A Berry Picker provided this shot of a flag-bearing North Idaho Patriot at the Clingers rally at Stateline Speedway Friday evening.

Americans can't be gun-shy about defending the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association said on Friday night. Wayne LaPierre told 545 people attending the first Great Northwest "Clingers" Festival and Second Amendment Rally sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots of North Idaho at Stateline Speedway that our rights are being attacked like never before. "The elites don't care about us," he said under sunny skies. "Protection is in our own hands." LaPierre said the country could be one Supreme Court appointment away from breaking the back of the Second Amendment/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Is there a legitimate threat to our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms? Or is Wayne LaPierre using scare tactics to stir up Tea Party troops?