Peaceful Open Carry Tea Party a Success
The Hudson Observer reports that about half the 600 attendees at an open carry tea party event in Hudson, Wisconsin were exercising their second amendment rights.
Also in attendance were about 11 protesters who shouted that they should move but declined to take the microphone when offered, choosing instead to stay at the back of the park, holding up posters and passing out flyers.
Kudos to Hudson’s Mayor, Dean Knudson, who wasn’t carrying a weapon. He took the microphone first, speaking as a citizen. He said he’s “taken some heat for allowing the event to happen in Hudson, but said people should be able to express their views”.
Knudson asked the crowd if they support the right to free speech, right of peaceably assemble and right to petition the government, right to address grievances and right to keep and bear arms.
The crowd responded to each question with a loud, unified “yes.”