Proposed gun ban draws protesters

There were still people with guns in the crowd.

The protesters with guns talked a lot about the proposal to ban guns inside of the Capitol.

IT... DURING THIS PROTESTOUTSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY.THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND THEBUILDING BEING CLOSED... MAYHAVE HELPED KEEP THINGS FROMGETTING AS UGLY AS THEY DID TWOWEEKS AGO... WHEN ARMEDPROTESTERS FILLED THE CAPITOL.FOX 47'S MAUREEN HALLIDAY WASOUT THERE WITH THEM... AND TELLSUS WHATBROUGHT THEM OUT."I'M EXERECISING MY FIRSTAMENDMENT RIGHT AS WELL AS MYSECOND.

THIS IS OUR FREEDOM OFEXPRESSION."AND MANY OF THEM EXPRESSED THEIROPPOSITION TO A PROPOSAL TO BANGUNS FROM THESTATE CAPITOL.THE IDEA CAME ABOUT AFTERDEMONSTRATORS ARMED WITH RIFLESFILLED THE GALLERY DURING ALEGISLATIVE SESSION TWO WEEKSAGO."WHY WE DO THIS BECAUSE THEFIRST AMENDMENT IS WHAT PROTECTSTHE SECOND AMENDMENT."COPS DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH USBECAUSE WE ARE PROTECTING THEFIRST AMENDMENT AND THEY TOOKAN OATH TO THAT CONSTITUTION ANDTHEY BETTER FOLLOW IT."SOME LAWMAKERS TOOK THE LASTPROTEST AS AN ATTEMPT TOINTIMIDATE THEM.THE MICHIGAN CAPITOL COMMISSIONIS LOOKING INTO THE IDEA OFBANNING GUNS -- SOMETHING THEATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS WOULD BELEGAL.ATTEMPTS TO PASS A BILL BANNINGGUNS PROBABLY WON'T GO ANYWHEREIN THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLEDLEGISLATURE."I CAME APRIL 15TH AND APRIL30TH UNARMED AND THEN THEYDECIDED THEY WANTED TO TRYBANNING FIREARMS. SO I JUSTWANTED THEM TO KNOW I VALUE MYRIGHT TO OPEN CARRY AND I HADN'TDONE ITIN THE PAST AND IF THEY WANT TOCOME AFTER IT, HERE IT IS." THEMICHIGAN LIBERTY MILITIA SAYTHEY WORKED AS SECURITY AT THELAST PROTEST--BUT TODAY WAS ALITTLE DIFFERENT."TODAY WE ARE HERE ON A WHOLEDIFFERENT MISSION- TO OBSERVEDOCUMENT AND STILL MAKE SUREEVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TOPEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE."I'M MAUREEN HALLIDAY, FOX 47NEWSGUNS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE THECAPITOL... AS LONG AS THEY'REOPENLY CARRIED.A BILL BANNING THEM HAS BEENINTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE -- BUTSPEAKER LEE CHATFIEL