Gun-toting Ashley Woolard supporter involved in scuffle

When you want your political message to stick, back it up with some firepower:

Volunteers at the headquarters said the confrontation involved a supporter of U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., of Wilson and a supporter of Butterfield’s Republican opponent, Ashley Woolard of Washington. The Woolard supporter was wearing a holstered gun at the time, the volunteers related.

After talking with a police officer, Herwig voluntarily removed his gun, which he said was licensed to him, and placed it in his truck. “The 2nd Amendment says I have a right to carry it,” he pointed out.

And it's idiots like you that are the biggest threat to that right.

I took this picture from the parking lot of the recent gun rally in Greensboro:

I wonder how many of Woolard's staff/supporters go around armed in public?

Asked whether he feared politically motivated violence in this tense election year, Woolard replied by saying he had been threatened to his face and by telephone.

“We’ve all had threatening statements made to us, I won’t deny that,” he said. “But listen, it’s not about me, it’s about standing up for what you feel is right and getting out there and sending your message to folks.”

And what is the message that wearing a gun to a protest is supposed to send? "Let's have a chat and work out our differences"? There's really only one message that activity sends: Mess with me and there's a bullet waiting for you.