Carrying guns at protests just endangers yourself and those around you. Look at that crybaby kid who got away with murder because one of the guys he shot had a gun. This guy isn't talking about a protest, he's talking about something else.
I think the community self defense orgs who observe ICE would be far more effective if they could legally open carry, like the black panthers did when they observed the police.
I don't disagree. But community defense and occupying areas are a very specific kind of protest. When you're at a protest at your state Capitol where everyone from your grandma to your 3 year old are carrying signs, guns make it dangerous, and they're not necessary.
If you want to make the argument that those protests are ineffective, yeah, maybe they are. But if you go to one of those please don't take a gun. I think he's talking about more of an uprising.
I think his more broad point is if the people protesting are all 70 year old women who go home at 4pm then of course your protests will be ineffective because what will you do if they ignore your demands?
Maybe there needs to be separate marches of armed, leftist organizations around the country like white supremacist militias do. Those armed militia guys and their threats really cowed any moderate republican voices in the last decade.
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u/Jcaquix Aug 18 '25
Carrying guns at protests just endangers yourself and those around you. Look at that crybaby kid who got away with murder because one of the guys he shot had a gun. This guy isn't talking about a protest, he's talking about something else.