General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Regardless of what response you favor, BLM did back off in the face of armed intimidation [View all]politicman
(710 posts)Because when the law can be undermined by nuts with guns, then it results in a society in chaos.
If it is shown that a couple of hundred nuts with guns can stop a law being enforced, then it is showing that the stronger you are the more chance that you can scare off the government from enforcing a court order.
If someone had challenged a law in court and lost can use violence or violent intimidation to stop the law from being carried out, then why have any laws, why have courts, etc.
Either everyone gets to defy court orders, or no one does.
If someone carries a gun and attempts to defy a court order from being carried out, then the cops have to show that they will carry point 2 guns back at that person.
If the can negotiate a way a solution where the court order is implemented, then I am all for that.
But when the cops back down from implementing a court order because they want to avoid blood shed that Bundy and his cohorts are itching for, then the government shows that they can be intimidated into not enforcing court orders.