“The message here: if you are planning to create a local patrol group, do it quietly and not on a public platform.”
This has been thought of. We will be ready.
And, shazam, after certain protestors are - shall we say - a bit troubled, no witnesses will come forward.
My neighbor has been sighting in his hunting rifles at the local range. He says he will not defend his home at the doorstep but at many blocks away.
He thinks that, by eliminating any potential problems at a distance, he will have a better chance of escaping hand to hand violence.