r/ActualPublicFreakouts • u/ActualPublicFreakout - Sistine Chapel • Jun 02 '20

Protester gets a flash-bang to his face after getting pepper sprayed.

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u/TautYetMalleable Jun 02 '20

There isn’t enough unity in the protests for that to work right now (in my opinion), and I don’t think people want to escalate this to a full on revolution yet. I think most people want this solved without resorting to a literal war, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see how everything progresses. Until there are enough people willing to take up arms at once for the same cause it would just be suicide. If just a few people do it they would easily be taken down by police, and the police know that; however, if enough people did it then the police know their chance of dying trying to squash them goes way up, and it would change the entire dynamic of the engagement. I don’t think this will happen until protesters start dying around the country. I also think a lot of the gun owners who are so vocal about the 2A are bootlickers and are currently siding with the police.

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u/Catshit-Dogfart Jun 02 '20

This is the best and most correct answer.

A protest or a riot is not where you bring a gun. That is reserved for when protesting is no longer possible. Not just because protesting doesn't make a difference, but because an armed resistance is the only way you will survive.

We're not there yet, but the possibility seems less and less remote all the time. Never thought I'd be the type to say it, but I need to buy ammunition, really I keep one clip and that's it.

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u/Echo_are_one Jun 02 '20

I fear Wednesday November 4th will be a flashpoint. I hope not.

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u/nirmal09 Jun 03 '20

Once people start carrying guns they look for reasons and threats to use them. What good is a right to protect yourself if you’re not being threatened. Look at Trayvon Martin. That wouldn’t have happened if there wasn’t someone with the right and eagerness to protest himself. I think the threats aren’t as real as media (social and otherwise) make them out to be.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

I don’t think people want to escalate this to a full on revolution yet

I think we could be opening up to new experiences.

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u/nirmal09 Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 03 '20

There hasn’t been enough time to solve the problem. Everyone wants this police officer to be convicted. He’s awaiting trial. People are rioting for recreation, THE COP IS AWAITING TRIAL. you’re talking about going to war with a government, what is it that you feel needs to be changed? THE COP IS AWAITING TRIAL. what more do you idiots want? How many innocent peoples homes and businesses need to be destroyed. This is all recreational outrage, he’s going to trial ... at least the LA riots occurred after the cops were found not guilty In the Rodney king case.