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In reply to the discussion: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple." [View all]
RoseTrellis
(124 posts)12. Need to be extra cautious
If you choose to carry at these protests, which is your right, you really need to be extra cautious to not present yourself as a threat to LE. Really no different than informing the cops responsibly if you get pulled over.
Don’t give them an excuse to execute them - resisting arrest can be fatal
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"You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple." [View all]
MayReasonRule
23 hrs ago
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I'm going to wait for the NRA's statement defending Pretti's unequivocal 2A rights.
CincyDem
23 hrs ago
#3
Excellent questions. How did the one agent know to look for the gun? Why did he immediately
Gaugamela
22 hrs ago
#16
You're assuming they're that organized and that intelligent. Chances lean strongly towards no.
paleotn
22 hrs ago
#23
The only thing they can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a camera
Seinan Sensei
22 hrs ago
#33
Yeah...but it takes nothing to "escalate" those fuckers. Look cross eyed at them and they
Bengus81
21 hrs ago
#40
Historically, Strategic Surreptitious Strike Strategies Play A Major Role Against Overwhelming Force
MayReasonRule
22 hrs ago
#18
And fail in their mission. It's is and always will be about public perception.
paleotn
22 hrs ago
#32
Then they'll claim that a protester being ONLY twenty five feet away was impeding an arrest
Bengus81
21 hrs ago
#41
The pigs fire all kinds of shit at protesters that aren't doing a goddamn thing.
Klarkashton
20 hrs ago
#52
Yes, knowing what we know, never bring a gun or anything else to throw at them
Beringia
15 hrs ago
#64
Don't RW nutriders open carry at their demonstrations? They truly are schizophrenic (in the split-mind sense) not an
artemisia1
23 hrs ago
#6
As I recall, guns were all over DC on Jan. 6, 2021, including the one that Ashley Babbitt
allegorical oracle
23 min ago
#74
Exactly. These mask-wearing imbeciles were protesting Covid-19 mask mandates and shutdowns.
sop
22 hrs ago
#35
Thank you. They tried to establish that yesterday and of course the media went right along.
underpants
20 hrs ago
#51
It's still within the 7 yr federal statute of limitations to charge him
ChicagoTeamster
15 hrs ago
#65
Apparently the moron MISSED the protest inside the Michigan Capital Building in 2020,
Jack Valentino
14 hrs ago
#68
The Republican double standard is too obvious to ignore. Legally armed Democrats will be killed.
Martin68
10 hrs ago
#72