In all honesty, I really wouldn't bring a gun to a protest. Like, what are you going to do, shoot a cop in self defense? Realistically the answer to that question is no.

I understand it's your right to do and they should respect that, but open carry and armed police are two stupid concepts that mix together very badly.

[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't do it alone, but if done in an organized way it's a real deterrent to the cops violently escalating against the protest

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah the point is that they wouldn't even be pepper spraying a random woman if there were 10 people from an org with rifles at the event

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Turns out, even if you have guns, other people with guns are scary. Especially when you have the physical option to just leave

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