[Bloody Sam Roberts]

protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.

That's a pretty damned broad interpretation of the word "near".

I'm certain Mr. 0bama was well outside the operational range of any of these firearms. Which, in fact, puts him nowhere near any of them.

[cripplecreek]

That's a pretty damned broad interpretation of the word "near".

Kinda like Harry Waxman wanting .50 cals outlawed because they can kill from more than a mile away. He even had a chart with concentric circles around the white house to show how far out a person could be and still hit the white house.