Ted Nugent’s rocky version of the Star Spangled Banner kicked off the “2018 Capitol Rally for our Gun Rights” on Saturday.

With American flags whipping alongside Gadsden flags, supporters, several of them armed, drove in from around the state for two reasons: To show their support for the Second Amendment and their disappointment of Minnesota legislators.

“Gun owners are not respected,” said organizer Chris Dorr, pointing to the Capitol. “We are under attack in this building.”

Sponsored by grassroots organizations such as Minnesota Gun Rights and North Star Liberty Alliance, the speakers, brothers Ben and Chris Dorr, pushed back against anti-gun pressure building since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. A march in St. Paul last week calling for gun control drew 18,000.

With a Republican-controlled House and Senate, the Dorrs expected to see more laws strengthening the pro-gun stance. Instead, the “Stand Your Ground” bill which would grant further protection for using force in self-defense and the “Constitutional Carry” bill, which would remove the need for a permit to carry, both stalled in committee.

“The Republican wall that we had in Minnesota has completely fallen down,” Ben Dorr said to the crowd of over 1,000.

Others in attendance said the recent gun control rhetoric has them worried.

“If we lose our Second Amendment rights, it’s not very long before the rest come dominoing down,” said Timothy Roxx, 25. He and his wife drove to St. Paul from Duluth, Minn., for the rally and held signs that said, “We all want to protect our kids.”