Tea bags hang from the hat of Steve Wandtke during a Guns Across America rally at the state capitol, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Austin. Texas officials opposed to new federal gun control proposals plan to speak on the steps of the state Capitol during a pro-Second Amendment rally. The event is one of many rallies planned across the country Saturday. They come four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Austin Ehlinger helps hold a banner during a Guns Across America rally at the state capitol, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Texas officials opposed to new federal gun control proposals plan to speak on the steps of the state Capitol during a pro-Second Amendment rally. The event is one of many rallies planned across the country Saturday. They come four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Hundreds of gun supporters rally at the Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 in Concord, N.H. Rallies are being held by gun rights advocates four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Michael Hein of Augusta, Maine, holds a sign in front of the Maine State house during a Gun Appreciation Day rally, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Rallies are being held by gun rights advocates four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Glenn Adams )
Demonstrators rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 to assert their right to own firearms and to denounce recent gun-control efforts. Gun owners say they are gathering at the state Capitol for one of a slate of firearms-rights demonstrations around the nation. New York this week passed the nation's toughest assault weapon and magazine restrictions. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)
Protesters hold up signs during a protest against Governor Martin O'Malley's new gun control legislation at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Rallies are being held by gun rights advocates four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Capital Gazette, Matthew Cole)
Gun-rights advocate Jerry McDonald, of Layton, Utah, holds a flag outside the Utah Capitol during the national Gun Appreciation Day Rally Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Lance Gentry of Chouteau, Okla., holds one of three signs he brought to the rally, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 in Oklahoma City. Organizers said an estimated 1800 people from throughout Oklahoma crowded into the south plaza of the state Capitol Saturday afternoon to voice their support for their second amendment rights and to express concerns about proposed gun control legislation being considered by the federal government in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last month. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel) LOCAL TV OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT
Gun rights advocates demonstrate on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Supporters of gun rights held "Guns Across America" rallies across the country Saturday in response to President Barack Obama's plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms, with demonstrators carrying rifles and pistols in some places while those elsewhere settled for waving hand-scrawled signs or screaming themselves hoarse. …