NoKings 3.0 w/a “Revolutionary-era call against” trump as would-be king “had the broadest geographic reach of any single-day protest” in the U.S. in more than a half-century. [FN1] “The flagship rally” at Minnesota’s State Capitol drew > 200k. [FN2] Total numbers 1/11

“might turn out to be the largest combined single-day protest in U.S. history.” [FN3] Protesters exercised rights protected by the 1st Amendment. [FN4] Political speech is afforded the greatest protections. [FN5] NoKings 3.0 protests were mostly peaceful. [FN6] 2/11

In Indianapolis, a man showed up w/an assault-style weapon. [FN7] No one can seriously claim he is advancing “liberty,” aside from his liberty to scare people by showing up at a rally of people who do not share his views. And that’s the only “liberty” advanced. 3/11

Gun nuts [FN7] such as the dude in Indy can’t: ask to see anyone’s ID, challenge them about their immigration status, or engage in meaningful dialogue w/someone w/whom they disagree about political issues. You don’t want to rile up someone holding “heat.” 4/11

My final word for now. A maga person said that people at election polls have no reason to fear [maga] people showing up w/firearms. After all, undocumented immigrants trying to vote are the people gun nuts are trying to scare, so if you’re not undocumented, no problem. 5/11

1) trump/maga claims about immigrants voting is a lie. [FN8] 2) Idiots w/guns at polls serve no legitimate function. 3) History shows the real purpose. Indiana’s KKK used the Horse Thieves Detective Association to show up at voting sites on election day. [FN9] 6/11

They were meant to scare people away from voting. Contrary to what the dude w/the AR on 3/28 believes, Antonin Scalia wrote that people don’t have a right “to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” [FN10] 7/11

Footnotes:
FN1. Susan Page, “Red flare for Trump: 'No Kings' rallies a show of political force,” USA Today, 3/29/26.
FN2. All India Radio News, 3/29/26.
FN3. Scott Baldauf, Caitlin Babcock, Patrik Jonsson, “‘No Kings’ protests draw millions. Can they turn momentum into change?’” Christian Science Monitor, 3/29/26. 8/11

FN4. “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” U.S. Const., Amend. I.
FN5. Mills v Alabama, 384 U.S. 214, 218-19 (1966); see also. Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 85-86 (1966). 9/11

FN6. See, “Millions Peacefully Protest Across U.S. as Dallas Sees Isolated Incident,” Dallas Today, 3/29/26.
FN7. “Gun nuts”: fanatics about guns & not acting under color or title of law as law enforcement who seem to get turned on by having something long and hard in their hands or over their shoulders. 10/11

FN8. Miles Parks, “Despite grand claims, a new report shows noncitizen voting hasn't materialized,” npr, 7/30/25, accessed 3/30/26.
FN9. M. William Lutholtz, “Grand Dragon,” (1991), pp. 47-49.
FN10. D.C., et. al. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 626 (2008). 11/11