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[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 168 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Time for all those 2A, Castle Doctrine, "tally-ho lads!" types to start defending their homes, right?

........right?

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 66 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The tyranny that they were always talking about has finally arrived so surely any moment now

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 months ago

Except all those castle doctrine types are the ones in the ICE gear.

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For this particular instance can I interest you in some Rolf?

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

I can hear this image

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just as the Founding Fathers intended.

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[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Sitting on Lemmy waiting for some 338LM brass to dry in the oven then I'm back to the press to fill and seat everything. Have been putting off loading for my precision rig but recent events have introduced some new urgency to that task.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I hear ya. All of a sudden projects that have been "some day" turned into "right the hell now".

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Actually, yes.

I am completely against violent protests. Take a look at my post history; it's real. Letting protests turn violent is a great way to give even more power to the fascists.

But jesus fucking christ, if they're fool enough to take their goddamn goon show on the road and start banging on doors, whatever happens next is on them.

Or to put it another way, for fascists hell bent on racial purity that's one unironic way to chlorinate the piss out of the gene pool, I suppose.

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 110 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Renee Nicole Good was unarmed, and she was shot in the face by ICE. I bet a lot of people will figure that if they're going to murder us anyway...

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 50 points 3 months ago (12 children)

An unarmed, not-quite-middle-aged, white, mother-of-three, native-born citizen, who had been idling in her mom-mobile full of pets and kids' toys.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

a CaR iS a DeAdLy WeApOn

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 90 points 3 months ago

You wouldn't happen to be hiding any ~~jews~~ Hispanics in your home now would you?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The difference between ICE and the SS is lessening by the minute.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Other than the spelling what is the difference?

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago

Door to door eh?

They better have a fucking stack of warrants.

Otherwise my answer is pretty fucking simple.

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Time for a road trip and leaving the Butler to watch the house

image of a roomba. On top it's got a claymore anti-personnel mine hooked up to a webcam

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“I call him ‘General Boomba’”

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 61 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When the government breaks the 4th to crack down on the 1st there's still the 2nd.

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

When they knock down your front door how you going to come, with your hand on your head or the trigger of your gun?

Ooooooo ooo THE GUNS OF BRIXTON

-Joe Stummer

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Door to door?

And their justification for any of this is...what?

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they gave up on justifications a while ago.

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Don't worry, Dave. All we wanna do is kill you."

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 51 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 50 points 3 months ago (5 children)

We’re going to have people living in other people’s attics and basements for security soon, aren’t we?

What has this country come to? I don’t even recognize it anymore. Its collective values have separated so starkly from mine that I am not sure I can continue living here.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nazi America, folks.

If this nation had any sense we could abolish the Republican party and never allow conservatives to hold power ever again.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Buy your shotguns now, folks.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Also, slug ammo is a must. You'll need to get through that armor they wear and that's your best bet. Teach the others in your house how to shoot and gun safety.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Not necessarily. You can aim with buckshot in the crotch area and get devastating results.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess this is our chance to set up a home alone booby trap obstacle course

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"A 9 year old boy has become casus belli for the new civil war as he trapped immigration officials in a rube Goldberg machine of their nightmares. More after the break"

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[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Time to buy a gun. Been saving up since the inauguration.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yep.

Lifelong anti-gun libtard here. I'm in the process of getting armed. Been talking to a friend about my best options. Looking to also get concealed carry with concealed carry insurance.

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[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 months ago

They perfectly copy of the Germans 90 years ago. Then they called it Razzia's (door to door manhunt) and it was done by the Gestapo (ICE) and lead by the SS (Trump and Vance).

Reverse evolution... and the ppl are stunned... they only shout. What a downfall.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Door to door murder. And people wonder why I'm stressed about the nazis invading my country.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 months ago (5 children)

They’ve already been doing door to door ops. See the Chicago apt building as an example.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is starting to look disturbingly like Germany in the 1930s.

Indeed it does. And in the US, "Door to Door" operations will probably end up in door-to-door shootings. Both by and of agents - I can understand if someone in a "stand your ground" state shoots some masked idiots who don't want to identify themselves when breaking in...

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[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 months ago

Since you can die in any way:

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

People are missing the point that trump wants to provoke a violent response, so he can justify imposing martial law and cancelling the elections.

He's only going to keep pushing harder until he gets it.

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He’s only going to keep pushing harder until he gets it.

Which is why we should just have a violent response now. If we don't we're just complying in advance. This compliance is why people are in Concentration Camps and Mrs. Good lost her life. We should have violently opposed them from the start. and every day we delay more people are being killed, raped, and enslaved.

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[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 months ago

"GESTAPO-I mean ICE... OPEN UP!!!"

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Kristallnacht 2026!

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