Group Protests Manchin Remarks
{Charleston,
West Virginia}…Frigid temperatures in Charleston Saturday was not enough to
keep more than 100 advocates of the Second Amendment from demonstrating against
the recent remarks from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. The protest organized by the
West Virginia Citizens Defense League followed Manchin’s statement that he was
in favor of revisiting the 1994 assault weapons ban passed by Congress. The
Senator later modified his statement, saying he was not advocating banning
anything, but he was only advocating a conversation on everything. Most of
those standing outside of Manchin’s
office on Quarrier Street said they fear the next step Congress and the Obama
Administration will take could start a rapid erosion of gun ownership rights.
{Charleston,
West Virginia}…Frigid temperatures in Charleston Saturday was not enough to
keep more than 100 advocates of the Second Amendment from demonstrating against
the recent remarks from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. The protest organized by the
West Virginia Citizens Defense League followed Manchin’s statement that he was
in favor of revisiting the 1994 assault weapons ban passed by Congress. The
Senator later modified his statement, saying he was not advocating banning
anything, but he was only advocating a conversation on everything. Most of
those standing outside of Manchin’s
office on Quarrier Street said they fear the next step Congress and the Obama
Administration will take could start a rapid erosion of gun ownership rights.