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County Commissioner Ron Clous held the rifle up briefly, smiling at the camera, before setting it down without a word (Grand Traverse County)
A Michigan county commissioner is facing calls to resign after he pulled out a rifle at a virtual public meeting after a woman asked the Michigan Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners to denounce the Proud Boys. Resident Keli MacIntosh was expressing concerns about members of the right-wing militant group speaking about gun rights at a meeting back in March when Grand Traverse County Commissioner Ron Clous flashed the gun in response, the Record-Eagle reported.
An official on the Michigan Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners flashed a rifle during a livestreamed public meeting on Jan. 20 after a local resident asked the group to condemn the Proud Boys, according to multiple reports.
Michigan county commissioner pulls gun out during virtual meeting when resident asked board to denounce Proud Boys
A Grand Traverse County commissioner in Michigan got up and grabbed a gun during a board Webex meeting while a local woman asked board members to denounce the Proud Boys, video from the meeting shows.
Keli MacIntosh, a 72-year-old retired nurse and regular attendee of the board meetings, spoke at the Wednesday gathering about the importance of denouncing the activities of the Proud Boys in support of a woman who spoke before her on the same topic.
The first woman criticized the board for allowing members of the group to speak during a March meeting regarding making the county a “gun sanctuary.”
Credit Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners
Ron Clous, vice chair of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners, showed off a rifle as a constituent voiced concerns about guns during a virtual meeting Wednesday.
During the public comment period, a resident expressed concerns that members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence in the state, had attended a previous meeting.
The group came to show support for a resolution the board eventually passed on the Second Amendment.
“I can certainly appreciate people wanting to have their gun rights protected,” she said. “But . permission has been given to these activist groups to do more with their guns than go out hunting.”