Original sentence: Accounts vary as to whether they were set upon by the demonstrators or not, but they were armed, opened fire at the demonstrators, killing several immediately and wounding others, some fatally.However, on this day the marchers were unarmed.It has also been alleged that the protestors were armed, but evidence suggests that only one protestor had a firearm.Normally at such events, marchers carried firearms openly for self-defense, as allowed under North Carolina law.On the day in question, a rally of industrial workers and communists against the Ku Klux Klan, then active in the area, was due to march in Greensboro
Edited sentence: 38 caliber pistols, and a single shot derringer).At a demonstration against the Klan showing the film, "Birth of a Nation", in China Grove,NC in July of '79, marchers carried firearms openly for self-defense, as allowed under North Carolina law.Evidence from the trials (state & federal) suggested that at least four of the CWP members ignored this, and had guns that were fired (a shotgun-that was taken away and used against them, two.However, on this day the marchers were not as well armed.On the day in question, a rally organized by communists against the Ku Klux Klan, then active in the area, was due to march in Greensboro.They were set upon by the demonstrators, and shots, initiated by the Klan, were fired into the air during a stick fight in the intersection of Carver and Everitt in the Morningside Housing Project were the rally was to begin.This led to more guns being drawn, and the Klan/Nazis opened fire at the demonstrators, killing several immediately and wounding others, some fatally