Bryan Woolston via Getty Images Gun rights activists carrying semi-automatic firearms show off in the rotunda of the Capitol Building in Frankfort, Kentucky. Men in balaclavas packing semi-automatic rifles and wearing camouflage, bullet-proof vests and combat boots marched into the Kentucky capitol in Frankfort Friday, driving out terrified visitors. The men were gun rights activists and members of the group “We Are KY Gun Owners,” staging a Second Amendment rally proving they have a right to appear to be a paramilitary operation in the open-carry state. “We can’t just whittle away one little piece here, one little piece there,” Calen Studler told the Louisville Courier Journal, referring to gun rights. “Then the [Constitution] doesn’t mean what it says anymore.”Twitter critics, wondering how America would react if the men were Muslim, responded as expected:

Source: Huffington Post February 02, 2020 04:52 UTC