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In reply to the discussion: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple." [View all]
milestogo
(22,748 posts)7. There have been some remarks:
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, a top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, posted on social media that if a person approaches law enforcement with a gun, there’s a good change that officer will be justified in shooting that person.
The NRA reacted to the prosecutor’s comments, calling them dangerous and wrong. The gun rights group said prosecutors should not demonize law-abiding citizens and should wait until a full investigation is complete.
https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/01/25/nra-slams-federal-prosecutors-post-about-minneapolis-shooting-dangerous-wrong/
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"You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple." [View all]
MayReasonRule
22 hrs ago
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I'm going to wait for the NRA's statement defending Pretti's unequivocal 2A rights.
CincyDem
22 hrs ago
#3
Excellent questions. How did the one agent know to look for the gun? Why did he immediately
Gaugamela
21 hrs ago
#16
You're assuming they're that organized and that intelligent. Chances lean strongly towards no.
paleotn
21 hrs ago
#23
The only thing they can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a camera
Seinan Sensei
21 hrs ago
#33
Yeah...but it takes nothing to "escalate" those fuckers. Look cross eyed at them and they
Bengus81
20 hrs ago
#40
Historically, Strategic Surreptitious Strike Strategies Play A Major Role Against Overwhelming Force
MayReasonRule
21 hrs ago
#18
And fail in their mission. It's is and always will be about public perception.
paleotn
21 hrs ago
#32
Then they'll claim that a protester being ONLY twenty five feet away was impeding an arrest
Bengus81
20 hrs ago
#41
The pigs fire all kinds of shit at protesters that aren't doing a goddamn thing.
Klarkashton
19 hrs ago
#52
Yes, knowing what we know, never bring a gun or anything else to throw at them
Beringia
14 hrs ago
#64
Don't RW nutriders open carry at their demonstrations? They truly are schizophrenic (in the split-mind sense) not an
artemisia1
22 hrs ago
#6
Exactly. These mask-wearing imbeciles were protesting Covid-19 mask mandates and shutdowns.
sop
21 hrs ago
#35
Thank you. They tried to establish that yesterday and of course the media went right along.
underpants
19 hrs ago
#51
It's still within the 7 yr federal statute of limitations to charge him
ChicagoTeamster
14 hrs ago
#65
Apparently the moron MISSED the protest inside the Michigan Capital Building in 2020,
Jack Valentino
13 hrs ago
#68