(08-26-2020, 10:38 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(08-26-2020, 10:18 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Defending yourself in your home or car is one thing. Roving the streets with long arms is another. I'm reading that militias are getting involved, and the video seems to reinforce that. They don't need to be there. Let the police and the National Guard do their job. Will businesses and property be destroyed? Most likely. But armed groups aren't solving anything.

Are you ok with concealed carry? I mean, yeah the long arms are a little extreme.

(08-26-2020, 10:38 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(08-26-2020, 10:18 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Defending yourself in your home or car is one thing. Roving the streets with long arms is another. I'm reading that militias are getting involved, and the video seems to reinforce that. They don't need to be there. Let the police and the National Guard do their job. Will businesses and property be destroyed? Most likely. But armed groups aren't solving anything.

I disagree. If the Mob comes to burn down my house or my business and the police have demonstrated they cannot or will not defend my life and property then armed defense is my right and I will execute it and the Mob to the best of my ability. The problem with this whole thing is that no one will stand up to the bullies and so they are emboldened. Make them pay for their actions with blood and all but the hardliners will be less likely to become violent.

I'm perfectly fine with concealed carry.

Where I draw the line is when locals show up with long arms and say they are there to defend businesses which aren't theirs. I completely understand their sense of outrage and desire to keep property from being destroyed, but unless they are occupying that premises as an owner, they are out of bounds.
I'm seeing video of antifa punks getting in the faces of these gun toters and backing them down. If you have no justifiable reason, or willingness, to use the weapon, then don't bring it because it just makes you look weak.

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