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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by mywittyname on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:25PM (#23431121)
He genuinely believes that "armed protests" are peaceful because his side has been involved in hundreds and they were all peaceful.

So he obviously thinks the guns were the differentiator and not the privilege enjoyed by being a bunch of old white men with the support of the authorities.

A number of cops were shot at during these recent protest. Our mayor was discussing this very fact this morning. Turn out, all that body armor is highly effective at stopping small arms fire. (There was no elaboration on who did the shooting though, so I guess it could have been friendly fire)

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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by vorpalhex on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:25PM (#23431994)
The black panthers had several armed marches.. and one reason why they took up arms was because they kept getting (illegally) arrested for marching unarmed. They actually sat at the California courthouse while armed.. and everything that day was peaceful. That did inspire Reagan to pass significant gun control laws though, both as Governor and President.

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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by icelancer on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:08PM (#23432548)
Sounds a lot like someone who does not know the history of the Black Panthers and Republicans who used to be all about gun control.
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