{"id":140729,"date":"2021-01-25T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T00:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=140729"},"modified":"2021-01-25T19:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:16:14","slug":"michigan-county-commissioner-heat-ar-15-virtual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/michigan-county-commissioner-heat-ar-15-virtual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Michigan County Commissioner Taking Heat For Showing AR-15 in Virtual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

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A county commissioner in Michigan is taking heat after he held an AR-15 in front of his camera during a virtual board of commissioners meeting last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He picked up the rifle in response to a woman who was criticizing the board for allegedly allowing members of the Proud Boys to carry firearms into a meeting to make the county a Second Amendment sanctuary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keli MacIntosh took the virtual floor to ask the commissioners a series of questions related to the Proud Boys and Second Amendment advocates, which she conflated repeatedly throughout her statement. During her comments, Grand Traverse County Commission Vice Chair Ron Clous got up from his seat and came back holding an AR-15. He held it in front of the screen for several seconds before putting it aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clous told GunsAmerica that he displayed the rifle to demonstrate his support of gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An attorney in the county wrote a letter calling for Clous\u2019s resignation, which was signed by 500 other county residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere needs to be consequences for this brazen attack against constitutionally protected free speech. I am calling on commissioner Ron Clous, who responded to a member of the public by displaying a firearm, to resign immediately,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Michigan Commission Bans Open Carry Within State Capitol<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The full context of Clous\u2019s actions reveals a more complex picture than the 30-second clip that has been spread online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacIntosh accused the commission of encouraging the armed protest at the Michigan state capitol in which demonstrators carried semi-automatic rifles into the legislative chamber. She insinuated that the commission was encouraging that behavior by allowing Second Amendment advocates to carry rifles into an in-person commission meeting around the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m wondering if you realize that when he asked for a symbolic message to be sent out to the community to make our country a sanctuary for Second Amendment activists, did you intend to give him permission to have groups like the Proud Boys standing in the balcony of the Capitol and threatening the state legislature with their assault rifles?\u201d she asked. \u201cYou actually allowed the weapons to be in the BOC chambers when he was speaking, and I guess was the symbolic message that he was asking to give to the state, a subtle encouragement for them to threaten Whitmer\u2019s life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also decried the fact that northern Michigan has changed from a \u201chunting culture\u201d to a \u201cgun culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to tell the difference between the Proud Boys and the message they want through our state, how that\u2019s different from what\u2019s happened in Washington,\u201d she said. \u201cWelcoming such a group and having that message go out has changed the environment in northern Michigan from a hunting culture to that of a gun culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: No Violence, No Looting as Gun Owners Descend on Michigan Capitol to Defend Gun Rights<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with GunsAmerica, Clous explained that MacIntosh’s comment about “hunting culture” and “gun culture” prompted his actions. Clous is an avid hunter (as evidenced by the deer mounts in the background), and he wanted to show that he also supported the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clous made a similar argument in an interview with the Traverse City Record-Eagle<\/a> last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was going to chime in as well,\u201d Clous said. \u201cI was just going to show the rifle and show that I fully support the Second Amendment, but then I opted not to … I was in my home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to watch MacIntosh’s full statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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