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May 30, 2013

July 4 Gun March Called Off, Organizer Wants People to Foment ‘Final American Revolution’ in State Capitals

People who were planning on celebrating freedom and liberty by sightseeing along the Tidal Basin and National Mall on July 4 can rest easy.

May 20, 2013

Adam Kokesh, Organizer of July 4 Loaded-Rifle March, Arrested at Philadelphia Pot Rally

Adam Kokesh, the libertarian activist who is planning to lead a group of loaded-rifle-toting marchers through D.C. on July 4, is currently sitting in a federal detention center in Philadelphia.

May 07, 2013

Lanier Says Police Will Meet Rifle-Toting July 4 Marchers at District Border

D.C.’s police chief says that people who join an Independence Day march in which participants carry loaded rifles can expect to be turned back at the District border.

May 06, 2013

Pro-Gun Activist Wants to March With Loaded Rifles Through D.C. on July 4

An outspoken libertarian activist and radio host is organizing a July 4 march through D.C. that he hopes will attract as many as 1,000 participants hoisting loaded rifles. That’s illegal, by the way.

 
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