blamberg, maintain that Clyde’s has been “a good store.” … “They’re barking up the wrong tree,” said Chuck Kief, of Middle River. “They need to go back to their own neighborhoods and take care of their problems where they start.” …”
Exactly. But doing that would require honestly dealing with the issue, something the antis have absolutely no intention of doing. They want to ban guns, period.
