PhoenixKnight wrote:Mel, I am afraid you don’t have the full facts on that one. Being in one of those cities I can tell you I have seen the Feds kidnapping people and beating people who have protest permits and just standing in the designated location with their signs. That behavior brought out more and more people and then the Feds used rubber bullets too.
When they withdrew only the people from the original protest remained. Trump’s orders and his administration way of handling things are what is escalating the problems.
being from a city is not the same as being there in the center of the drama.
i have several associates i argue with in several cities that are there in the middle of it and they have video and have joined in throwing frozen piss in water bottle, shone lasers in officers eyes to permanently damge their eyes ... and worse acts of violence towards officers and anyone not sharing the mob mentality
i sometimes do police accountability and 1st amendment audits with some of my other associates
so i would be the first to say police reform is a needed thing but when you say defund or eradicate them it makes you seem less than intelligent
now as for less than lethal tactics they should use them more often of course the crying would not end despite less lethal deaths then it would be what it has become now ... they used less lethal waah waaah waah
first and foremost as a protestor your job if you wish to block streets is to obtain a permit and the police will block the road and highlight an alternative route for others as opposed to blocking mobbing and destroying other citizens property.
you also without a permit must otherwise protest in normal forums ie sidewalks and public foyers but you cannot hinder any business it may be
basically protesting is a gathering of people to voice their concern or unhappiness with something and that does not include rioting, looting, or in any other way depriving other citizens of their rights... the second you do its not a protest it is a riot and less lethal should be used.
now as to the question of why more than one gun thats easy....
you see 1 antifa thug on your property smashing windows yelling some protest
you whip out your diablo double barrel black powder shotgun pistol (not even classified as a firearm even a felon can use and carry it) and chop him in half property defended
you see 3 antifa thugs vandalising your property and now there is a possible problem 2 barrels 2 slugs diablo isnt going to work so you slam your clip into your italian 40 caliber wildcat run outside issue a loud cease and desist and call the coronor for those who refused to listen... property defended
you see 10 antifa thugs vandalising your property now you could show off some pistols with 100 round clips but in a practical situation outside of target practice they arent all that practical so you grab your fs 2000 and step out and begin spring cleaning
you see 20 antifa thugs creating havoc on your property and begin to get squeamish (most people are around that many roaches) and you snap your fingers run to the gun safe and grab your best home defense weapon check to make sure its still fully loaded in both tubes heft your ksg-25 up and step outside and watch em scatter or writhe on the ground like the roaches they are
ooooh you are so evil
WHAT?
defund the police
disarm the police
free criminals or allow them to loot and burn at will
911 wont work if they are defunded so good thing i like guns
* antifa thug can be subbed for anything that calls for you defending your life or property
** aresenal gets better if the * title includes a tyrannical government or anything governmental in the title