If you think I’m denigrating these heroes, It’s the 2nd fools who imagine that the problem was their ideals, their organization, or their commitment that failed. Because it couldn’t have been the guns.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yep, this is what happens when authoritarians don’t think you have a gun.

    Peretti was getting pistol whipped before they saw his gun.

    If he had a rifle instead, they wouldn’t have escalated to violence because that’s a visual deterrent. By the time they knew he was carrying a CCW they’d already escalated past the point they felt they could walk away. It’s not a visual deterrent to prevent conflict, it can only be used for deadly force during a conflict.

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      5 days ago

      Which is exactly why open carry was vilified during the black panthers rise to popularity, so that they could disarm the minorities and largely leading to where we are today