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VIDEO: Police Arrest Old Man For Pulling Gun On Attacking Antifa Thugs In Salem, Oregon
GATEWAY PUNDIT ^ | 3/28/2021 | Brock Simmons

Posted on 03/29/2021 9:17:28 AM PDT by bitt

During a patriotic cruise through Salem, Oregon, several black bloc clad antifa terrorists turned out to head off what they, for some reason, think are a bunch of racist white supremacists, one old man got caught up in fray. His truck was pummeled by debris, shattering windows and hitting him. As he gets out of his truck, the terrorists continue to throw objects at him as they close in. Surrounded and under direct threat, the old man draws his pistol and racks a round.

Now the big bad antifa thugs realize they’ve messed with the wrong guy, and they quickly back away, while continuing to yell at him.

Seconds later police come running in. Not to head off the violent antifa thugs, no no. After all, this is Oregon we’re talking about here. Cops draw their weapons and order the old man to the ground. He tosses his gun into the bed of his pickup truck as he hits the ground, arms outstretched. Riot cops come running as the old man is ordered to stay down and lock his fingers above his head.

The antifa militants cheer on the police as the old man is arrested. All for not wanting to become the victim of further violence from antifa.

There are multiple video angles of the incident:

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To: I want the USA back

I am perfectly happy to let Antifa and BLM burn down all of the urban areas in the US, especially on the West and Northeast coasts.


21 posted on 03/29/2021 10:02:33 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: bitt

When the police arrest you for defending your property and your life, it’s time to get rid of the police.

They stand in the way of peace and justice.

Eliminate them. Let people protect their own sh!t.


22 posted on 03/29/2021 10:02:43 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: rlmorel

They always have the best headlines, but so often they are baloney or sensationalizing. I honestly think they do more harm than good. I used to follow Worldnetdaily too, but abandoned for the same reason.


23 posted on 03/29/2021 10:03:38 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Jonny7797
I think most cops are going to neutralize anyone on the scene with a gun first and foremost.

Right. Because you have no right whatsoever to protect yourself or your property.

24 posted on 03/29/2021 10:11:29 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: oldtech

Problem is, ANTIFA is a protected class out there.


25 posted on 03/29/2021 10:14:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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To: BereanBrain

Because any sane cop is going to disarm an unknown man with a gun FIRST before they will move in to disarming any unknown man with a bat.


26 posted on 03/29/2021 10:19:48 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: bitt

People’s Republic of Oregon - best part of the name is “-gon”


27 posted on 03/29/2021 10:21:44 AM PDT by SkyDancer (To Most People The Sky's The Limit ~ To A Pilot, It is Home)
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To: G Larry
If you're feeling sufficiently threatened to warrant pulling the gun, then you'd better shoot the threat.

I can only half agree with you. If the threat recedes when you present your gun, then you are no longer justified to shoot. You can only shoot when you have imminent threat of death or great bodily harm to you or someone else you are protecting. I would say that, in a sane world with sane DA's and prosecutors, the fact that he ultimately did not fire will be to his advantage. The question to bring charges will be answered by what his state of mind was at that moment and whether he was in fear for his life or serious bodily harm when he presented the firearm. I think the answer to that is yes.

There is another condition to be aware of. He needs to be 'clean', that is he cant have been an instigator himself. That may come down to why he was there in the first place. Which 'rally' was condoned by the city and which party just decided to show up and be disruptive (pro-Trump vs BLM/Antifa).

28 posted on 03/29/2021 10:23:32 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: G Larry

I will add one more thing that I advocate strongly for. That is if you carry, get a good protection benefit/insurance like US Lawshield. At least then you wont go broke defending yourself from the aftermath of what is otherwise a justied use of your firearm for defense.


29 posted on 03/29/2021 10:26:56 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: G Larry

If you’re feeling sufficiently threatened to warrant pulling the gun, then you’d better shoot the threat.


Tough call here. If he had started shooting they might have swarmed him with those shields and bats. Notice one Antifa trooper shattered his cab window with a pipe or bat. The driver appeared to have been tear gases as well while he was inspecting the damage. So he pulled while partially blinded.


30 posted on 03/29/2021 10:32:00 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Magnum44
Ya, I got all that. I'm sufficiently trained in the law.

I'm making the point that you don't use the weapon to waive around to scare people off.

31 posted on 03/29/2021 10:35:35 AM PDT by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: Tallguy

My point is NOT that he should have shot, but that he should not have pulled the weapon because he wasn’t in imminent danger.


32 posted on 03/29/2021 10:37:11 AM PDT by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: bitt

It’s to the point that if you do anything to protect yourself that you will be in serious legal trouble. Since that is the case, you shouldn’t brandish your weapon. You should use it. Take as many of these bastards out and leave no witnesses. I seriously have to ask the question if your self defense should end with those attacking you. Obviously the cops as much a threat to your well being as the thugs.


33 posted on 03/29/2021 10:40:52 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: G Larry

I could see myself pulling in that situation because I’ve got armed people behind me and I just got gassed — which very likely is prelude to an assault. I might be second-guessed by a DA with the luxury of watching this in his padded chair.


34 posted on 03/29/2021 10:44:30 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: G Larry
I dont think that was what he did. I only watched the one video on the Daily mail site, and he got out of the truck after the paint attack on his windshield. He walked around to the passenger door, and then you see him flinch. I dont know if he was struck by a rock or maced (both were being reported as weapons used by the crowd), but I think in that moment he may have felt threatened by whatever it was. He presents the gun and quickly racks the slide pointing at the crowd, then as the crowd scatters, the gun is quickly pointed down. He never actually 'aims' at anyone, and he doesnt wave it around, IMO.

He does sort of point in when he racks the slide (the camera doesnt show what may have been in the line of sight) but a low time concealed carrier, who doesnt carry chambered, may only have one muscle memorized method of racking, and if you practiced on a range, it would be with the gun leveled down range.

Not to take away from your point. Just sayin'

35 posted on 03/29/2021 10:44:43 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: bitt

I dont think the left has a clue how this is all going to end. I see the shift slowly happening and in about 2 years you will start seeing a change in how Antifa is treated by the courts. at this point George Soros prosecutors are protecting them. Theses are all elected officials and were generally ignored on the ballot by the public but now people are realizing how important elected judges and prosecutors are.


36 posted on 03/29/2021 10:52:16 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: BereanBrain

“A baseball bat carried into a “protest” is a weapon. Why didn’t they disarm them FIRST?”

The bat may have had a protest sign stapled to it thereby rendering the bat essentialy neutral.


37 posted on 03/29/2021 10:53:00 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: SkyDancer

It’s pronounced “-gun.”


38 posted on 03/29/2021 11:07:27 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: bitt

Keep Oregon stupid!

Re-elect your present leaders.


39 posted on 03/29/2021 11:07:32 AM PDT by MikeHu
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To: bitt

Why didn’t they come when the guy was being attacked?


40 posted on 03/29/2021 11:32:01 AM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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