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06-02-2014, 11:50 PM
NRA: Assault Rifle Demonstrators Are 'Downright Scary'
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Even the National Rifle Association has a problem with people walking into restaurants carrying machine guns.
The gun-rights advocacy organization, infamous in some circles and celebrated in others, tends to lobby against gun restrictions in all circumstances, most **tably after national tragedies involving firearms. But, recently, it publicly broke ranks with members of a group called Open Carry Texas, whose members demonstrate their support for gun rights by carrying military-style, automatic rifles in public.
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The Texas group has staged several demonstrations by walking into Chipotle restaurants or queuing up at coffee shops with assault rifles slung across their chests. Walking around with a visible assault rifle (**t a handgun) is legal in Texas, but the NRA says it only serves to intimidate people and turn them into potential enemies of the group. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/nra-assault-rifle-demonstrators-scary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Even the National Rifle Association has a problem with people walking into restaurants carrying machine guns.
The gun-rights advocacy organization, infamous in some circles and celebrated in others, tends to lobby against gun restrictions in all circumstances, most **tably after national tragedies involving firearms. But, recently, it publicly broke ranks with members of a group called Open Carry Texas, whose members demonstrate their support for gun rights by carrying military-style, automatic rifles in public.
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The Texas group has staged several demonstrations by walking into Chipotle restaurants or queuing up at coffee shops with assault rifles slung across their chests. Walking around with a visible assault rifle (**t a handgun) is legal in Texas, but the NRA says it only serves to intimidate people and turn them into potential enemies of the group. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/nra-assault-rifle-demonstrators-scary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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