# Just The Facts Please (re. recent pro/anti gun confrontation
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-facts-please-re-recent-pro-anti-gun-confrontation/841442
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-facts-please-re-recent-pro-anti-gun-confrontation/841442 "2019-10-07T19:44:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-facts-please-re-recent-pro-anti-gun-confrontation/841442/1 "2019-10-07T19:44:06Z")
Known To Be True:[ul]
[li]US Rep. Haley Stevens (D-11th District) of Michigan and supporters scheduled a town hall meeting in Commerce Township, MI[/li][li]The meeting was held at the Multi Lakes Conservation Association.[/li][li]The meeting in fact took place at the indoor gun range located there.[/li][li]The topic of the meeting was gun control.[/li][li]Pro- and anti- gun control advocates attending got into a heated shouting match.[/li][/ul]OK, what I’ve heard alleged and would like some _ **factual** _ input on:[ul]
[li]The organizers tried to conceal the agenda of the meeting from the general public.[/li][li]It was intended to be packed with gun control advocates by the organizers, so they could claim that most of the people there supported gun control.[/li][li]This plan was thwarted when word got out and pro-gun people flocked to the meeting to protest.[/li][/ul]So: planned propaganda stunt, or not? Inquiring minds want to know.
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### Author:  [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-facts-please-re-recent-pro-anti-gun-confrontation/841442/2 "2019-10-07T20:25:40Z")
I don’t have any first-hand knowledge to answer your questions, but here is an interesting media report on the matter:
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> … The Congressional district’s Republican organization caught wind of what was going on, and showed up in force. … Maddock accused the group hosting Stevens of lying to booking the venue. She claims they called themselves “Fems for Life.”
[http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/23381/rep\_haley\_stevens\_shouted\_down\_by\_nra\_chants\_during\_gun\_control\_talk\_at\_shooting\_range](http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/23381/rep_haley_stevens_shouted_down_by_nra_chants_during_gun_control_talk_at_shooting_range)
[Shouting “The NRA has got to go”](https://twitter.com/MIRisingAction/status/1179392984518942720) seems unlikely to bolster her chances of re-election in that district.