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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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