The Second Amendment, purportedly,

gives U.S. citizens the right to


bare arms


bear charms


beer farms


bury harm


or be fuckwits

Several dozen 2nd Amendment advocates — many with loaded handguns on their hips and rifles dangling from their shoulders — gathered in a Virginia park within view of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, marking a day of protest against what activists called dangerous breaches of the U.S. Constitution.

Organisers of the Restore the Constitution rally chose to stage it on the anniversary of the 1775 uprising in Lexington that started the War of Independence. It was also the date of the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City by the Right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh.

The number of active anti-government Right-wing “patriot” groups nearly tripled last year to 512 from 149 in 2008, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks the activities of hate groups.