Art and guns in Portland downtown tomorrow!

tiggers97 · May 22, 2013

Grab your chalk and head downtown to Pioneer square for a spontaneous (rehearsal at 11pm) demonstration against gun violence at 12:00.
People are encourage to write in gun safety "facts". So I know there are plenty of you out there with lots of opinions to write down!

P.S. Is there a webcame for the Pioneer square? Looking forward to watching a bunch of activists write in chalk in the pouring rain :s0114:

drew · May 22, 2013

tiggers97 said:
P.S. Is there a webcame for the Pioneer square? Looking forward to watching a bunch of activists write in chalk in the pouring rain

Not aware of a streaming webcam but there is this: <broken link removed>

Hopefully some people will drag their feet to help the chalk artwork stick around if it's wet. Maybe the next time I'm there, I'll make my own drawings and slogans.

BigStick · May 23, 2013

So are they against "gun violence" or just guns? I support the reduction in violence, but I doubt they would appreciate any of the statistics that I would write.

Maybe something about the number of people killed in gun free zones while forced to be defenseless, or the percentage of concealed carry permit holders who commit crimes compared to those people in Bloombergs MAIG. Stuff like that. I wonder how they would take it?

osterr1999 · May 23, 2013

It's 11:40 and no one is there. What a joke.

tunus · May 23, 2013

All of 33 people responded as attending. Pathetic.

Burt Gummer · May 23, 2013

Don't draw a picture of a gun, especially if you are a child - you might be arrested for that.

tiggers97 · May 23, 2013

33? Where did you get the number?
Granted, the trees are in the way, but if that is the line, I can only count 5? Or are they counting the by-standers and lunchtime crowd as attendees?

Edit: first pick is at 12:00. second is 12:08 were they lay down on the payment, were people walk their dogs and and anything else that sticks to the bottom of their shoes, to draw chalk outlines of themselves...

tamayo · May 23, 2013

Here are some more photos from a different angle.

tunus · May 23, 2013

tiggers97 said:
33? Where did you get the number?
Granted, the trees are in the way, but if that is the line, I can only count 5? Or are they counting the by-standers and lunchtime crowd as attendees?

Edit: first pick is at 12:00. second is 12:08 were they lay down on the payment, were people walk their dogs and and anything else that sticks to the bottom of their shoes, to draw chalk outlines of themselves...

It came from their FB event page.