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Lemons: Gun-Totin' Left-Wingers Demonstrate at the Arizona Capitol: Is Bloodshed on the Horizon?
Phoenix New Times ^ | 3/26/2017 | STEPHEN LEMONS

Posted on 03/28/2017 4:38:24 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan

Hey, lefties with guns, that's cool.

At least, that was my first impression upon seeing about 40 or so assorted anarchists, Brown Berets, and members of a group calling itself the Phoenix John Brown Gun Club across the street from the state Capitol, openly armed to the proverbial teeth.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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To: Oatka

The one at the right looks to me like a paintball gun. Or at least a pellet gun. Never saw a drum mag that small.


21 posted on 03/28/2017 6:49:18 PM PDT by crz
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To: tumblindice

22 posted on 03/28/2017 6:51:25 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Were those real rifles or air-soft toys? Some of them didn’t look real to me. They looked too plastic and didn’t look like they had any weight to them.


23 posted on 03/28/2017 7:04:56 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: captain_dave

They are real,really.


24 posted on 03/28/2017 7:11:11 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: crz

It’s supposed to be an SKS


25 posted on 03/28/2017 7:21:10 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: TheTimeOfMan
I know a few anarchists. Mostly very peaceful people.

They carry in public to assert and prove their (and our) second amendment rights.

Except for one I know, the rest are all very non-violent. I think that one is probably just a mouthy blowhard, who probably wouldn't do anything violent if it came down to it.

I wouldn't call them the "left".

The left believes in big government.

The Republican establishment has become a light version of the left.

Conservatives believe in limited government.

Anarchists, the opposite of the left, believe in NO government.

Most of them believe in non violence.

Those I have met all carry a copy of the US constitution, and believe in it and support it as much as, if not more than we do.

When I bring up the fact I think we need some government, such as taxpayer paid highway departments, they call me a "statist", and say such things should be taken care of be "volunteerism", with people volunteering to keep infrastructure up and build it.

While I may not agree with everything they believe, we need them to balance off the left.

26 posted on 03/28/2017 7:22:40 PM PDT by Mogger
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To: tumblindice

The Twinkie Eaters. Gosh, they are heavy toughies.


27 posted on 03/28/2017 7:38:11 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: tumblindice

The Twinkie Eaters. Gosh, they are heavy toughies.


28 posted on 03/28/2017 7:38:15 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: buffaloguy

“The Twinkie Eaters. Gosh, they are heavy toughies.”

Just remember. Poodles can look like foo-foo dogs, but a larger one still has a good bite.

Even a poor shot can do a lot of damage before s/he is stopped.

Armed and alert. A couple of extra trips to the range wouldn’t hurt, either.


29 posted on 03/28/2017 7:42:59 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Oatka

I thought the same after looking, but the resolution is pretty crappy zoomed.


30 posted on 03/28/2017 7:43:18 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Azeem

“These clowns don’t have a clue what they are doing.”

Some don’t, I’m sure, but it’s all for the sake of intimidation. It’s for show. A bunch of Lefties with black guns, semi-automatic rifles, blah, blah, blah. They don’t realize that people can pick apart what they have and rate their ability based upon their purchasing choices, lack of proper modifications, etc.

It’s all for show. And it will intimidate some. Most people take it for what it is: a threat, a sign of worse to come. These people might be twits in some ways, but even some twits can pull off a massacre against unarmed, unaware, unprepared people.

What I want to know is are these people on the radar of the FBI, DHS, and ATF? After all we know the Obama administration was sounding the warning about right wingers and veterans with guns (as if we were a threat to our own beloved country). What about these guys? They hate America.


31 posted on 03/28/2017 7:53:20 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: jiggyboy

That is one of my biggest fears as well, an untrained Libtard with a firearm.


32 posted on 03/28/2017 9:29:33 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Oatka

yep they are ALL fake


33 posted on 03/29/2017 2:37:29 AM PDT by Therapsid (eagan)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

This is why every household should have a premium barrel semi automatic long gun in 300 blackout, loaded subsonic, well scoped, and suppressed. It is the long distance anti personnel tool of the moment.


34 posted on 03/29/2017 2:55:07 AM PDT by anton
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To: crz

Looks like a magpul d60


35 posted on 03/29/2017 3:03:05 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Oatka
One commenter at that site said he saw oversized dust covers on some rifles, which is the hallmark of air soft guns. Is he right? Anybody?

I'm sure in Arizona they're just as capable of buying real guns as the rest of us are. Believe it or not, lots of gun nuts posting over at DU.

36 posted on 03/29/2017 3:18:40 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: crz

Prolly TX. Some of the LEOs in Texas are behind the power curve about gun rights.


37 posted on 03/29/2017 6:12:45 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Leftists aren't fascists. They are "democratic fascists", a completely different thing.)
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To: anton

Depends on how you define long distance. In the West over 400 yards is long distance. 300bo subsonic at that range is not very effective.


38 posted on 03/29/2017 6:20:45 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Try is the first step to failure." Homer Simpson.)
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To: crz
The one at the right looks to me like a paintball gun. Or at least a pellet gun. Never saw a drum mag that small.

You need to get out more. Pricey, but available:

The MagPul D-60 60-round drum is available for around $100-!35, and offers double the capacity of the standard military 30-round magazine.

But that does not eliminate the possibility that one of the creeps stuck a real magazine into an airsoft gun. We use metal GI magazines in the pair of $20 airsoft rifles carried by our AMVETS post honor guard.


39 posted on 03/30/2017 12:17:19 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Exceptr bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: buffaloguy
The Twinkie Eaters. Gosh, they are heavy toughies.

The problem is not limited either to those with their point of view, nor just to our civilian society.


40 posted on 03/30/2017 12:34:25 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Exceptr bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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