Groups square off in protest at iconic sporting goods retailer (VIDEO)

By Chris Eger

A protest of Kittery Trading Post by anti-gun groups was met by a body of pro-gun advocates. (Photo: Maine Carry)
A protest over the gun policy of a well-known in New England retailer drew counter-protestors holding their Second Amendment ground.
On Saturday, Resistance Seacoast and the Kittery Trading Post Action Group mounted a protest at the southern Maine store’s location. The organizations argued that “Kittery Trading Post continues to sell these assault weapons that can quickly kill large numbers of people,” an extension of a campaign launched earlier this year to get the retailer to halt sales of some semi-automatic firearms.
What the activists, who numbered several dozens according to the Portland Press Herald, found was at least an equal number of pro-gun counter demonstrators. Pictures of the event by SeacoastOnline.com alternate between sides while the Maine Examiner’s coverage pegged the pro-gun group as about twice as large. The latter figure found concurrence with Maine Carry, who helped promote the counter-protest, as well as a Republican state lawmaker who stopped by.
“Huge turnout today in support of the Kittery Trading Post and our #2ndAmendment,” said state Sen. Eric Brakey in a post to social media, complete with the lawmaker holding an AR near KTP’s

Source: Guns.com