Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:35 PM Nov 2020

The Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and others of their ilk will not be disarmed, laws or no laws [View all]

At least by local cops. To believe otherwise is to embrace a Neville Chamberlain level of naivety.

All of these people will still be around January 21st, and some of them will undoubtedly be making the move from 'threatening sedition' to 'full-on sedition'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214568298

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/donald-trump-rally-photographer-interview.html

Slate: "A Photographer on the Most Disturbing Thing He Saw at Trump Rallies"

...The real problem is, I have never seen the police ever arrest a Proud Boy. I’ve witnessed multiple fights between Proud Boys and I guess you could call them “antifascists,” but unless you’re willing to walk away after getting shoved and being spit in the face by a Proud Boy, then shit is going to happen. And they’re not the ones getting arrested. In every place I’ve ever covered these fights—in Portland; Columbus, Ohio; Philadelphia; New York City; or Washington—the person that gets arrested is not the Proud Boy. The Republican Club in NYC was a big anomaly, but that’s what generally happens...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142337401

Police fist bump MAGA fan Proud Boys member and escort far-right group through DC streets after 4th

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Oath+Keepers%22&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1016271937

A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans

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The Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and others of their ilk will not be disarmed, laws or no laws [View all] friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 OP

So tell me why "defund the police" is a terrible idea? DBoon Nov 2020 #1

More unemployed, angry recruits for what are essentially the modern-day Freikorps, that's why friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #4

So the reason we have police is to keep delinquents employed? DBoon Nov 2020 #7

We have the police to keep the citizenry safe. whathehell Nov 2020 #10

We need police.... TheRealNorth Nov 2020 #13

Yes! Thank you for saying that. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #15

Yes, I agree whathehell Nov 2020 #17

How is supporting violent white supremacists gangs keeping us safe? DBoon Nov 2020 #20

It clearly does not, but that wasn't the question.. whathehell Nov 2020 #21

We need more than the police. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #22

I agree we need more than the police.. whathehell Nov 2020 #24

Of course the police are needed. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #25

That's what I've been saying.. whathehell Nov 2020 #26

very true discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #27

Okay.. whathehell Nov 2020 #28

I read this earlier...it is extremely disturbing. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2

Gonna hafta use the prying from cold dead hands approach I suppose.. LSFL Nov 2020 #3

And who'll be doing the prying, in your estimation? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #5

We can use the national guard and military against them if they openly LSFL Nov 2020 #11

It's not the doofus majority of them I worry about-it's the more functional ones going on the DL... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #14

I hear you brother. LSFL Nov 2020 #18

And my favorite, which I personally witnessed, dware Nov 2020 #23

is there much difference between the police and the proud boys et al? nt msongs Nov 2020 #6

Seems to me that the official cops like to use them as volunteer muscle... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #8

Many including Malcolm Nance say there will be some skirmishes..nothing organized Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #9

He's probably correct. But if he's wrong, we could be in for 'Anni di piombo' friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #16

I wonder what this Turbineguy Nov 2020 #12

It is an oath that applies to each one individually. LSFL Nov 2020 #19