When you have well-armed protestors, cops suddenly get very nervous about firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and starting shit in general. Cops don’t like even odds; they want to have 20 people shooting at one person.
And yet, it has been used a number of times, and the National Guard units have not been involved. Reality doesn’t match your claim.
The trick is that the protestors need to be both peaceful and armed. Once violence starts, yes, the National Guard would likely get called. But cops confronted by a crowd of demonstrators that are all as well armed as they are don’t tend to indiscriminately use force.
ok ok I’m just gonna shut the fuck up now cuz I don’t want to end up in another argument. I feel like happens all the time in lemmy maybe I shouldn’t just comment anything
When you have well-armed protestors, cops suddenly get very nervous about firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and starting shit in general. Cops don’t like even odds; they want to have 20 people shooting at one person.
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And yet, it has been used a number of times, and the National Guard units have not been involved. Reality doesn’t match your claim.
The trick is that the protestors need to be both peaceful and armed. Once violence starts, yes, the National Guard would likely get called. But cops confronted by a crowd of demonstrators that are all as well armed as they are don’t tend to indiscriminately use force.
ok ok I’m just gonna shut the fuck up now cuz I don’t want to end up in another argument. I feel like happens all the time in lemmy maybe I shouldn’t just comment anything