| Politics Hope Against Hope How the gun control movement lurches forward, after its biggest defeat. By David Weigel
Posted Thursday, Apr 25, 2013, at 11:51 PM ET  In its heyday, Occupy D.C. spread like kudzu over most of McPherson Square, conveniently located right between the White House and K Street. The encampment was razed 14 months ago; the only evidence that dozens of humans used to sleep, book-share, and "mic check" there is the sad, randomly patchy state of the grass. On Thursday, the grass was trampled one more time, for a cause. Occupy the NRA was starting its marquee media event in the park. The collective handed out new Shepard Fairey-designed posters, which featured an ironic NRA logo of a bird with a target on its chest and a slogan slightly less catchy than HOPE: AMERICA, the Land Where God Saves & Satan Invests in Assault Weapons and High Capacity Magazines A crowd of 60 or so activists gathered in front of a stage, flanked by novelty-sized checks that thanked lobbying groups "for shooting down common-sense gun laws." Two dozen reporters flitted around, making the most of a rally that had been scheduled to happen nine days earlier, before the Boston Marathon bombing Occupied the news cycle. It was up to "activist and teacher" Justin Wedes to explain the connection between the movement, the march, and the restless anger over gun control's April defeat. "I'm not speaking for Occupy Wall Street," he said. "Nobody speaks for Occupy Wall Street. I'm a teacher, and a concerned citizen. I'm seeing the violence happening across this country. I'm seeing young kids die. I'm ... To continue reading, click here.
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