Posted on 03/06/2017 8:55:01 AM PST by PROCON
According to The Blaze, a group of President Donald Trump’s supporters attempting a political march barely made it two blocks before they were violently attacked by left wing radical associated with the so-called “Antifa”or “anti-fascist” movement in Berkeley, California on Saturday.
A small riot erupted Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, California, after violent protesters confronted pro-Trump demonstrators and allegedly began a confrontation that turned violent.
The confrontation occurred on a day when Americans across the country held peaceful demonstrations in support of President Donald Trump, free speech and America.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the pro-Trump demonstrators participating in the “March 4 Trump” rally began marching at 2 p.m. PST Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. Just several blocks up the road, they were met by counter-protesters dressed in masks and black clothing who began the confrontation.
Photos and videos posted to Twitter and other social media showed fistfights, shouting matches, people being beat with sticks and signs, people pulling hair and some counter-protesters pepper-spraying the pro-Trump marchers, including an elderly man.
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Author's opinion:
Both sides acted childishly and violently, but there was no violence that came close to justifying the use if firearms to stop a deadly force attack. Put simply, the fights I saw weren’t nearly as bad as bar fights I’ve seen in real life.
These were mostly incidents of very brief mutual combat where no one was seriously hurt.
No, introducing firearms to such a scenario is not justified. It’s frankly stupid, as you’re much more likely to hit innocent bystanders downrange than you are likely to hit the person you’re shooting at in such dense crowds.
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Happened already Seattle.
Put simply, the fights I saw weren’t nearly as bad as bar fights I’ve seen in real life.
I say pop ‘em when they come at you.
But then, like I said, I’m in KY. I doubt they’d try that stuff here.
One sucker punch will kill you.
Just sayin.
If someone came at me with a stick I’d feel justified in pointing my gun at them and shooting if they kept coming
I imagine that in most large cities and on the left coast, they are totally protected against self defense by their victims.
My Opinion -
Legal, yes.
Backlash, yes.
Outcome, poor = arrested, jailed, tried, found guilty, loss of property, job, reputation, etc.
As I just typed the last sentence, I am reminded of the signers of The Declaration of Independence.
And I am convicted.
Was it ever determined which side he was on?
Collectivist revolution craves blood. It lubricates their engine. Opting for a bloody action against them is just what they want.
A better way: find out where they are getting their money and go after that. And sue the pants off of anyone who does harm to people or property.
How about that. An anti-fascist movement that utilizes fascist tactics.
Why are “anti-Fascists” attacking Trump supporters?
Of course, as long as the legal requirements are met: A Reasonable assessment... of Imminent... Danger... of Lethal Harm. If a reasonable person would acknowledge that the danger is imminent, and potentially lethal (basically any grievous injury, which includes rape), you're following the law. Now, as to whether a jury or Liberal Prosecutor will also follow the law is a different latter these days. A man carrying a gun is not meeting the criteria. A man pointing a gun (at anyone) is. Parading Leftist idiots is not. Four masked men with sticks beating an elderly man is. Got it?
Ask them.
It isn't a complicated decision for me.
Until I hear their leadership condemn the violence, it is reasonable to assume that they support it.
They don't know and don't care. They are weaponized feral youth, being told and taught that they are Good People for beating women and the elderly, while wearing masks, and that Virtue Signaling is all they want, need or crave... but they likely are being paid for their services as well. The fact that neither Trump nor anyone else advocates for Fascism is irrelevant. The fact that they use Fascist violence and terror tactics to enforce their ideology, while calling it anti-fa, is ironic, but the irony is lost on them.
Yes, ...
IF you have Constitutional Rule Of Law and honest cops, in the area in which you defend yourself.
Because they are actually fascists, but can’t see the irony.
Good idea.
I don’t suppose you have their home addresses....
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