But Routh, 58, Was Equipped To Kill, The Criminal Complaint Said.
I could not agree more.
So too are Magats "equipped to kill" when they carry loaded weapons into grocery stores. When they carry loaded weapons walking down a public sidewalk, When they carry loaded weapons in WalMart.
Hey law enforcement, use the same standard you are using for TSF for me. I don't want to take my family into a restaurant where I see someone carrying a gun, he/she is equipped to kill.
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There's a growing body of evidence showing the Republican Party has a paramilitary wing
by María Isabel Puerta Riera
Alternet, March 16, 2021
United States Senator Ron Johnson said recently that he wasn't scared when, on January 6, armed insurgents sacked and looted the United States Capitol. They "love this country," the Wisconsin Republican said. But "had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa [stormed the seat of government], I might have been a little concerned."
That statement was disturbing not only for the implicit racism it carried, but for the stunning confirmation of what's becoming clear to those of us who are paying attention. The Republican Party has a paramilitary problem, and it isn't new.
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The Republican Party seems to be very comfortable with these groups around, as we have seen in Nevada, Oregon, Michigan, and other states. However, this is not a recent venture, since the accounts of strengthening ties can be traced back even before Trump won the election in 2016. The openness about their common interests is perhaps new, but it's not surprising. Alarms were sounded when state Senate Majority Leader, Republican Mike Shirkey of Michigan, participated in a rally organized by paramilitaries that stormed the Michigan Capitol back in April 2020 alongside a member of a group involved in the planned kidnapping of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Though Michigan has a history of paramilitaries, the state GOP had tied itself to them, especially since the election as party co-chair of Meshawn Maddock. She organized a protest to interrupt ballot counting in Detroit, where paramilitaries were present.
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https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/republican-paramilitaries/
Every word.
DU OP 2021 original: https://democraticunderground.com/100215237077
I think its similar across the country. In general cops hate these gun laws. And why wouldn't they. They have to interact with people carrying guns in far more volatile situations than most of us do. I know it would make me more nervous if I was a cop knowing every person I approach could be packing anything from a Saturday Night Special to an AR-15. Some cops do bad shit but they are overwhelmingly on our side when it comes to these gun laws
It's politicians using fear and prejudice for their own personal gain that are getting these insane laws passed. I couldn't agree with you more but let's lay more of the blame at the feet of those truly responsible, power hungry greedy repuke politicians, the NRA and most importantly the gun industry who gets off way to easy rather than the majority of good cops who are out there trying to protect us in an evermore dangerous jungle not of their making. IMHO.
Peace
for the people that are delivering us these asinine laws representing clear danger to themselves and the public - in rather sizable if not overwhelming numbers! So - it's a little bit on the one hand this - on the other hand ...
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There are "good guys with guns" waiting all around to blow someone's brain out. Ya really feel safe in this state, yanno? 
