Oath Keepers Plan AR-15 Open Carry March With Ferguson Residents

By Bob Owens

The Missouri chapter of the Oath Keepers seems to be learning from the public relations disaster that resulted from their walk through a volatile area of Ferguson on the anniversary of police officer Darren Wilson’s self-defense shooting of strong-arm robbery suspect Michael Brown.

The Oath Keepers now are planning an open carry walk with black Ferguson residents in an effort to show them that minorities can open carry firearms without being shot.

The Missouri chapter of the Oath Keepers are planning to hold an open carry march through downtown Ferguson, Mo., which will reportedly involve arming 50 black protestors with AR-15 rifles.The decision to hold the event transpired after St. Louis County officials, in violation of Missouri’s open carry law, insisted that members of the group could not open carry long barrel rifles within the city. In a video uploaded to YouTube, police chief Jon Belmar is seen warning a number of Oath Keepers that open carrying long barrel rifles would be a violation of the law.

“My only problem is with the long guns and inciting these guys out here,” Belmar said, referring to the Ferguson protesters.When one of the men questioned Belmar regarding Missouri’s open carry law, …read more

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