Quote Originally Posted by DDT951 View Post
What is the difference between this person, doing nothing illegal and following the law, exercising his rights to ensure the rights remain and say, the US Navy exercising freedom of navigation operations in waters claimed by China in the South China Sea or exercising freedom of navigation operations in the Caspian Sea?

Is the USA assholes for enforcing our rights using Military ships in areas that are claimed by other countries?

As the police. They argument is he shouldnt do it because they swarmed and came in hot. The police's over-reaction to a situation is on them not on the person who is doing nothing illegal. They even used the excuse that people are trying to kill police with rifles. Again, the over re-reaction is on them. How do they jump from someone carrying a pistol legally, to the person being a cop-killer?

If any side were the side acting unreasonably, I would say look at which side was the placing blame for their actions on the other side. That is generally a good indication which side acted incorrectly.
So the only time Police should respond with a heightened sense of safety is if the call comes to them as man with a gun firing it at people? Regardless of legal/not legal, it is NOT normal in 99% if America to stroll through an urban area with a long gun, much as we might wish it were. People doing it think they are creating positive dialogue and social change, but guaranteed, they are in fact doing the opposite.

What the US and PRC Navies do over contested seas has almost nothing to do with this discussion, but since you want to draw parallels, if the Chinese felt threatened enough and acted in an aggressive manner, we could easily wind up at War with them. In essence a zero positive outcome.

If the Police ignore all but verified legitimate calls of ?Man with Gun?, as in someone literally killing folks, and treat other calls of man holding a rifle in a public park the same as a call of ?Man holding newspaper? how do you think that will work out?

Would YOU walk into a bank wearing a ski mask?
Stand on a street corner and scream random things at passers by?
Walk into a Police station wearing a shirt that said ?F$&? The PO-Lice??

No? Why not? Because they?re stupid things to do, Zero positive outcome events.


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