This is awesome:
TPM – Gun-toting protesters gathered on Friday morning to await President Obama’s arrival in Roseburg, Ore., where he planned to meet with the families of victims of last week’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College.
But local residents planned to protest Obama’s visit, saying he rushed to “politicize” the tragedy by pushing a gun control agenda.
“My family, my friends, everybody down here is not happy about him coming,” Michelle Finn, a Umpqua alumna and Roseburg native, told the Oregonian. “He already says he’s going to politicize this — he’s already going to push his agenda.”
A Facebook event page for a protest dubbed “Defend Roseburg – Deny barack 0bama” [sic], had garnered more than 8,000 RVSPs by Friday. In its lengthy event description, organizers suggested attendees carry a handgun as opposed to a rifle, but reiterated “you have the right to carry what you wish.”
“Polarizing as usual, Mr 0bama [sic] has insisted on politicizing the event as a conduit for increased executive orders on gun control via means of his pen, and his phone,” the description continued.
Here are some photos from a reporter on the ground there:
Anti-Obama protestors already gathering at Roseburg airport-some w/ holstered guns saying not to politicize tragedy pic.twitter.com/AWFwIk9CDy
— Nina Mehlhaf (@NinaMehlhaf) October 9, 2015
More Roseburg protestors showing off their right to carry guns well ahead of the President's arrival pic.twitter.com/QHBH2Y0sYh
— Nina Mehlhaf (@NinaMehlhaf) October 9, 2015
Other protesters are here for religious reasons, saying Obama & American culture "are taking religion out of school" pic.twitter.com/mQLycIX9dr
— Nina Mehlhaf (@NinaMehlhaf) October 9, 2015
About 5 people here that are supportive of the President in Roseburg pic.twitter.com/weOW64dBq6
— Nina Mehlhaf (@NinaMehlhaf) October 9, 2015
And I especially liked this one: