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If the protesters in that picture were not intending to use those guns, what exactly was their purpose in bringing them? Implied threat that anyone who opposed them could be shot? I don't buy the "displaying my rights" argument - the right to bear arms was not infringed by the stay at home orders.
As I understand it, their purpose for bringing their guns and displaying them in that fashion was to call attention to how universal 'one size fits all' stay at home orders applied nationally infringed upon constitutional Bill of Rights inalienable rights for all. That is related to the hot topic du jour about how to reopen the American economy by county/state/region-by-region and the need to take into account the impact on Constitutional rights and things we hold very importantly. I've heard related complaints about the use of mandated cell phone geotagging to notify contacts of positive cases. Reopening the economy must be a balanced decision that maintains the fight against COVID-19 without crushing individual choice or Rights. These guys were reminding us about something pretty important in our First Amendment and Second Amendment rights.
As for other 'single issue voters', I've heard squeals of protest from abortion rights activists about how abortion clinics should still be allowed to be open while most hospitals nationally are still closed for 'elective' surgeries and starving for PPE.
Sorry you got shot at by a bunch of idiots though BTW.
Next time, shoot back!
Chai Vang Killed 6 Hunters in Wisconsin Hunting Incident
Hunter Kills Six, Injures Two After a Dispute Over a Deer Stand
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A Minneapolis hunter, Chai Soua Vang, was asked to leave a deer stand located on private property in Wisconsin. The situation escalated, and Vang opened fire on the property owner and his hunting guests, killing six and wounding two others.
It was November 21, 2004, just one day after deer season opened in rural Sawyer County, where deer hunting is a way of life for hundreds of local sportsmen.
Vang, a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, is a Hmong American from Laos. He became lost while hunting in the area and asked two hunters for directions. He ended up on 400 acres of private property and climbed up on a deer stand he found there.
According to investigators, Terry Willers, co-owner of the land, rode by the site and saw someone in the deer stand. He radioed back to the hunting cabin where he and 14 others were staying, asking who was in the stand and was told that no one was supposed to be in it.
Willers said he would ask the hunter to leave the stand. Others from the private party drove their ATVs to the scene.
When told to leave the deer stand, Vang complied and began to walk away from the scene. As he walked away, five members of the hunting party, including Bob Crotteau, who co-owned the property with Willers, confronted Vang. Someone in the private party wrote down Vang's out-of-state hunting license number—correctly posted on Vang's back—in the dust on his ATV.
According to survivors of the incident, Vang walked about 40 yards away from the party, took the scope off his Chinese style SKS semi-automatic rifle, turned and began to fire at the private party. Three of the hunters were shot in the initial burst of fire including Willers who was the only other man in the group who was carrying a gun.
Rescuers Shot At
Someone in the hunting party radioed back to the cabin and said they were under fire. According to Sawyer County Sheriff Jim Meier, as others from the cabin arrived at the scene, unarmed, to try to rescue the wounded hunters, they too were shot. Some of the victims had multiple gunshot wounds.
Vang fled the scene and became lost again. Two hunters, who were unaware of the shooting incident, walked him out of the woods. As they left the woods, five hours after the shooting, a Department of Natural Resources officer recognized the hunting license number on Vang's back and took him into custody. Vang was held in the Sawyer County Jail. His bail was set at $2.5 million.
Killed in the incident were Robert Crotteau, 42; his son Joey, 20; Al Laski, 43; Mark Roidt, 28; and Jessica Willers, 27, the daughter of Terry Willers. Dennis Drew died of his wounds the following night. Terry Willers and Lauren Hesebeck survived their gunshot wounds.
https://www.thoughtco.com/six-killed-in-wisconsin-hunting-incident-972787
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