• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    There’s an alternative…

    It’s super easy, would require zero bloodshed.

    Armed protest.

    I’ve never seen a cop shoot a protester when other protestors were in eyeshot with rifles.

    I’ve never even seen ICE where a protestor is visibly armed, because if they see that, they fucking leave.

    The reason shit is so bad is because ICE knows they’ll never be held accountable in court. Literally the only way they believe they could ever face any consequences is if someone shoots them in the moment. And rather than behave when they see armed protestors, they just go to where no one is armed.

    So fuck it, this Merica. Carry a big scary fuck off rifle.

    I guarantee ICE won’t run up on you

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      9 hours ago

      I think the opposite - in normal times I wouldn’t think cops would fire on armed protesters, but let’s face it - that’s ICE’s endgame. They’d love nothing more to claim “fear” and unleash the beast.

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        6 hours ago

        If that was true, then why is it so hard to find a picture/video of ice with a single visibly armed protester in view?

        Like, by your logic they’d be looking for it, yet I’ve been trying and failing to find an example of them just existing with 100 yards of an armed protestor…

        And I can’t understand why people are shocked ICE agents shit and run when they see a gun.

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      14 hours ago

      This only works in open carry states. In states where it’s not legal (which is a lot of them) armed protestors are just the pretext needed for some mass murder by the state.

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        13 hours ago

        Everywhere is different, but:

        Whoever carries a BB gun, rifle, or shotgun on or about the person in a public place is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. A person under the age of 21 who carries a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon on or about their person in public place is guilty of a felony. However, one may carry a pistol or a long gun openly with permit to carry a pistol because, the law states that the prohibition on carrying does not include the carrying of a BB gun, rifle, or shotgun by a person who has a permit under section 624.714.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Minnesota

        In Minnesota it’s illegal to open carry a rifle, but only if you don’t have a pistol carry permit. If you have a pistol carry permit, you can open carry a rifle because the rifle law isn’t talking about people with pistol permits apparently.

        It takes a form, up to 30 days to process, and lasts 5 years. And they can’t even deny you for smoking weed:

        https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/public-services-bca/firearms-information/permit-carry

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          8 hours ago

          I’m not arguing for compliance. Just saying that in states like Maryland (where I live) there is almost no legal wiggle room for open carry and even the local cops (forget feds) will use it as an excuse to fuck you up.