Thursday, July 24, 2014

Salon: Texas gun nuts' scary ritual: How hatred of a president turned profane

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July 24th, 2014
Dallas's Dealey Plaza, near the spot of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Texas gun nuts' scary ritual: How hatred of a president turned profane

The "open carry" crew is now spouting right-wing conspiracy theories and waving guns in the worst place imaginable

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