As Twitchy reported, gun control activists spent the weekend gearing up for a D.C. protest against the NRA. Today’s march, organized by left-wing wireless reseller CREDO Mobile, was meant to shame the NRA into accepting guilt for last week’s horrific murders in Newtown, Conn., and to push for tougher gun control legislation.
Gathering for the Anti-NRA march #protectCHILDRENnotguns pic.twitter.com/jxmkJHGP
— Bo Shuff (@BoShuff) December 17, 2012
Anti-NRA protest. @ The Spirit of Justice Park http://t.co/Ht7YDKZb
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) December 17, 2012
At gun control march on Capitol Hill. Going to NRA HQ. Counter-protests expected say organizers. pic.twitter.com/c9sVuSzL
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 17, 2012
Protest against #NRA: RT @AliceOllstein A few hundred people protest aggressive lobbying of #NRA and #Newtown shooting pic.twitter.com/FuehgpMe
— Shadi Rahimi (@shadirahimi) December 17, 2012
Protest happening now outside NRA’s D.C. offices pic.twitter.com/Bx2mnjtn
— Paul Smith (@paulsmith) December 17, 2012
Shame on the #NRA march to lobbyist firm in DC streaming now @rousseau_ist pic.twitter.com/iM6N0Q2g
— organizerx (@organizerx) December 17, 2012
"Shame on the NRA" chants on Capitol Hill, DC. March in NRA offices. pic.twitter.com/hefqfGgX
— Nick Harper (@NickHarperFSN) December 17, 2012
PHOTO: Protesters march on the NRA's Capitol Hill office http://t.co/EBHvQFa2
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) December 17, 2012
Great protest sign outside the NRA's lobbying offices: “Teachers stand up to gunmen, but Congress won’t stand up to the NRA”
— Partyless Politics (@partylesspoli) December 17, 2012
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https://twitter.com/evanmc_s/status/280725306589978624
There are almost as many reporters as activists at this #NRA protest… pic.twitter.com/gnOX5ZtU
— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) December 17, 2012
Hmmm … so not many, then.
https://twitter.com/FightinBluHen51/status/280734575343333376
Just how many protesters did show up? Some estimate about 200:
PHOTOS: Hundreds March On NRA’s Washington, D.C. Lobbying Headquarters http://t.co/SEjqCwkH #StopTheNRA
— BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive) December 17, 2012
So, less than muppett march? MT @dcist: Some 200 gun control advocates rallied outside the NRA-ILA office on Capitol Hill this afternoon.
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) December 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/edisondiver/status/280784433697673217
But Politico puts the number at a whopping 75:
https://twitter.com/OccupyWallS/status/280766914962259968
https://twitter.com/TyreByter/status/280762749116633088
Ouch! That’s only slightly better than Sandra Fluke-level turnout.
Prior to the march, some were rightly concerned about the safety of those at the NRA headquarters, as death threats against NRA president David Keene and NRA members have escalated in recent days. Fortunately, regardless of how many people were there, the protest remained violence-free.
But is the protesters’ anti-violence message really all it’s cracked up to be?
https://twitter.com/AndrewMatz/status/280752402586533889
Indeed.
I truly don't get the tortured logic of gun control advocates. Restricting the innocent will never stop the guilty; it will empower them.
— Corie Whalen (@CorieWhalen) December 17, 2012
Prohibiting self-defense only weakens those who need it.
Meanwhile, it doesn’t seem as though the protesters were terribly successful in getting their message across:
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/280734338373537792
https://twitter.com/Morrow_Brett/status/280739303406059522
Maybe next time.