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http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/social-issues/pa-youth-games-cancelled-due-to-gun-rallies/nXpHb/
Interesting that it was the police who asked him to cancel.
That last paragraph is a slight change from an earlier, related article:
It'd be interesting to learn who's misinforming him.
Dan O'Connell, president of Morrisville Little League, said ... he wasn't taking a stand on the gun issue but was unhappy that the competing events prompted authorities to ask him to cancel. He said the adult subject matter "doesn't fit with youth sports," and a rally of the size proposed - gun control organizers sought a permit for 200 people - was likely to encroach on nearby fields in any case.
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O'Connell, the league's director, said he had been at the rally Saturday afternoon and saw some of the counter-protesters carrying weapons.
"They have a right to do that; it just takes you aback a second," he said, adding that police were correct not to want children in the area in such an environment, especially with passions on both sides high.
Interesting that it was the police who asked him to cancel.
That last paragraph is a slight change from an earlier, related article:
O'Connell also said he's been informed that it's illegal to carry a weapon in the park.
It'd be interesting to learn who's misinforming him.
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