In another news interview, the man told a reporter that he is "absolutely totally opposed to health care in this way in this manner, stealing it from people. I don't think that's appropriate," he said. One YouTube blogger suggested that the man was actually an "ACORN activist" posing as a right-wing gun nut. But there was no evidence to support that claim, and in a separate YouTube video, the man espoused clearly conservative views, not only about health care, but about Second Amendment rights. "It seems to me like the most violent places in the country are the places that have the strictest gun laws," the man said, citing Washington, DC as an example. "DC is a very violent place, and they're the worst on guns," he said

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The armed protesters weren’t a “cause for concern,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters today. “There are laws that govern firearms that are done state or locally,” he said. “Those laws don’t change when the president comes to your state or locality.”