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Oh no! Is the pot calling the kettle black?!
If you think your AR-15 is a match for a full on SWAT team, or an armored vehicle, think again.
This isn't a video game, and there aren't any respawns in real life.
Ask the folks at MOVE how well fighting back worked for them.
Are you giving the class an example of what happens when we dont stand together?
Because we all already know how cops act when they have the guns and numbers.
We know when they have the guns but not the numbers they escalate and use violence.
But when they dont have the numbers and protestors visibly are carrying rifles, suddenly the cops aren't escalating to violence anymore.
If you aren't familiar with a "visual deterrent" then frankly you're not in a position to be advising people.
You don't need rifles if you have the numbers.
If they had the numbers they would have won at the voting booths
I wish that was true...
But surely you've seen/heard how cops react when they're out numbered but protestors aren't visibly armed...
Most commonly with this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettling#United_States
Tell that to victims of the Tlateloco massacre. They were locked in a plaza and shot from rooftops. They were unarmed and the massacre was pre-planned.