Originally Posted by
Bushwhacker
Even if that were the case, which it isn't, they are their own worst enemy by shooting themselves in the foot with their extremely nasty and violent behaviour. Not the best spokespeople for their cause.
The stats fly in the face of the emotional leftist narrative that innocent black people are being hunted for sport by noose-wielding kkk cops. It just isn't true.
Looting, rioting, burning cities to the ground and assaulting/killing people (including other black people like retired officer, hero and true Patriot David Dorn) is not an acceptable or legal form of protest. It's beyond absurd how the media has ran cover for these atrocities with reporters calling them "mostly peaceful" while the city burns behind them.
The Black Panthers, a heavily armed militia, occupied the capital in protest. A bunch of lefties descendent on the capitol when they didn't like the Kavanaugh verdict. The left has committed much more violence historically and recently that it's not even close. And the reason I believe they are criticized more heavily In places like this forum is because they control all the major cultural and political institutions and no one is really allowed to talk about it in polite society...lest you be smeared as racist, xenophobic, or any other meaningless leftist insult designed to stifle debate.
Yes -- the only people who surround our parliament with AK's are Islamic terrorists, and the guards are still not armed after that atrocious debacle a few years ago.
This isn't simply about left-right politics or race, as it is often misinterpreted as. Politics gets dragged into it because they are connected, but it is more of a philosophical battle concerning rights, responsibilities, risks, rewards, rules, laws, etc. Which side is closest to common sense, decency, basic individual rights, etc.
I agree with your last point in some ways -- certain states could do with better gun licensing and training. I don't agree with any person who hasn't taken a basic gun safety course just walking out of a store with a bag full of guns for example. But the stats show that most of the crimes are committed with illegal firearms so this is a moot point in that sense. I am of course not a fan of senseless violence or indiscriminate killing.
I do believe in our right to self defense and in cases where seconds matter, and the police are minutes away, what other choice to we have? That's why this case is important because it reinforces, rather than undermines the sane rule of law. Otherwise the precedent is set to just let yourself be killed by violent protestors. I want to live in a place where my children will stay alive because of my protective actions, and view their father as a hero rather than criminal or enemy of the state for saving them from a violent situation. I'm sure all fathers would want that.
We have to acknowledge the special right that Americans have and that it is ultimately a good thing, like the Texas church shooter being quickly taken down by a good guy with a gun before police arrived.
