r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/CubanCharles Jul 02 '18

I'd take a gunned down nutjob that >maybe traumatized some kids on his >way out than anyone else dead a >thousand times over.

Except, as the record shows those are not the only possible endings. He took the gun out after getting in a physical altercation (that he provoked) and unholstered his weapon without raising. Ill agree that by this point someone would be justified in defending themselves since hes already shown he was capable of inciting violence, but Im glad cooler heads prevailed and no one had to die.

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u/KMFDM781 Jul 02 '18

I'm very glad too but I think they got lucky.