How would these people feel if it were Blacks or Muslims protesting armed

DearAbby

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:41 AM
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How would these people feel if it were Blacks or Muslims protesting armed

Would they still be as GUNG HO about 2nd amendment rights? Just an observation, and question. What say you DU?

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Captain Hilts

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:42 AM
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1. In the Sixties they called out the National Guard or the fire department with high-powered hoses. nt

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DearAbby

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:43 AM
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2. Yes they did. But they were not armed

They were peaceful marches

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Captain Hilts

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:53 AM
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6. Well, yes, that's the point. nt

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proteus_lives

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:44 AM
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3. I still would be,

Rights are for everyone.

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Scout

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:45 AM
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4. you have to ask?

i think "we" should try it out (i say "we" because i am neither black nor muslim).

i'd be very interested to see what happens.

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DearAbby

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Mon Apr-19-10 12:04 PM
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7. Well I asked

because I remember my Father's reaction to the Black Panthers, they scared the shit out of him. He was a racist sad to say. And It made me think, many of these people thought the same as my father. Constitutional rights were for, well White men only.

I myself don't believe weapons have any place in a peaceful march. Weapons have two uses, Defense/suvival and intimidation. What use are these people using weapons for?

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tblue

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Mon Apr-19-10 11:51 AM
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5. They'd totally freak. I've thought of this, too.

They want people armed? Are they sure???

OTOH, I think only a coward needs a gun to hold off a nonviolent threat. Buncha wusses out there in protestland.

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slackmaster

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Mon Apr-19-10 12:07 PM
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8. The California Legislature and Governor Reagan reacted by banning open carry of loaded firearms

Except for people who are licensed to do so.

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Mon Apr-19-10 02:42 PM
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9. Let us not forget the racist roots of control

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The Straight Story

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Mon Apr-19-10 02:43 PM
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10. How would people here feel if it were blacks or muslims?? (nt)

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HubertHeaver

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Mon Apr-19-10 03:29 PM
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11. The same as I do about the Tea-baggers who are

doing it now.

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X_Digger

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Mon Apr-19-10 03:30 PM
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12. I still would be. And I know a lot on the left that would. n/t

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NNN0LHI

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Mon Apr-19-10 03:40 PM
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13. Black Panthers did it during the sixties

Then after the government identified them all they used the police departments as execution squads and went across the US and murdered them all in their sleep.

I was just a kid then but I remember it well.

How did that play in Peoria you ask? Well they executed some there too.

Don

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