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Man Told To Remove His NRA Instructor Hat While Voting [VIDEO]
dailycaller.com ^ | 10-27-2014 | CHUCK ROSS

Posted on 10/27/2014 1:07:29 PM PDT by servo1969

While he was early voting on Friday, a Douglasville, Georgia man says he was asked to remove a hat he wears everywhere, one that reads “NRA Instructor,” because poll workers said it was too closely associated with the Republican party.

Bundy Cobb, who is certified by the National Rifle Association in firearms training, wears the hat in part to promote his business, True Aim Defense. But poll workers apparently saw it as something different.

“I went by the first two ladies, and they didn’t say anything. And then the next lady, she said ‘sir, you’re going to have to take off your hat,’” Cobb recalled in an interview with The Daily Caller.

“What are you talking about?” Cobb said he replied.

Cobb, who is a veteran, says he looked down the voting line and saw another man with a hat on. “What’s the difference between his hat and mine?” Cobb asked.

That’s when workers told him that his NRA hat was perceived as being associated with the GOP and that he couldn’t wear it near the voting booth.

“It kind of caught me off guard,” Cobb told TheDC, adding that he has worn the exact same hat three times to the same polling place.

“It’s ridiculous,” Cobb said. “My hat advertises my business.”

Cobb took off the hat but contacted the local Fox News affiliate in Atlanta. He also contacted the state board of elections, which, he told TheDC, is investigating the case.

Laurie Fulton, the Douglas County board of elections supervisor, explained that the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.

“The courts have found that anything that suggests associated with the NRA in many people’s perceptions is associated with the Republican party,” Fulton told Fox Atlanta. “So in an overabundance of caution Mr. Cobb was asked to remove the hat so that no one could interpret that we were playing any favoritism over one party versus the other.”

But reached for further comment, Fulton couldn’t cite the court case she alluded to and told TheDC that there was no clear precedent at the state level prohibiting NRA apparel.

Instead, Fulton said that the policy came about after she consulted a colleague following an incident that took place in Douglas County earlier this week.

“It started earlier in the week when a voter complained to me about a hat a man was wearing [an NRA hat],” Fulton told TheDC.

Like Cobb, that man removed his hat after being asked.

“I consulted with one of my contemporaries in another county,” Fulton said. They determined that the NRA hat “fell under the same sort of grey area” as a ruling that barred voters from wearing a “Don’t Tread on Me” t-shirt, Fulton said, citing apparel that is popular among tea party and other similar groups.

Fulton was unable to recall if that ruling came from the Georgia Supreme Court or the state election board.

Fulton also discussed how she handles politicized speech and apparel in her office. Once, Fulton said, she wore a “Rosie the Riveter” t-shirt to work, and a co-worker complained that it was too political. Since then, she says she cautions employees against engaging in behavior that could be seen as overly politicized. She applies the same thinking to the voting public.

Cobb called the decision ridiculous and said that NRA membership has nothing to do with political leanings.

“I know personally some Democrats who are members of the NRA,” he said.

Earlier this year a Texas man was forced to cover a pro-Second Amendment t-shirt while voting. In that incident, a gun initiative was on the ballot. No similar initiatives were on the ballot when Cobb went to the polls on Friday.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: banglist; georgia; gunvote; liberalfascism; nra; vote
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1 posted on 10/27/2014 1:07:29 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

What if the hat had the so-called “peace sign” on it?

The betrayal of our nation associated with the Democrat Party


2 posted on 10/27/2014 1:10:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: servo1969

Why not a simple F off..


3 posted on 10/27/2014 1:11:18 PM PDT by Rick66
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To: servo1969

Gosh ... That mean I’ll have to remove my hat ... It reads ‘You’ll Like your Devil, You Can Keep Your Devil’


4 posted on 10/27/2014 1:11:29 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: servo1969

A Planned “Parenthood” t shirt would probably be just fine.....


5 posted on 10/27/2014 1:11:42 PM PDT by clintonh8r ( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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To: servo1969

We’re losing Georgia.


6 posted on 10/27/2014 1:13:44 PM PDT by two23
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To: servo1969

People who use the phrase “an abundance of caution” should be beaten with sticks.

This election bimbo is a twit.


7 posted on 10/27/2014 1:13:45 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: clintonh8r

Or a burqa...


8 posted on 10/27/2014 1:14:07 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: servo1969

What about the following hats:

Planned Parenthood
Sierra Club
ACLU
ACORN
Any Organized Union, especially the Teachers Union
NAACP
NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS
Greenpeace
Department of Justice
IRS

I could obviously go on and on


9 posted on 10/27/2014 1:14:24 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: servo1969

” Laurie Fulton, the Douglas County board of elections supervisor, explained that the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.”

Laurie Fulton did go on to say that voter fraud was OK.


10 posted on 10/27/2014 1:14:27 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: servo1969

In Virginia, several times, they ask me to step side and

remove a jacket with a support whatever (small pin/emblem on it).


11 posted on 10/27/2014 1:14:48 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: servo1969

The laws against wearing political apparel in the voting precinct is stupid. If you haven’t made up your mind by the time you walk up to the voting booth, you are too stupid to vote anyway.


12 posted on 10/27/2014 1:15:04 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: servo1969

He should have just pulled his pants half way down to his knees and turned the hat sideways. I’ll bet that would have been acceptable.


13 posted on 10/27/2014 1:15:23 PM PDT by wrench (While not "airborne" at this moment, Ebola is a Snot-Borne virus)
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To: servo1969

They made me take off my work uniform shirt when I went to vote in 2004 here in Colorado.

I work at Coors.
Pete Coors was running for senate.


14 posted on 10/27/2014 1:15:32 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: servo1969

Right...but the black panthers can greet voters at poling places with battons....


15 posted on 10/27/2014 1:15:45 PM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: servo1969

16 posted on 10/27/2014 1:15:53 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: servo1969

Aren’t there Dems who art part of the NRA?


17 posted on 10/27/2014 1:16:01 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Just read the last sentence. *facepalm*


18 posted on 10/27/2014 1:16:28 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: servo1969
How about this hat?

Or this one?


19 posted on 10/27/2014 1:16:30 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: clintonh8r
What country did this take place in? I sure don't recognize it as being in America.

Back in the day (late 70s) a classmate had to return home to change his t-shirt. What did it say? "Save Gas. Fart in a Jar." My, how times have changed.
20 posted on 10/27/2014 1:16:32 PM PDT by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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