Concord NH Patch – by Marc Fortier and Tony Schinella
CONCORD, NH — An anti-gun violence rally at the Statehouse plaza on Tuesday turned ugly when gun rights supporters turned out to protest the event and one pro-gun advocate had to be Tasered by Concord Police after resisting their efforts to detain him.
Daniel Musso, 52, of Brentwood attempted to interject commentary while John Cantin of Manchester was speaking about his efforts to influence U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, on the background check issue.
Musso, who was wearing a pro-Native American rights T-shirt, asked Cantin to take his glasses off and later, challenged Cantin’s statements and statistics. Private security hired by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group asked Musso to leave but he didn’t budge. After a few minutes, Musso threw up his hands and left Cantin’s side.
Later, police were led by the private security team to Musso’s location, interspersed with other gun rights advocates and began speaking with him. A scuffle broke out and three officers attempted to subdue Musso.
The three officers eventually pinned Musso up against the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerceinformation booth in the plaza and repeatedly warned him to stop resisting while he denied he was resisting. An officer kneed Musso and he was then Tasered by another officer and brought to the ground before being taken into custody.
Musso was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and two counts of simple assault, allegedly against a person who was attending the rally and a police officer. He was held on $5,000 cash bail, and will be on arraigned June 19.
Police issued an all-units alert to Main Street, with at least eight or nine cruisers at the scene, and a number of state troopers.
The 5 p.m. rally was organized by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, which is in the process of visiting 25 states this summer to raise awareness about gun violence and the group’s belief that more laws are needed.
Things started to get rowdy shortly after the rally began, as gun rights advocates staged their own counter rally.
Some gun rights advocates at the scene were yelling things like “Bloomberg go home!” trying to interrupt the proceedings, but the speaker just continued, speaking louder. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is part of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns effort.
As of 6 p.m. the anti-gun rally was continuing, with organizers continuing to read a list of names of gun violence victims.
http://concord-nh.patch.com/articles/police-taser-gun-rights-advocate-at-anti-gun-rally
We all knew that Bloomie would have his hired Goons along for this little bus tour, didn’t we.
It’s funny how when a gun rights activist interrupts an anti-gun rights activist, they are immediately taken away and tased because they are hurting the people’s feelings and disturbing the rally.
BUT when an anti-gun activist comes and disturbs a pro-gun activist and their rally, then there’s not a cop or person to be found. In addition to that, if we happened to yell and kick the anti-gun protestor out, that protestor calls the police and says she was just exercising her first amendment in which the pro-gun rally will be over and the police will tase and arrest anyone who remain or who had argued with that protestor. Also, unlike the anti-gun activist’s feelings, the pro-gun rights activists feelings will not matter in the situation.
Yea, I see how it is. Two sets of laws. F**king hypocritical bastards!
See Ya`ll, why didn`t all those so called protesters stand up and help Mr. Musso if they were all for the same thing. Those protesters let the enemy take away and arrest one of their own protesting comrades and didn`t do a damned thing about it. That is partly why the PTB don`t think that “we the people” all are thatserious. This is a fine example why protesting never accomplishes anything. It is long over due for us all to move up to the next level – if ya`ll know what I`m say`n.