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in MinnPost's Daily Glean:

Roadside guns and garbage

By Max Sparber | Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

We've been hearing stories now and then about protesters showing up at political rallies with guns, and that's been a cause for alarm, but Nick Ferraro
 of the Pioneer Press provides a story from Mankato that may help to put this into context: Apparently there are gun owners who will wear guns to do anything, even pick up trash along the side of the road. A group called Minnesota Carry Permit Holders headed out Sunday to clean up litter along two miles of highway, and every single one of them had a gun on them. MnDOT spokesman Kent Barnard is quick to point out that both picking up litter and packing heat is legal: "Now, if we had the perverts and pedophiles out there, that would be a different story."

Added;

The AP story is picked up by:

Rochester's Postbulletin.com as "Carry-permit advocates clean roadside", and

Grand Forks Herald as "Minnesota group picks up road trash while packing heat", and

Winona Daily News as "Minnesota group picks up road trash while packing heat" and

Fort Mills Times (South Carolina?) here, and

WTOP (DC) here, and

New York Times here, and

Lebanon Daily News (PA) here, and

on and on...

Edited again at 3:30pm to add:

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