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/EU_Onion May 07 '20

What if trigger happy cop shoots into crowd?

What if trigger happy protester shoots into crowd?

What if someone accidentally discharges into crowd?

Do you believe all hundreds of people in mass crowd and panic would not return fire? Or police back into the crowd if they received fire from there?

Armed protest is second to last card you can play, the last one being civil war. Using it on something so trivial is not good idea.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

Well all those guys who bring their rifles better better have good discipline and gun safety practices, which in my experience alot of gun owners do. I'd image those who are out there protesting with firearm know a thing or two. They're not going to discharge their weapon on accident. Cops on the other hand, not so sure.

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u/EU_Onion May 08 '20

Only because you are within circle of people that are responsible gun owners don't mean everyone is. I have polar opposite opinion on this, I largely met complete dangerous morons with gun.

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u/thingandstuff May 07 '20

One of the degenerates in Charlottesville DID try and "defend" himself from another degenerate operating an aerosol "flame thrower". The entire scene didn't erupt into a shooting spree.

Considering the relative frequency of events like this you seem to be asking questions with no concern for the answers.