The rise of the left-wing gun-toting militias

[MillCreek]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/20/left-has-gun-toting-militias-its-own-charlottesville-lawsuit-reveals.html

I have not seen this at local protests.

[Hawkmoon]

Hmmm ...

Members of Redneck Revolt have said they were sought by counter-demonstrators to provide safety. Yet, the group’s relationship to the left-wing protesters appears to be absent from ICAP’s suit.

"Just as they had anticipated and indeed desired, these [white-nationalist] groups encountered significant resistance from counter-protestors within the so-called Antifa and other movements," the lawsuit states. It goes on to suggest that those counter-protesters "fought back with comparable intensity, though without the hallmarks of private armies that characterized the Alt-Right Defendants’ contributions to the day’s violence."

Saying that the "counter-protestors" (antifa) "fought back" suggests that they were attacked. That's not the way I understood things went down.

[Perd Hapley]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/20/left-has-gun-toting-militias-its-own-charlottesville-lawsuit-reveals.html

I have not seen this at local protests.

It was happening at the protests/riots in St. Louis, several weeks ago. There was a photo of police talking to a guy who had a Glock stuffed down the front of his pants, with a 30-round murder/death/kill mag sticking out of it (sticking out of the Glock; not the pants). His associate was carrying an AR, or something. The police said it was all quite legal, because Missouri. And all this time, I thought white privilege was required...

Oh, and you might have heard about Emo Hawkeye.

[Angel Eyes]

It was happening at the protests/riots in St. Louis, several weeks ago. There was a photo of police talking to a guy who had a Glock stuffed down the front of his pants

Insert joke about going off half-cocked ...

Oh, and you might have heard about Emo Hawkeye.

The taped-up eyeglasses really complete the look.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Hmmm ...

Saying that the "counter-protestors" (antifa) "fought back" suggests that they were attacked. That's not the way I understood things went down.

shhh... the truth doesn't fit the narrative.

[Hawkmoon]

shhh... the truth doesn't fit the narrative.

Sorry!

[freakazoid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmNz2jGzsDA

[Hawkmoon]

Antifa is a far cry from the peaceniks and flower children who protested against the Vietnam war. Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more.

[MikeB]

Antifa is a far cry from the peaceniks and flower children who protested against the Vietnam war. Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more.

I think where was plenty of the Antifa types then too. It wasn’t all peace, love, rainbows and pink unicorns during the 60’s and 70’s.

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.salon.com/2017/08/26/my-liberal-white-male-rage-what-should-i-do-about-it/

[Pb]

Antifa is a far cry from the peaceniks and flower children who protested against the Vietnam war. Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more.

There was a massive amount of left-wing violence in the sixties.  Thousands of bombings...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground

[MillCreek]

I still remember seeing pictures of the Black Panthers toting firearms back in the 60's and 70's. 

[Scout26]

As Matt Bracken has said, "We are one mag dump away from Civil War 2.0".

[Angel Eyes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56aNOk_uZM

Nice piece of airsoft kit, sparky.

[TommyGunn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56aNOk_uZM

Nice piece of airsoft kit, sparky.

Wow.   I have the same airsoft M1A (BB gun actually)..... except I don't stick cardboard tubes on it.

I also have a real M1A.   The magazines don't have holes in the baseplate.  That one in the video doesn't handle like a real M1A,  which is heavier than its airsoft plastic counterpart.
 

[Scout26]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56aNOk_uZM

Nice piece of airsoft kit, sparky.

I would bet most of Antifa YouTube channels are parodies...

[T.O.M.]

We've had a few of these Atifa types protesting around the courthouse.  Not many, maybe half a dozen or so, complaining about local government, court rulings, etc.  I'll take them a bit more seriously if their M.O.  Question...do you think they practice/train at all?  Not the airsoft types.  I'm sure they do lots of mil sim.  I mean the real firearms. 

[Angel Eyes]

Question...do you think they practice/train at all?  Not the airsoft types.  I'm sure they do lots of mil sim.  I mean the real firearms. 

Well . . . kind of:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CywFbSdMVx0

[K Frame]

Well, if they do have a militia, the good thing is they'll only get one shot off before they collapse into weepy heaps of PTSD...

[Hawkmoon]

Wow.   I have the same airsoft M1A (BB gun actually)..... except I don't stick cardboard tubes on it.

I also have a real M1A.   The magazines don't have holes in the baseplate.  That one in the video doesn't handle like a real M1A,  which is heavier than its airsoft plastic counterpart.
 

Yeah ... this one: https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Winchester_M14_CO2_Air_Rifle/2719

$79.95 at Pyramid Air.



You saw it here first -- stand by for a whole new class of anti-gun legislation. The next round they'll be after "machine assaulting" rifles. (And maybe camo hoodies with ski goggles.)

What I really want to know is where I can buy an M14 "machine assaulting rifle" that fires 12-gauge shot shells.

Did anyone else notice that our intrepid hero seems to have a Canadian accent?

[freakazoid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56aNOk_uZM

Nice piece of airsoft kit, sparky.

Pretty sure that is one of the troll antifa videos.

[TommyGunn]

Well . . . kind of:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CywFbSdMVx0

   They ain't no SEAL TEAM 6!      Oh,  and,  they have lousy taste in music too.

[MillCreek]

http://13wham.com/news/local/rochester-lgbtq-gun-group-launched-we-have-each-others-back

Good for them: more gun owners for the cause.