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A Spy on The Million Mom March Tells the Truth
-by Jim Ellias Posted 05/23/00

Regarding the Misinformed Mom’s March on Washington, DC on Mother’s Day, I
thought you might be interested in my story.

I live in Chesterfield County, Virginia, which borders Richmond on the
South. When I found out that the Richmond City Council had decided to
support the Misinformed Moms by funding a dozen buses to haul them to DC, I
was outraged. I am not a resident of Richmond, so I had no recourse as a
taxpayer, but as a supporter of the Second Amendment Sisters, I saw a
wonderful opportunity. I immediately contacted several pro-second amendment
supporters around the area and eventually the country, via the internet.
Many of us made reservations on the MMM buses, the intention being to take
up as many spaces as possible, hoping to send as many empty seats as
possible to DC.

I have no way of knowing how effective our effort was, but it was a good
exercise. I then decided to go one step farther and ride the bus up with
them! My brother, his teenage daughter, and I showed up at the appointedtime
at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond. We were treated to an hour of
interesting political rhetoric, poetry readings, singing, and brief speeches
from some who had tragically lost a loved one to gun violence. Their
individual stories were sad, but unfortunately, their emotional
response–that guns are the problem–is misguided. We also heard from the
mayor of Richmond who told the crowd that the Misinformed Moms would
continue to receive moral and financial support form the City. There were
also several children running around wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the
saying “Flowers are good, guns are bad”. How sad that these children are not
learning about the second amendment, the safe and responsible use of
firearms, or the pleasure derived from shooting sports. Tragically, many of
these children will become crime victims someday, because they will not be
trained to defend themselves. I don’t know of a time that burglar, rapist,
or armed robber has been warded off by a bouquet of daisies.

As I was standing around watching all this, I noticed that the crowd didn’t
seem to be as large as I had expected, so I decided to do a head count,
while everyone was standing relatively still listening to the speeches. I
counted approximately 185, give or take a few. It’s difficult to count a
crowd like that, so I counted again. About the same–190 or so. It’s
important to know that I was on standing on a raised platform so that I
could see the whole crowd very clearly. At this point, I went and asked two
of the bus drivers what they were going to do as far as the number of buses
they would be sending to DC. One of them said that there was not enough
people here to fill four buses, as the buses seat fifty-five each. He told
me he had counted about 200 heads in the crowd. The other driver, a few
minutes later said there was no way that all twelve buses were needed, and
she estimated that no more than four or five would have to go. I was
satisfied at that point that my count was relatively accurate, but decided
to count again. The count was this time was about 190. Good numbers
according to the bus drivers.

Well, when it finally came time to go, I couldn’t believe what happened. I
expected them to fill one bus, and then the next and so on, until four or
five were full. Not so. They spread the crowd out over NINE of the
buses!!What they had here was an opportunity to save the taxpayers of
Richmond some money by making efficient use of the buses,but instead decided
to make things appear as though there were really a lot more people going
than actually did. Unbelievable. I’m glad that I was there to see it. What a
sham! And, sure enough, one of the local TV stations was there, taping the
buses as we left, and on the Sunday night news, reported that a dozen buses
full of moms headed to DC marching for more guns laws!

There seemed to be a general lack of knowledge amongst the moms in
attendance concerning what the march was really all about, which is the
election of Gore to the presidency. Sadly, the misguided moms don’t realize
that they’re just pawns in this political game, and that the march has
nothing at all to do with making life safer for them or any of the rest of
us. I have to admit, that I was expecting some skewed numbers on the news
for the next few days, but I was appalled to see just how badly the
mainstream media lied and misrepresented what really went on that day.