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Armed protests chill First Amendment rights, according to this argument. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue<\/a>, Flickr)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A new article published in The Atlantic<\/em> last month offers a glimpse into one of the anti-gun arguments likely to be pushed by gun controllers in coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titled \u201cThe Second Amendment Has Become a Threat to the First<\/a>,\u201d authors Diana Palmer and Timothy Zick argue that gun rights threaten the right to peacefully protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat most people do not realize is that the Second Amendment has become, in recent years, a threat to the First Amendment. People cannot freely exercise their speech rights when they fear for their lives,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As evidence, the authors cite a new study funded by Everytown for Gun Safety that purports to prove that openly carried firearms scare people away from protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed demonstrations, the study asserts, are nearly six times as likely to turn \u201cviolent or destructive\u201d compared to unarmed demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Everytown Cheers Reintroduction of Universal Background Check Bill: A \u2018Critical First Step\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven when no shots are fired, the presence of armed demonstrators is in and of itself a show of violent intimidation,\u201d Everytown writes on its website<\/a>. Among their list of highlighted examples of \u201carmed protests\u201d is the incident in which Mark and Patricia McCloskey<\/a> pointed firearms at a group of protestors who broke into their neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These allegedly violent armed protests, Palmer and Zick write, dissuade people from attending First-Amendment-protected events they would otherwise attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever the motives of firearms carriers might be, the clear social perception of would-be participants is that armed protests are unsafe,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors also suggest that even permissive concealed carry laws might have the same chilling effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFurther study is needed to evaluate the public safety concerns that may still be present when protesters or counterprotesters bring concealed firearms to demonstrations,\u201d they say. \u201cIt\u2019s possible that without weapons visible, protesters will not be deterred. But at the same time, merely knowing that people might be armed could keep people away from public protests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Law Professor: Rioting and Looting Prove Second Amendment Not Outmoded or Anachronistic<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The authors conclude by worrying that Second Amendment rights could lead to the end of peaceful protest as we know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven if public protest survives, only those willing to risk their life, or who are inclined and able to carry weapons in defense of their own right to protest, may want to participate,\u201d they say. \u201cRather than serving as a democratizing means of expression, protest may become an armed contest and the exclusive preserve of the non-peaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Everytown\u2019s data is far from reliable, as even a cursory analysis proves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers did not publish their full data set, which is a major red flag. They also admit to including both violent and <\/em>\u201cdestructive\u201d protests in their list, but do not differentiate between the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also include protests that became violent without firearms being discharged. This protest<\/a> from Tyler, Texas, leads their short list of published examples, but despite armed protestors \u201cswarming\u201d the town square, no one fired a single \u201cmilitary-style\u201d rifle during the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everytown claims that this incident \u201cexemplifies how the presence of firearms at demonstrations can endanger demonstrators, bystanders, and police\u201d but does not explain the causal connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the anti-gun lobby has never relied on consistent, reliable data to make their arguments<\/a>. Emotion and hyperbole carry the day, and that appears to be the case with this new line of attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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