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Businesses Chafing Under COVID-19 Lockdowns Turn to Armed Defiance
Yahoo via NY Times ^ | 5/14/2020 | Manny Fernandez and David Montgomery

Posted on 05/14/2020 11:26:22 AM PDT by wastedyears

SHEPHERD, Texas — When Jamie Williams decided to reopen her East Texas tattoo studio last week in defiance of the state’s coronavirus restrictions, she asked Philip Archibald for help. He showed up with his dog Zeus, his friends and his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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1 posted on 05/14/2020 11:26:22 AM PDT by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears; PROCON

What have people said about “law enforcement” being on the side of the people? This is the sheriff’s office and state troopers enforcing a communist edict, with no weight of actual law behind it.

They chose their side when they decided to be a sheriff/deputy/state trooper/police.


2 posted on 05/14/2020 11:27:52 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

Right now t the narrative is

Democrats versus America
Democrats versus Americans
Democrats versus small business
Democrats versus freedom

Trump knows this and was planning it all along and it’s working out perfectly !

all the Democrats states have these totalitarian idiots who want to try to keep everybody at home and they’re all looking like complete morons


3 posted on 05/14/2020 11:29:08 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: wastedyears

Florida Gov. DeSantis calls out other governors for ‘draconian’ lockdowns: ‘You’re not a dictator!’

Fox News ^ | May 14 2020 | Talia Kaplan
Posted on 5/14/2020, 7:49:40 AM by knighthawk

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a message on Thursday for other governors who have implemented “really draconian, arbitrary restrictions” during the coronavirus outbreak, saying, “You don’t have unlimited authority and people do have rights.”

DeSantis made the comments on “Fox & Friends” in response to a question from host Ainsley Earhardt, who asked if he thinks that “some of these governors that are just doing a one-size-fits-all for the entire state” are “being too strict and going too far.”

“I don’t think any governor has the authority to restrict anyone unless there’s a direct relationship to combating this virus,” DeSantis said in response, cautioning governors against acting like a “dictator.”

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This has NEVER been about YOUR or Loved Ones’ Health!


4 posted on 05/14/2020 11:33:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The CHICOM/PRCNN, owners of America's Fake news media, CDCNN, WHO, are the Deep Staters!)
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To: wastedyears

I have noticed a lot of sheriffs in many state counties refusing to follow their idiot governor’s shut down or else edicts...


5 posted on 05/14/2020 11:34:33 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: wastedyears

They have wondered how much we would tolerate, and I’m glad to see the resistance.. it’s needed to show them they can’t take our liberties.. it’s worth a fight.


6 posted on 05/14/2020 11:35:19 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Truthoverpower

You better hope Trump is right about his “plans”. Too many Americans (those not on either political extreme) are emotional when voting, and they can change their minds in an instant. There is enough coordinated efforts by the left to make things go south for Trump and the GOP in November.


7 posted on 05/14/2020 11:42:16 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: wastedyears; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ..

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This Ping List is for all things pertaining to infringes upon or victories for the 2nd Amendment.

FReepmail me if you want to be added to or deleted from the list.

More 2nd Amendment related articles on FR's Bang List.

8 posted on 05/14/2020 11:46:24 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: wastedyears
Waiting for Saul to be called or "THE HAMMER" to show up for:

18 U.S. Code § 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242

It won’t be long before the attorneys turn from Mesothelioma and Talcum Powder to ‘Rona Authority Abuse lawsuits. Watch for Lowell “The Hammer” Stanley to bring his big hammer to courthouses everywhere.

Lowell’s motto: “I am THE HAMMER, They are THE NAILS!”

https://www.theinjurylawyer.com/

9 posted on 05/14/2020 11:46:31 AM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: Truthoverpower
As a buddy of mine who owns a small hardware store told me, "It makes absolutely no sense that I can't open to serve my 40 or so daily customers when Wal-Mart is open to serve their 3000 or so."

The governor of Michigan was trying to address that inequity by making Wal-Mart block off aisles which didn't sell food and medicine. All that accomplished was to crowd more people into more limited aisle space.

We all went along with flattening the curve for 3 incubation cycles (42 days). It is now day #62 and time to stop treating all of America like we are LA or NYC.

10 posted on 05/14/2020 11:47:33 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: frnewsjunkie

10-4, I think we have to show solidarity on this... it’s gotten seriously out of hand with these liberal Governors. Must be without violence that would give these dictators the excuse to use National Guard.


11 posted on 05/14/2020 11:48:29 AM PDT by SoundApproach2
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To: wastedyears; null and void

Ping


12 posted on 05/14/2020 11:49:45 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

In at least a half-dozen cases around the state in recent days, frustrated small-business owners have turned to heavily armed, militia-style protesters ...”

Once American politicians understood not to do anything that might erode respect for law.

It isn’t the gun on the cop’s hip or even the badge that commands respect, rather it’s that shoulder patch that announces the county or state, the PEOPLE, that that officer represents. Once respect for that patch wobbles we’ve all got trouble.

Leftist have respect for nothing but themselves. That’s why we’re here now...with things getting ugly. Leftists need to be dealt with. Harshly, it seems.


13 posted on 05/14/2020 11:52:44 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: wastedyears
It's not defiance.

Defiance is what the State is doing with no authority. The Statists are defying the will of The People and the Constitution.

These individuals are exercising their inalienable rights.

14 posted on 05/14/2020 11:53:38 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits (The Flugaloo has begun.)
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To: wastedyears
"In at least a half-dozen cases around the state in recent days, frustrated small-business owners have turned to heavily armed, militia-style protesters . . . ."

Please update when this spreads beyond a handful of incidents.

15 posted on 05/14/2020 12:05:41 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: wastedyears
The showy displays of local firepower are creating a dilemma for the authorities, who face public demands for enforcement of social distancing guidelines but also strong pushback from conservatives in some parts of the state who are convinced that the restrictions go too far.

Yahoo news. Notice how in the people who want tattoo parlors and barbers to be shut down are just 'public demands' from ... well, all good people they are implying. Meanwhile those who oppose is painted as "pushback from conservatives", meaning 'dangerous nuts'. They are trying to say that reasonable people demand fascist dictatorship and anyone who doesn't is a right wing nut.

I think if they keep this propeganda going a lot of people are going to say 'wait, now I'm a right wing nut too just because I want to keep my business alive and feed my kids? In that case...'

16 posted on 05/14/2020 12:16:16 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Vigilanteman

** stop treating all of America like we are LA or NYC.**

That’s what their end game is. Get rid of the EC and have mASSes determine what is best. Between population and fraud, they know they can get the votes do it.


17 posted on 05/14/2020 12:23:52 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: wastedyears

God bless Texas !!!


18 posted on 05/14/2020 12:38:39 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: wastedyears

Hi.

Could the day come where the Tree of Liberty will be refreshed?

I don’t know, but if it happens, it will make CWI look like a walk in the park on a warm spring day.

5.56mm


19 posted on 05/14/2020 12:46:42 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: Vigilanteman

“The governor of Michigan was trying to address that inequity by making Wal-Mart block off aisles which didn’t sell food and medicine. All that accomplished was to crowd more people into more limited aisle space.”

The governor of Michigan has to be a special kind of stupid to think that makes any sense at all. It is so discouraging that we as a country put up with this nonsense.


20 posted on 05/14/2020 12:51:29 PM PDT by suthener
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