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ARMED CITIZENS MUST DEFEND THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM RIOTING MOBS IF THE POLITICIZED POLICE WILL NOT
American Partisan ^ | September 10, 2020 | Matt Bracken

Posted on 09/10/2020 4:15:22 AM PDT by Travis McGee

In societies living under the Rule of Law, sworn Law Enforcement (LE) officers have always been considered fully justified in applying lethal force against violent mobs during arson riots, such as those which have been occurring with regularity in American cities during the terrible summer of 2020. This was the intent and meaning of police officials publicly “Reading the Riot Act,” announcing over a loudspeaker that a violent mob had been declared to be an unlawful assembly, that is to say, a riot. Rioters who lingered on the street after that final warning could be engaged by LE at any level up to and including the use of deadly force, with no further announcement.

This was, in prior more civilized times, a basic understanding of all citizens living under the Rule of Law. This is why a police officer’s standard-issue pump shotgun was traditionally referred to as a “riot gun” long before the development of modern less-than-lethal munitions. This is also why arson riots were uncommon and short-lived. Everyone understood the ground rules. There was no right to burn, loot or murder.

Thomas Sowell put it this way: “If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.”

ABR, my own acronym for the current working coalition of Antifa, BLM and the Revolutionary Communist Party of the U.S., are now routinely using Molotov cocktails (gasoline bombs) and other incendiary/explosive devices as offensive weapons in both an anti-personnel and anti-property (arson) role. As far as the BATFE is concerned, a Molotov cocktail is an illegal explosive device, and so are powerful high-altitude fireworks, when they are deployed at ground level as anti-personnel and anti-property explosive/incendiary grenades.

ABR deliberately uses the anonymity of their black-clad and face-masked mobs to conceal the identity of their individual bomb throwers, in exactly the same way that 19th Century Ku Klux Klan night riders carrying torches on arson missions concealed their identities with white robes and masks. There is no moral or ethical requirement for either police or ordinary citizens protecting their communities from violent mobs to identify and ferret out the individual bomb throwers, when the rest of the mob is intentionally surrounding them in order to shield them from that identification. Because of the deliberately created synergy of bomb throwers utilizing the anonymity of the mob, the entire ABR mob becomes a legitimate target for police arrest or armed community self-defense.

Furthermore, at this writing in September of 2020, there is no moral or ethical requirement for a law-abiding American citizen to wait for a lit Molotov cocktail or any other incendiary or explosive device to crash through the window of their home or business, while ABR mobs are rampaging through the streets conducting arson attacks. Once the fires begin, morally and ethically, the same Rules for the Use of Force (RUF) should apply that would attach to a lynch mob, or to Ku Klux Klan night riders on their way to burn homes or businesses. Both KKK night riders bearing torches in olden times, and violent mobs of ABR terrorists with Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices today, can and should be engaged by armed citizens with any necessary level of force required to halt their terroristic depredations.

In numerous recent cases, law enforcement under Leftist political control has repeatedly abdicated its traditional and expected role in breaking up violent riots and preventing arson and other terror attacks. Week by week, the level of ABR violence has been steadily escalating, and it’s logical to assume that it will only worsen as the hotly-contested presidential election draws near.

So let me be very clear: if Democrat Party governors, mayors and DAs have hamstrung their police for political reasons, and won’t allow them to protect the lives and property of their local citizens using all required force, abandoning their primary mission in order to bow to the ABR mob, then it is time for their undefended citizens to apply the clear intent of the Second Amendment. There should be deep regret about the abandonment of the Rule of Law by the Democrat Party political ruling class, but there should be no moral quibbles or hesitation by American citizens concerning the legitimacy of armed community self defense, in the absence of expected law enforcement protection.

Therefore, it is my carefully considered opinion that black-clad and masked ABR mobs, rampaging and terrorizing innocent citizens under the cover of darkness in the style of the KKK of old, may morally and ethically be taken under preemptive fire by armed citizens at any level necessary to drive them out of their peaceful neighborhoods and away from their businesses, before the terrorists can reach their targets and throw their Molotov cocktails and other explosive and incendiary devices.

As an historical note, it should be understood that the National Rifle Association was founded after the last American Civil War by former Union Army officers, (and Republicans at that), in order to empower freed African-American former slaves to defend themselves with firearms against KKK night raids. In the 19th Century, the Democrat Party, then allied with the Klan, (as the Democrats of today are aligned with Antifa and BLM), had favored strict gun control, in the form of narrowly written laws restricting the legal ownership of firearms by free black citizens.

The more things change…


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: antifa; banglist; bits; blm; citizens; civilunrest; communities; cwii; cwiiping; efad; kkk; nra; prepper; preppers; revolution; shtf; travismcgee; violence
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To: Travis McGee

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121 posted on 09/10/2020 10:56:51 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: Mariner

What happens when, as in Oregon, Communist revolutionaries ARE the “legal” establishment?

Does that mean the 2A is then a dead letter?


122 posted on 09/10/2020 10:58:39 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: wastedyears

I back the blue but if the blue is ordered to stand down then its the law of the jungle. The Antifa/BLM klansman want the police around, they had better pray they are around when they start their thuggery. When the average person defends themselves the new klan wants them arrested.

When the cops are not around or are ordered to stand down then its going to break bad if the average Joe says, sorry, you’re not looting my home/business, you’re not burning it and no I don’t think I am going to take an ass whipping and they lock and load.


123 posted on 09/10/2020 11:24:44 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Travis McGee

#4 or #6 load fired at an angle on pavement is like a scythe on knees and legs.


124 posted on 09/10/2020 11:26:30 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: melancholy

Thank you.


125 posted on 09/10/2020 12:12:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Travis McGee

“Does that mean the 2A is then a dead letter?”

Of course not.

As long as people know they are going up against a state actor they can shoot anybody they want.


126 posted on 09/10/2020 12:28:54 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Travis McGee

The Naked Prey

Cornel Wilde
(The fort)


127 posted on 09/10/2020 12:32:05 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: Travis McGee

A Man’s home is his Castle

The Naked Prey

The fort


128 posted on 09/10/2020 12:35:01 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: sarge83

yup, that’s what i was taught only wi 00, skip it off the pavement pretty much guaranteed you got nine hits


129 posted on 09/10/2020 1:15:58 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: CodeToad
"#2 steel shot is an excellent bottle breaker."

#4 turkey shot fired at the pavement in front of them will mean no more "Dance Dance Revolution" on a much wider scale. "Skip firing" is a thing, if you know what I mean.

130 posted on 09/10/2020 1:19:25 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Chode; sarge83

We used to call it “skip firing” when 556 was fired at the ground in front of folks getting low on asphalt. Rounds come in at low angles, but the go out almost level with the ground.

Thinking vertically, this is why troops are told NOT to hug walls in urban warfare.


131 posted on 09/10/2020 1:21:26 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Varsity Flight

Great movie, “The Naked Prey,” that could not be made in today.

It’s a wonder we can still watch it.


132 posted on 09/10/2020 1:22:30 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

bank shot, .223 in the side target


133 posted on 09/10/2020 1:31:01 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Travis McGee

Freedom can only be obtained above 2,250 FPS.


134 posted on 09/10/2020 1:34:09 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Travis McGee

I just love a good soaking of gasoline and immediate fire. There’s something soothing about a weenie roast in summer. :)


135 posted on 09/10/2020 1:34:47 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Travis McGee

Skip Fire is also one reason why I like #2 steel. It retains its shape and velocity when ricocheting off walls and pavement.


136 posted on 09/10/2020 1:37:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: DuncanWaring

“Killing puppets discourages the other puppets.”

It has a cathartic quality too!


137 posted on 09/10/2020 1:38:14 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Travis McGee

I agree. And since I’m older and not the best runner, it should be defended from 300-500 yards, where I am still proficient to a certain degree.


138 posted on 09/10/2020 1:39:04 PM PDT by meyer (WWG1WGA, MAGA! Derps vs. Patriots, choose your side.)
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To: meyer
No armor penetration (who cares) but great on soft targets. It's a very long bullet that is all tungsten powder (heavy) in an epoxy matrix, contained in a thin shell of copper. There is no "copper base." It's just tungsten/epoxy in a thin envelope. They blow up.


139 posted on 09/10/2020 1:46:37 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: CodeToad

Big schadenfreude morale booster.


140 posted on 09/10/2020 1:47:25 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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