{"id":2955,"date":"2009-12-30T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/protesters-guns-welcome-alamogordo-daily-news\/"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T20:47:00","slug":"protesters-guns-welcome-alamogordo-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/protesters-guns-welcome-alamogordo-daily-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters: Guns welcome – Alamogordo Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honestly, I think owning a gun is crazy, unless you exclusively use it to hunt for food your family needs. Otherwise, if you *need* a gun, you should reexamine your life \u2013 something is wrong. This is just my opinion and I\u2019m entitled to it. A gun is a ridiculous thing to desire and own.<\/strong> The more guns you want, the sicker you may be. Finally, if carrying a gun in public makes you feel better\/safer\/stronger\/freer, you are fucked up beyond my comprehension. Enjoy your rights and consider seeking better ways to spend your time and money. peace, mjh<\/p>\n

Protesters: Guns welcome – Alamogordo Daily News<\/a><\/p>\n

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[P]rotesters are being encouraged to bring a gun<\/em> to demonstrate their ability to open carry. It’s legal to openly carry a firearm in New Mexico by anyone over the age of 19. A person can openly carry in most places, except in a bar, jail or prison, a school and other places.<\/p>\n

According to Cameron Stern, deputy records\/archive clerk with the city of Alamogordo, the groups applied on Monday for a permit to conduct the protest, which is also being called an "open carry event."<\/p>\n

The permit request, he said, was forwarded to the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety because protesters are being encouraged to bring firearms<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Honestly, I think owning a gun is crazy, unless you exclusively use it to hunt for food your family needs. Otherwise, if you *need* a gun, you should reexamine your life \u2013 something is wrong. This is just my opinion and I\u2019m entitled to it. A gun is a ridiculous thing to desire and own. … Continue reading Protesters: Guns welcome – Alamogordo Daily News<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}