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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Gun Rights Supporters Plan Rallies Nationwide
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2018-04-13 14:31:40
	Description:		The organizers of a pro-Second Amendment rally in Augusta Saturday are urging supporters to attend, but to leave their guns at home. The afternoon rally will be held on the plaza between the State House and the Cross State Office Building, an area designated as a gun-free zone. Organizers are concerned that promotion of similar events being held at state capitols in other states may have confused the issue. Gun rights advocates will gather in more than 45 state capitols Saturday, organized by the National Constitutional Coalition of Patriotic Americans. The event's participants were urged in some states to bring their unloaded rifles to the rallies. But here in Maine, rally organizer Dave Gulya, of Blue Hill, says that's not going to be allowed. “At the rally in Augusta tomorrow at 2 p.m. is actually in a gun-free zone, there are no weapons allowed, either loaded or unloaded, it doesn't matter, there are no weapons allowed at this rally," Gulya said. Gulya says confusion ensued around
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