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COL Mustard

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27. Leave the guns at home. Full stop.

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:58 AM

Jan 25

Don't throw ANYTHING. Evan a water balloon, or an egg, or a rotten tomato can be considered assault.

Do all the peaceful protesting you want, but for Pete's sake, stay nonviolent even in the face of their aggression.

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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 Jan 25 OP

Meal Team 6 OC375 Jan 25 #1

"yeah, but that stellar citizen was on OUR side" Whyisthisstillclose Jan 25 #2

I'm going to wait for the NRA's statement defending Pretti's unequivocal 2A rights. CincyDem Jan 25 #3

There have been some remarks: milestogo Jan 25 #7

Of course he's an (R) or an avowed hypocrite. enigmania Jan 25 #67

Here Ya' Go... MayReasonRule Jan 25 #15

Fuck the NRA COL Mustard Jan 25 #22

NRA talking out of both sides of its mouth 70sEraVet Jan 25 #36

Growing up in farm country Klondike Kat Jan 25 #42

Let us not forget popsdenver Jan 25 #71

LIARS! GiqueCee Jan 25 #47

I grew up collecting medals from the NRA for my marksmamship MadameButterfly Jan 25 #53

NRA even know they disarmed him before murdering him? Emile Jan 25 #49

victim perceived as a liberal Skittles Jan 25 #62

The NRA is a criminal organization lonely bird Jan 25 #59

Any statement with the word "Robust" in it is immediately disqualified. NBachers Jan 25 #63

I hope you're not holding your breath.... COL Mustard Jan 25 #20

Did ICe Killers scan Alex's face and already know all about him? delisen Jan 25 #4

Excellent questions. How did the one agent know to look for the gun? Why did he immediately Gaugamela Jan 25 #16

Negligent discharge of a weapon Blue Full Moon Jan 25 #21

What? Eleven times? Gaugamela Jan 25 #29

You're assuming they're that organized and that intelligent. Chances lean strongly towards no. paleotn Jan 25 #23

This regime is hoping and praying that some useful idiot Ferryboat Jan 25 #5

I agree don't give them reasons to escalate thinkingagain Jan 25 #13

The only thing they can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a camera Seinan Sensei Jan 25 #33

Yeah...but it takes nothing to "escalate" those fuckers. Look cross eyed at them and they Bengus81 Jan 25 #40

Agreed thinkingagain Jan 25 #54

Yes, I've seen that argument on Bluesky - they have their Palantir database TBF Jan 25 #17

Historically, Strategic Surreptitious Strike Strategies Play A Major Role Against Overwhelming Force MayReasonRule Jan 25 #18

Love Matt Berry. nt Maru Kitteh Jan 25 #46

The discipline you describe is not possible. hay rick Jan 25 #19

They are going to do it regardless Blue Full Moon Jan 25 #24

And fail in their mission. It's is and always will be about public perception. paleotn Jan 25 #32

They don't care about public perception. Blue Full Moon Jan 25 #34

That is where you're wrong. They do. They have to. paleotn Jan 25 #38

Agree that they don't care about public perception and Dems? AllyCat Jan 25 #37

Then why is Donnie so in a twist about opinion polls? paleotn Jan 25 #39

And yet, 7 democrats just handed ICE thugs another $10B AllyCat Jan 25 #43

Seen what's happened in the Senate on that legislation? paleotn Jan 25 #44

I've seen their overall actions so far. AllyCat Jan 25 #56

And it's a miracle no one has. paleotn Jan 25 #26

Leave the guns at home. Full stop. COL Mustard Jan 25 #27

Then they'll claim that a protester being ONLY twenty five feet away was impeding an arrest Bengus81 Jan 25 #41

The pigs fire all kinds of shit at protesters that aren't doing a goddamn thing. Klarkashton Jan 25 #52

Yes, knowing what we know, never bring a gun or anything else to throw at them Beringia Jan 25 #64

Don't RW nutriders open carry at their demonstrations? They truly are schizophrenic (in the split-mind sense) not an artemisia1 Jan 25 #6

Ruby Ridge Emile Jan 25 #8

What's really bad, they disarmed him before murdering him. Emile Jan 25 #9

That makes what they did premeditated. Kid Berwyn Jan 25 #11

+1. It was murder. dalton99a Jan 25 #14

An execution Seinan Sensei Jan 25 #28

Need to be extra cautious RoseTrellis Jan 25 #12

Police then escorted that killer to safety across state lines. Kid Berwyn Jan 25 #10

How soon the fools forget... WokeAintWhatIAm Jan 25 #25

The assholes have been convincing us for 4 decades now that 2A is absolute. Initech Jan 25 #30

As I recall, guns were all over DC on Jan. 6, 2021, including the one that Ashley Babbitt allegorical oracle Jan 26 #74

Michigan in April 2020 y'all WokeAintWhatIAm Jan 25 #31

Exactly. These mask-wearing imbeciles were protesting Covid-19 mask mandates and shutdowns. sop Jan 25 #35

A little rain and their Levis will chafe and wear them down. BidenRocks Jan 25 #45

The MAGA Covid-19 goons look just like today's ICE goons. sop Jan 25 #48

Dear Goddess, I remember that image! niyad Jan 25 #66

There was no protest. There were people outside in an area mzmolly Jan 25 #50

Thank you. They tried to establish that yesterday and of course the media went right along. underpants Jan 25 #51

Wilhoit's Law usonian Jan 25 #55

US Capitol attack insurrectionists had weapons, including firearms CNYHarris Jan 25 #57

Many of our "freedoms" are merely illusions dlk Jan 25 #58

From the hill top.... FormerOstrich Jan 25 #60

This is not a good comparison. gulliver Jan 25 #61

It's still within the 7 yr federal statute of limitations to charge him ChicagoTeamster Jan 25 #65

Apparently the moron MISSED the protest inside the Michigan Capital Building in 2020, Jack Valentino Jan 25 #68

These fucking scumbags cheer on murderers and psychopaths every time. Initech Jan 25 #69

The NRA has only ever given a shit about right-wing Republican gun rights. hadEnuf Jan 25 #70

The Republican double standard is too obvious to ignore. Legally armed Democrats will be killed. Martin68 Jan 25 #72

1791. Aussie105 Jan 26 #73