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Tina Fisher Cunningham

As gun control advocates demonstrated on one corner of Tucker Rd. and Valley Blvd. on Sat., March 24, local 2nd Amendment supporters waved flags and signs on the opposite corner. They are members of the Three Percenters organization, named after the three percent of the British colonists in North America who took up arms at any given time against the Crown during the Revolutionary War. From left, Jeannie Gallegos, 21; Matt True, 42; Austin Brown, 23 (hidden, holding Gasden flag); Bobby McDaniels, 30; and Angela Barton, 39 (holding sign). Drivers offered waves, thumbs up or down, honks and shouted remarks, pro and con.