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2. All these decades of cries of Second Amendment protection to possess and own guns

Reply to rgbecker (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 11:31 AM

Aug 2020

has been a dog whistle for arming citizens to work in tandem as militias for the overthrow of democracy. It's used the specter of crime and violence and insincere skepticism that the police can protect us. (Ironically, with sufficient numbers of white supremacists within police departments, they may well join the militias in threatening peaceful protestors.)

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When Kyle Rittenhouse was at the Militia training school, [View all] rgbecker Aug 2020 OP

Unregulated militias almost always end terribly. Oneironaut Aug 2020 #1

All these decades of cries of Second Amendment protection to possess and own guns no_hypocrisy Aug 2020 #2

It's all just LARP to them-- dawg day Aug 2020 #3

The point missed by many is this kid had a cop complex, because of a pot intervention KLRIQ2 Aug 2020 #4

Thanks for this insight. The pictures of him dressed to the t's rgbecker Aug 2020 #5

Very good post. We need to select the *best* for policing, radius777 Aug 2020 #6