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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by pjc50 on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:57PM (#23576325)
So you support shooting at the police?
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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by staplers on Friday June 19, 2020 @05:26PM (#23579025)
Do you support the police shooting at citizens on their own property?
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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by aa66tt55rr44 on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:00PM (#23576377)
theyre much less likely to extrajudically execute somebody with a gun, for starters
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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by hackissimo123 on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:35PM (#23576858)
The family of Philando Castille might disagree with you.
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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by duxup on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:06PM (#23576465)
How does that work exactly?

If anything there are tons of examples where the presence of a gun played a big part in the shooting ...

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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by amanaplanacanal on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:35PM (#23578096)
Maybe it depends on how many guns you have? See the Malheur wildlife refuge takeover for instance.
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Re:Freedom of Speech: A Right for Everybody, or Only for Lik... by duxup on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:54PM (#23578278)
Not all of them avoided being killed ...

In general suppose an armed mob has some level of protection, for a little while, but I'm not sure it is much of a solution.

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