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Forget gun control
americanthinker.com ^ | 6/1/2020 | Silvio Canto, Jr.

Posted on 06/01/2020 8:06:17 AM PDT by rktman

Back during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, I saw a news report of citizens protecting themselves from bad guys. I can also recall similar scenes during the L.A. riots of 1992.

In both instances, we saw the wisdom of allowing people to defend themselves, their families, and their property.

History repeats itself, and the 2nd Amendment is alive and well, perhaps more than ever.

What happens when the mayor prefers to lecture the world on racism rather than defend his constituents? The answer is that the public has to defend itself, as we see in this story:

After four long nights without assistance from first responders in the wake of riots and looting after the death of George Floyd, Longfellow residents decided to take matters into their own hands. Many coordinated efforts to block off side streets along this stretch of East Lake Street, using caution tape, saw horses and makeshift barricades to protect residential areas from rioters.

Although police and the National Guard greatly outnumbered peaceful protesters on Saturday, that wasn't always the case, and in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities, residents did everything they could to protect their own.

And so they did.

The left will use the next "El Paso" or "school shooting" to tell us that we have too many guns. Once again, the voters will reject it because the problem is not guns in the hands of good citizens but rather weapons in the hands of bad people.

Gun control? Forget it.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; kaba; nra; secondamendment
Sadly, a lot of prog/libs have become gun owners recently but will still vote anti gun reps in the upcoming elections. Butt, just say no to further infringements.
1 posted on 06/01/2020 8:06:17 AM PDT by rktman
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i hope this puts an end in labeling police and firemen as first responders... they are not.

citizens are the first responders and if they do nothing then firemen are needed. in the case of rioters, well, my rooftop speaks korean.


2 posted on 06/01/2020 8:09:30 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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because when seconds count, the police are minutes away. and then when they arrive, the hide behind their patrol cars and wait for backup.


3 posted on 06/01/2020 8:12:22 AM PDT by wny
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Clean up crews taking after action reports.


4 posted on 06/01/2020 8:14:04 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Thanks to the riots and looting, gun control is dead.


5 posted on 06/01/2020 8:14:13 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Clerks writing down after action reports.

“Somebody did something somewhere.”


6 posted on 06/01/2020 8:35:07 AM PDT by cgbg (New poll: post elderly voters like Biden's experience as Wilson's VP fighting the Spanish Flu.)
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Don’t believe this story,..gun control is not dead. They will just ramp up the screaming. Not saying anything will pass, but the enemy’s cause will not end, its their religion.


7 posted on 06/01/2020 8:39:35 AM PDT by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.)
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Back during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, I saw a news report of citizens protecting themselves from bad guys

I recall door-to-door gun confiscation using LEOs from other states. I remember a little old lady they beat the crap out of because she had a revolver; she didn't touch it, merely pointed to it on the kitchen counter.

8 posted on 06/01/2020 8:44:22 AM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Gutless Old Party)
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“Back during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, I saw a news report of citizens protecting themselves from bad guys.”

I remember the worst of the bad guys were all cops.

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9 posted on 06/01/2020 9:36:55 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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Yes, we now know why we need semi-automatic rifles with a large mag. capacity!


10 posted on 06/01/2020 10:42:17 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: Lockbar

Of course they will, but fewer and fewer people are listening.


11 posted on 06/01/2020 10:43:00 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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