Open Carrying a Gun in Philadelphia

At the End the Fed (Federal Reserve System) Rally of Saturday, May 18, 2013 Edd Skitz, a local liberty activist, open carried a handgun in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Edd Skitz legally open carrying his handgun in Philadelphia, PA

Edd was stopped by a police officer who checked his papers then let him go. Here is a short video of the detention:

This just goes to show that open carry with a license is legal in Philadelphia. No one should be fooled by cops that lie about the law to harass gun owners. Local law requires a license to carry a firearm for any kind of carrying. Unlike the rest of the state where open carry is legal without one.

Smokedown Prohibition V: Adam Kokesh and NA Poe Arrested (video and pictures)

At Smokedown Prohibition V Adam Kokesh is targeted for arrest even though it is obvious he isn't smoking marijuana. This happened on May 18, 2013 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

Update: Monday, May 20,2013 - Adam has been charged with felony assault on a federal officer. No bail set, his detention hearing is set for Thursday, May 23, 2013. See http://freeadam.net/2013/05/20/adam-kokesh-accused-felony/

Some pictures of the event before the arrests started:

When signs like this greeted us we knew there would be trouble.

A letter delivered to the police.

 Signs help up by the protesters:

 

 

 

 The welcoming committee composed of park rangers and Philadelphia police:

 

 

 

At 9pm that evening we went down to the Federal Detention Center to see how our kidnapped friends were:

The sign reads FREE NA POE

More pictures and videos can be seen at the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/455712674507072/

In the Gun Grabbers' Faces: Counter-Protesting the Morrisville, PA Anti-Gun Rally

The weather was as changeable as the gun haters' rhetoric. It started cloudy, then the sun came out, then it rained. First, they said they want to ban so-called assault weapons, then they said they don't want to take our guns. Not once did they express a concern for liberty, the most precious value. So it went in Morrisville, PA on May 11, 2013 at the Pre-Mother’s Day March against Gun Violence.

Hear their own terrible words:

In a speech rife with hypocrisy one speaker claimed she was a little afraid of the counter-protesters carrying guns. It didn't occur to her to think of our fears. There is a reason we stayed in Pennsylvania. We knew we couldn't go into Trenton, New Jersey (where their rally started) with our guns. The police would have arrested us. Even in Morrisville the township threatened to arrest open carriers. We ignored those threats and they backed down. Yet somehow the gun haters saw themselves as being threatened. The fear was totally irrational. The open carriers would have protected them had a criminal tried to harm them. Meanwhile, it is they, the gun haters, that want to send armed law enforcement officers after gun owners. Go figure.

In his speech Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell made the point that the National Rifle Association has endorsed background checks in the past. He also emphasized that former President Ronald Reagan was an advocate of gun control and that A rated Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) was one of the authors of the recently failed background check bill. Gun rights advocates should take note and realize that the Republican Party is not going to protect you from the gun haters.

Most of the rest of what the gun haters said was just appeals to emotion. Of course, it is difficult to think clearly when talking about loved ones killed, but the truth is that that is exactly when clear thinking is most needed. Going after our gun rights may seem like the quickest solution to the gun violence problem but it is not. It will only make things worse. I ask the gun haters to join us in calling for a real solution to the problem while leaving our gun rights intact. Support Law Enforcement Against Prohibition's call to end the drug war. For an in depth explanation of why we have the violence that we do and what to do about it please read, "Progressivism’s Violent World".

Mainstream media coverage of the event, “Pro and anti-gun groups rally in Morrisville” mentions the canceled and moved Little League Baseball games. Concerned Gun Owners of Bucks County, the group organizing the counter-protest, asked the gun haters to reschedule their rally out of respect for the young baseball players but, sadly, they refused.

This video has all the speakers from the pro-gun rally held before the gun grabbers crossed the bridge from Trenton, NJ:



Below are pictures of many of the firearms carried at the rally. Please note that no one was shot that day:

Pictures of pro-gun rights signs:

Pictures of the gun haters:

In fairness, this picture has both gun haters and gun rights people.