Media in a tizzy over gun carrying protesters

Now for the second time, I’m seeing headlines all over the web about a protester openly carrying guns to an Obamacare protest outside of where the president was speaking. I’m reading these stories and I must say to myself, “so what?” It’s no secret that it is an American right to own and carry a gun. It is the second amendment to the constitution. It’s also no secret that many Americans choose to own and carry a firearm of some kinds. And now with concealed carry, the only secret left is, you don’t know who does and who doesn’t. In every instance, the protest remained peaceful, (which is more than I can say for SEIU union attendees to the town halls across the country) and not one shot was fired, despite all the guns being loaded and back up ammunition being present on the person carrying. Wait, wait, I’ll eat my words. I do know why this is a big deal to a lot of people. A lot of people out there on the left and in the media can’t believe that something like this is legal. “How can this be legal, how can you justify carrying a weapon to a public forum or protest, that is so threatening, why would anyone do that?” To that I would answer, that is the point. It is meant to be threatening. In some cases, it’s meant to be threatening to ‘bad guys.’ No one is going to mess with the guy with a rifle strapped to his back and a hand gun on his waist. In other cases, it is meant to be threatening to our government. Our founders gave us the right to keep and carry deadly weapons for the sole purpose of keeping our governments in check. Our government works for us, our representatives are meant to represent us. What better incentive for them to actually do their job in representing the people and our best interests than the constant reminder that we are their boss and we retain the right and the ability to over throw them if we determine that they have forgotten who they serve and who is really in control of this country. This country is of the people, for the people, and by the people, and it is our right to make that known to our government, in case they forgot.