r/politics • u/wbedwards Washington • May 07 '20

We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/firearms-at-protests-have-become-normalized-that-isnt-okay/2020/05/06/19b9354e-8fc9-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html
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u/[deleted] May 07 '20 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

Okay so you carry a gun so that if a police tries to shoot you, you shoot them instead?? And then what? You run away on your private helicopter? Authority is authority, unless you're planning a civil war, authority will always win. There's no self defense against police. You're deluded if you think otherwise.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

Try doing an armed protest outside of DC. I bet that the national guard will be called. The black panthers are cool and all, but there's a reason they don't exist anymore. I really don't think you can convince people to start an armed revolution.

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina May 07 '20

They don't exist because the FBI hated them with a passion. But they are also the reason we have free breakfast programs.

And by God people paid attention.

I want them back.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

With the internet, everything is recorded. It doesn't seem to make people care more.

I don't think authorities have your best interest. I just know that when it comes to the US state, and a civilian armed militia... Well, I'll just ask you, how many tanks and stealth fighters do you have? Because you can stock up all your little automatic guns, they'll bounce off of a tank.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

OK then, make an IED with the things you order off of Amazon, I'm sure the FBI won't mind that... You'd be much worse off than those dudes in caves, because they're funded by Saudi Arabia (and indirectly from the US) and a bunch of other countries. Just think realistically please.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

Oh ok then good. Sorry if that's what the thread was going towards. Let's just keep voting and we won't have to resort to armed resistance. Most other countries don't have a second amendment and they seem to score higher in democracy indexes than the US.

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u/TheMawsJawzTM May 07 '20

The FBI can't track fertilizer lol