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To: Miles Vorkosigan; NonValueAdded; yonif
No, it's time to tell campus security, "Wanna make me leave?"

A few years back at a local college, the campus leftists held a symposium to discuss how to protest against a planned campus speech by Charlton Heston. A bunch of us pro-2nd-Amendment got the word and decided to attend, arriving in ones and twos to not draw attention.

There were about 2-300 in attendence in the auditorium, with 3 campus rent-a-cops in the back. During the audience-discussion phase, a few of us got the mike, but were cut off. Finally, one of us got the mike and refused to be cut off. The rent-a-cops started forward to eject him. He then yelled "Will the defenders of the 2nd Amendment stand up and be counted?!"

The leftists saw a hundred of us standing -- a full third of the room. The rent-a-cops went back to their donuts. The meeting went downhill for them from there.

There was some silent protest from them outside the auditorium during Heston's speech, but they had gotten the message: when a thousand gun owners show up to hear somebody, DO NOT piss them off

50 posted on 02/28/2004 7:21:53 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (No anchovies!)
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To: yonif
OK. A little background is I think in order (although I wish the pro-busher's hadn't been broken up too).

A few years ago, there was a hostile takeover of Conn College's Administrative building. As a result of that, demonstrations and rallies are considered unnacceptable by the administration when taking place in front of academic buildings. I think it's bullshit too, but that's the rule. It's not a "Oh, you're revoking my 1st Amendment!" issue. It's a "They don't allow it in front of academic buildings" issue.

And yes, of course CCLeft registered the room we showed the movie in.
52 posted on 04/21/2004 8:13:51 AM PDT by scaryleftist
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