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Some guy walks around Memphis brandishing a rifle. No problem. (Original Post) Swede Nov 2023 OP
That Man Keeps All Our Freedumbs Secure, Sir... The Magistrate Nov 2023 #1
Without even looking at the article... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2023 #2
I was just going to mention the film crew showing the difference and saw you added it. The only thing that brewens Nov 2023 #4
Another Kyle Rittenhouse? Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #3
Welcome to Tennessee Docreed2003 Nov 2023 #5
Unless you are a POC.... TheRealNorth Nov 2023 #6
Very true... Docreed2003 Nov 2023 #8
Red states Arthur_Frain Nov 2023 #7
The guy would be dead if he was a POC. Emile Nov 2023 #9
Hey it's what a minority of the citizens want!!! Fla Dem Nov 2023 #10
It wasn't "brandishing", it was open carry. maxsolomon Nov 2023 #11

A HERETIC I AM

(24,876 posts)
2. Without even looking at the article...
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 09:28 AM
Nov 2023

I’m betting it was a white guy.

If a black man did the same thing the cops would have taken him down in moments.

A film crew did an experiment of a similar situation and put it up on YouTube.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
4. I was just going to mention the film crew showing the difference and saw you added it. The only thing that
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 09:37 AM
Nov 2023

could have been better was if it had been the same cop. They made it real clear what a black man's second amendment rights were worth.

Diamond_Dog

(40,602 posts)
3. Another Kyle Rittenhouse?
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 09:33 AM
Nov 2023

I wish someone in law enforcement would have confronted this guy and asked him just wtf does he think he’s doing. Besides scaring the bejeebers out of everyone.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
5. Welcome to Tennessee
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 10:59 AM
Nov 2023

Concerned citizens were told that it wasn't a crime until a shot was fired, seriously.

TheRealNorth

(9,647 posts)
6. Unless you are a POC....
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 11:03 AM
Nov 2023

Then you don't have the same 2nd Amendment "rights" as the Oaf Keepers.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
8. Very true...
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 11:30 AM
Nov 2023

When I saw this story break locally, I knew immediately that this wasn't a POC, even though it happened in Memphis.

Arthur_Frain

(2,363 posts)
7. Red states
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 11:09 AM
Nov 2023

This shit happened all the time in Utah. At the state capitol, while the legislators were in session no less.

Fla Dem

(27,640 posts)
10. Hey it's what a minority of the citizens want!!!
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 01:09 PM
Nov 2023

So the RW Politicians baced by gun manufactures voted for gun freedom.

maxsolomon

(38,747 posts)
11. It wasn't "brandishing", it was open carry.
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 02:03 PM
Nov 2023

Brandishing is threatening others with a gun. He was just exercising his rights.

Why do you hate freedom?

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