Alan Keyes Spoke at Today's Right to Bear Arms Rally in Pennsylvania

• The third annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms rally was held today in Pennsylvania.
• According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette "The rally was led by Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe along with with several dozen lawmakers standing in support behind him. From the Pittsburgh area these included Reps. Marc Gergely, D-White Oak; Joseph Markosek, D-Monroeville; Tim Solobay, D-Washington; Jim Marshall, R-Beaver; Mike Turzai, R-Bradford Woods; and Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler."
• Also speaking at the event was the executive director of Gun Owners of America, Larry Pratt, and Presidential candidate Alan Keyes who was quoted as saying "I know the gun-control people say they care about the preservation of human life, but you cannot defend life if you give up the means of that defense,"

"In an age of terrorism we can never delegate to the government the responsibility for defense of our lives, I will not surrender that [freedom] which God has advised me to defend,"

Sources:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08099/871342-178.stm
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20080407_Pro-gun_activists_rally_in_Capitol.html