Nobody got shot at the tea party demonstrations Sunday

September 14, 8:41 AMDenver Gun Rights ExaminerDan Bidstrup

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Over the weekend, hundreds of gatherings occurred across America to protest taxes, government spending, and Obamacare, and nobody got shot. Statistically, out of a random group of 100 Americans, one will be carrying a concealed weapon.  In most states, many more could be legally carrying weapons openly.  Since these crowds were largely conservative in their political bent, I would bet the percentage lawfully carrying guns was skewed higher since this is the same demographic that favor second amendment rights.

If that is so, in a Georgia or Texas event with 10,000 exuberant protesters, there would be at least 100 people with guns, probably 200 or more. The anti-gun crowd just knows that folks who carry guns are spoiling for a fight, and that the guns themselves carry an evil spirit that will eventually make the carrier into a murderer. And yet, there was no gun violence.  The truth that the Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence won't accept is that those of us who legally carry arms are not seeking to use them on anybody.  We will react to a violent attack, but we won't instigate one.  Yet another proof occurred Sunday.