Armed Tea Party

There is an explicit threat coming from the Tea Party Movement: The use of armed force will be the next logical stage of action if the country continues in the direction the President and the Democratic Congress are leading it. Carrying assault style weapons and powerful holstered pistols is normal and accepted at Tea Party events.

As far as I can remember, The Black Panther Party was the last organized movement on a national scale to advocate armed struggle, and demonstrate openly carrying weapons. Black men in berets carrying rifles were the object of massive FBI infiltration and the murder or imprisonment of its leadership. This new movement holds armed rallies with members of congress cheering them on. The fun-loving Tea Party militants are all the rage.