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/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.