Then there won't be a 3rd Kenosha.
"ATSOS: Arson (or Antifa) Terrorists Shot On Sight"
Posted on 09/10/2020 4:15:22 AM PDT by Travis McGee
In societies living under the Rule of Law, sworn Law Enforcement (LE) officers have always been considered fully justified in applying lethal force against violent mobs during arson riots, such as those which have been occurring with regularity in American cities during the terrible summer of 2020. This was the intent and meaning of police officials publicly “Reading the Riot Act,” announcing over a loudspeaker that a violent mob had been declared to be an unlawful assembly, that is to say, a riot. Rioters who lingered on the street after that final warning could be engaged by LE at any level up to and including the use of deadly force, with no further announcement.
This was, in prior more civilized times, a basic understanding of all citizens living under the Rule of Law. This is why a police officer’s standard-issue pump shotgun was traditionally referred to as a “riot gun” long before the development of modern less-than-lethal munitions. This is also why arson riots were uncommon and short-lived. Everyone understood the ground rules. There was no right to burn, loot or murder.
Thomas Sowell put it this way: “If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.”
ABR, my own acronym for the current working coalition of Antifa, BLM and the Revolutionary Communist Party of the U.S., are now routinely using Molotov cocktails (gasoline bombs) and other incendiary/explosive devices as offensive weapons in both an anti-personnel and anti-property (arson) role. As far as the BATFE is concerned, a Molotov cocktail is an illegal explosive device, and so are powerful high-altitude fireworks, when they are deployed at ground level as anti-personnel and anti-property explosive/incendiary grenades.
ABR deliberately uses the anonymity of their black-clad and face-masked mobs to conceal the identity of their individual bomb throwers, in exactly the same way that 19th Century Ku Klux Klan night riders carrying torches on arson missions concealed their identities with white robes and masks. There is no moral or ethical requirement for either police or ordinary citizens protecting their communities from violent mobs to identify and ferret out the individual bomb throwers, when the rest of the mob is intentionally surrounding them in order to shield them from that identification. Because of the deliberately created synergy of bomb throwers utilizing the anonymity of the mob, the entire ABR mob becomes a legitimate target for police arrest or armed community self-defense.
Furthermore, at this writing in September of 2020, there is no moral or ethical requirement for a law-abiding American citizen to wait for a lit Molotov cocktail or any other incendiary or explosive device to crash through the window of their home or business, while ABR mobs are rampaging through the streets conducting arson attacks. Once the fires begin, morally and ethically, the same Rules for the Use of Force (RUF) should apply that would attach to a lynch mob, or to Ku Klux Klan night riders on their way to burn homes or businesses. Both KKK night riders bearing torches in olden times, and violent mobs of ABR terrorists with Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices today, can and should be engaged by armed citizens with any necessary level of force required to halt their terroristic depredations.
In numerous recent cases, law enforcement under Leftist political control has repeatedly abdicated its traditional and expected role in breaking up violent riots and preventing arson and other terror attacks. Week by week, the level of ABR violence has been steadily escalating, and it’s logical to assume that it will only worsen as the hotly-contested presidential election draws near.
So let me be very clear: if Democrat Party governors, mayors and DAs have hamstrung their police for political reasons, and won’t allow them to protect the lives and property of their local citizens using all required force, abandoning their primary mission in order to bow to the ABR mob, then it is time for their undefended citizens to apply the clear intent of the Second Amendment. There should be deep regret about the abandonment of the Rule of Law by the Democrat Party political ruling class, but there should be no moral quibbles or hesitation by American citizens concerning the legitimacy of armed community self defense, in the absence of expected law enforcement protection.
Therefore, it is my carefully considered opinion that black-clad and masked ABR mobs, rampaging and terrorizing innocent citizens under the cover of darkness in the style of the KKK of old, may morally and ethically be taken under preemptive fire by armed citizens at any level necessary to drive them out of their peaceful neighborhoods and away from their businesses, before the terrorists can reach their targets and throw their Molotov cocktails and other explosive and incendiary devices.
As an historical note, it should be understood that the National Rifle Association was founded after the last American Civil War by former Union Army officers, (and Republicans at that), in order to empower freed African-American former slaves to defend themselves with firearms against KKK night raids. In the 19th Century, the Democrat Party, then allied with the Klan, (as the Democrats of today are aligned with Antifa and BLM), had favored strict gun control, in the form of narrowly written laws restricting the legal ownership of firearms by free black citizens.
The more things change…
I’m talking about using armed force (1) against mobs at night, not “peaceful marches” during daylight and (2) after arson fires have been started.
Once a mob starts down the arson road at night, the arsonists need to be put down like mad dogs. If the mob is shielding the arsonists, too bad for them. Bad choices lead to bad consequences.
Night works both ways. So far, it’s entirely favoring the arson rioters. But when they start taking fire from the local citizens, it also works to shield them.
A few shotgun blasts from different directions, coming from the darkness, will do more to deter future arson riots than a thousand political speeches or a million internet posts.
“If >>>you<<< are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” Tom Sowell
Note that Sowell didn’t say, “the government” or “the police.”
He said YOU.
BLM and Klantifa showed up in Cleburne TX (named after General Patrick Cleburne) several weeks ago and the town turned out heavily armed and they tucked tail and scurried back to their rat hole.
The only thing a bully understands is force. Either rise up or submit to their terms. We chose to rise up.
Agreed.
And for the love of Pete people, cover your d**n face! So tired of hearing the Right preen on about the “bad guys” covering their faces. Ok fine hero, leave your face uncovered. Then march yourself directly to the gulag the next day.
Or just don’t step out of the night shadows in the first place.
I’m not talking about Proud Boys going toe-to-toe in daylight chest-thumping competitions.
I’m talking about putting down rabid dogs (mob riot arsonists) who happen to walk on two legs.
That can be done at a healthy range.
We didn’t ask for it. But it’s come to this.
Yes, I was interested to see we were on the same topic today.
BTTT
Thanks for “getting it,” and explaining it.
He got 8% in 2016. Anything above that is a landsslide. Don’t go screwing it up.
Good column, Matt, as always.
Defend your home is the first thing I said. The last thing I said was you accomplish nothing by killing puppets.
Then there won't be a 3rd Kenosha.
"ATSOS: Arson (or Antifa) Terrorists Shot On Sight"
“I did not know that.”
Then I am extra glad I ended with it! Big grin!
Are you suggesting a post on FR will magically change the Black vote?
The Feds are identifying, tracking and prosecuting them. More important they are following the money to the funding sources. That’s where the real damage will occur.
Defend your home. Protect our family. But killing puppets is a fool’s game.
Exactly, and that is a great policy for daytime marches and rallies by the Commie traitor scum.
But when they arrive without notice at night and start burning cars and businesses, they should be shot by local citizens from the same darkness the arsonists thought they were using as a shield.
What is the point of enforcing the law if the DA is going turn the rioters loose before you finish writing up the arrest reports?
I don’t “back the Blue” anymore, as they have repeatedly demonstrated that they “back their Liberal masters, and the rioters. Standing around with their thumb up their asses watching small businesses burn to the ground, statues being destroyed and freeways/highways being blocked is not backing the citizens they want respect, support, and income from. F them.
“But engagement on a large scale is exactly what the LEFT wants. “
So?
Thinking Barr is an answer to anything is retarded since he hasn’t been the answer to anything so far.
All this blather about he is investigating means nothing to me when my country is burning. His time is past. He hasn’t lifted a finger to stop the democrats and their illegal activities. Letting our country burn while Barr does so little is stupid. You’ll end up with a burnt country.
If you think the idiots in the streets are just puppets, then that is all Barr has done, arrest puppets. No financiers or organizers have been arrested by Barr.
Let the left escalation this as we engage. We have FAR MORE to offer any escalation that they can possible present. Let them expose themselves and be slaughtered!
Look at the faces of the Antifas arrested and released.
Do you think that black Americans give one damn about these terrorists who are committing mayhem in their name?
Trust me, American blacks hate these Antifa a$$holes as much as we do.
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