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In reply to the discussion: If armed people storm a state Capitol building, [View all]
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)107. There are cameras everywhere. The armed people should not be surprised when the FBI
knocks on their doors in the very near future and confiscates the weapons that were used in their unlawful assembly which could lead to riot charges. No doubt there's plenty of video from when they blocked traffic and spent time at the then closed capitol building last time shouting, "Lock her up.", as well.
Ring leaders will be identified and could very well be charged with inciting riot.
Betsy DeVos and her family who support the right wing groups that act as provocateurs to entice these dum-dum AK47 carrying lost little sheep will just continue to get the little puppets to do their bidding. Of course, when strict gun laws are passed they will blame the Democratic party but they're bringing it about themselves by the actions taken today.
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Don't let anything including the facts get in the way of your personal outrage?
ripcord
May 2020
#141
If you see what he said, they should be ordered to put down their weapons, if not....
George II
Apr 2020
#62
Murder's defined by who draws first and intent. In this case, the state uses defensive force.
ancianita
Apr 2020
#79
I can see all sorts of charges - terrorism, kidnapping (people held at gunpoint), harassment, etc.
George II
Apr 2020
#94
Absolutely. There's probably enough video footage of it all to support any of those charges.
ancianita
Apr 2020
#95
As a poster already pointed out, they are not breaking any laws doing what they're doing.
oldsoftie
May 2020
#151
Many of the images floating around are from other locations and other times as well.
SQUEE
May 2020
#155
There is a standing Executive Order in Michigan prohibiting gatherings of more than several people..
George II
May 2020
#156
Now that I can get behind whole heartedly. Disarm them and enter them onto the "no guns' list.
marble falls
Apr 2020
#25
The fact that they are there protecting the Governor makes the police "fascist" in the eyes of
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#64
It is legal in MI to open-carry a weapon in the Capitol, which is nuts
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#4
If those people had been black it would have been a whole different story.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#11
Poster is using the comparison that this is a legal form of free expression.
AtheistCrusader
May 2020
#145
(many) White people are threatened by black people just existing anywhere near them.
MH1
May 2020
#132
This is part of the reason that lots of gun owners can't stand the NRA.
AtheistCrusader
May 2020
#147
Here's a story about the armed Black Panthers invading the California
HeartachesNhangovers
Apr 2020
#8
So it's a good thing that cooler heads than yours prevailed that day.
HeartachesNhangovers
Apr 2020
#40
AND they threatened no one, at a time cops were shooting them in their beds & unarmed on the street.
marble falls
Apr 2020
#26
Their causes are different. And I would argue, the Black Panthers comported themselves much
AtheistCrusader
May 2020
#149
I know, those armed white terrorist snowflakes have a history of being murdered, right?
58Sunliner
May 2020
#135
"They are mass murderers." Who did they kill, and which protester(s) killed them?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2020
#178
If armed people in a red state stormed in demanding everyone shelter in place ......
rickford66
Apr 2020
#9
If they were black or brown they would have been shot immediately without ordering them to drop arms
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2020
#36
I agree a hundred percent. They would be the first to wet themselves when bullets start flying
yaesu
Apr 2020
#42
i don't understand how you can carry a weapon into a building where weapons are not allowed......
Takket
Apr 2020
#45
Seems to me this has been the RW playbook since the Bundys got off. Now it's in capitol buildings
dameatball
Apr 2020
#48
Most of those armed at the protests couldn't run up the steps without dropping dead of a heart
Pepsidog
Apr 2020
#59
Yes, it's now clear to anybody paying attention where these fascist terrorists want to go.
hadEnuf
Apr 2020
#81
A little blast of tear gas out of a cannon might give them a taste of reality - as a first step
eleny
Apr 2020
#84
Well at least the nutbags know where they can easily kill a bunch of politicians
Marrah_Goodman
Apr 2020
#98
There are cameras everywhere. The armed people should not be surprised when the FBI
NoRoadUntravelled
Apr 2020
#107
"Lawful people would comply." What they did was legal, like it or not (and I don't, btw)
friendly_iconoclast
May 2020
#167
Agree. They put many lives in danger. It was an armed assault no 2 ways about it.
Fla Dem
May 2020
#129
MinMan and other commentators - How would you square this discussion with "Stand your ground....
EarnestPutz
May 2020
#138
Your questions are excellent (if awkward), and will be studiously ignored
friendly_iconoclast
May 2020
#169
You advocate murder, and such an action would give the RW their Kent State
friendly_iconoclast
May 2020
#168