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Definitely worthy. If another shooting occurred, would they only defend the students who supported guns? Maybe shoot the ones who didn't?
But the group doesnt seem to think much of some of the students they say they want to protect.
During a meandering Monday night webinar held by the far-right, anti-government group, the gun writer David Codrea referred to Emma González and David Hogg, survivors of the Valentines Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida as the enemy.
Another speaker on the webinar, Matt Bracken, said that sending armed guards to schools, if handled right, could be very good PR for the group. Bracken is the author of several books promoting gun rights, including Enemies: Foreign and Domestic, Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista and Foreign Enemies and Traitors.
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Thanks to the ammosexuals efforts to proliferate guns everywhere, carry laws insure even fanatical shitstains can do it.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)The kids they are protecting are the enemy?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Did you read the article? In their chat they say they want to defend their constitutional right (guns). It occurs to me that is really all they care about, and this "guarding" schools is simply an excuse to bear arms in public and scare people. They could not care less about the kids.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)She's an evil Communist because her father is a Cuban refugee.
Absolutely batshit crazy.
JDC
(10,125 posts)If you were 17, just were shot at, had friends killed, would you want to challenge a group of nuts w/ guns outside your school? Some will, but talk about an aggressive mind F. This should not be allowed.
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)What could go wrong?
NYETNYET
(212 posts)With the Bundy ranch standoff... they had federal agents in their sights. At different Black lives matter events, they were on the roof tops with their weapons trained on the crowd. Now they want to kill kids that don't agree with them.
2018... ALL repubs have to go. 2020... if he is still around... straight to an orange jump suit. As we can... Oath keepers and 3%er's need to be made to feel very unwelcome. These sick bastards have turned 'patriot' into a nasty dirty word. There is no place for them in 'our' country and I want it back!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)The NRA has helped create these monsters. It blows my mind that, in Florida, there was one crazy man with an AR-15; here there are hundreds of crazy men with AR-15s. Nobody does anything!
They want to hold the country hostage by way of asserting their "2nd amendment right". Sorry, but they need to be gathered up, thrown in prison for twenty years, and never be allowed to look at another gun (let alone handle one).
Initech
(100,063 posts)This is not a good thing! At all! If I were an administrator I'd be calling the cops on these assholes left and right. They should be considered a legitimate threat, not security. The last thing we need is armed wannbe rambos thinking they are security. This could go very, very wrong.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And the cops? If you were a cop facing a large group of insane people armed with AR-15s, would you move to take them down? They need a SWAT team. All it would take is one student to yell something, and all these idiots would start firing. It is an extremely scary situation!
Initech
(100,063 posts)They are not police! They are weapons enthusiasts with a raging hard on for wanton destruction and are looking for any excuse to use their precious killing machines. This needs to end before it starts. This is so fucking insane!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Normally, they would have to wait until the white nationalists held another rally. They see this as an excellent opportunity. Also, did you notice their concern for good PR? They actually believe that stalking school children will gain them supporters. I'm telling you, these people are downright insane, and no one wants to get tangled up with them. I'm willing to bet the talk down at the local police station is about how they should just wait them out; they'll get bored soon enough and leave (or they will start firing on people to make it interesting).
Initech
(100,063 posts)As they are the perfect example of someone who shouldn't have a gun. If you need an excuse to flaunt it, you shouldn't have it. Unfortunately 40 years of completely insane, one sided, pro gun propaganda is what has brought us to this point.
The scary thing is that if any average Joe thinks they can police schools better than the actual police, what do we need the police for? If the right wing wants to turn schools into war zones for the sake of good public relations, we're going to see things get way worse. At least the funeral industry will get a nice pay day.
Luz
(772 posts)in the pocketbooks, and we'll see them go. Besides, after a week or two, I have a feeling these geezers will drop off like flies.