Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[BushMasterBoy]

So basically we are under martial law. When the military is deployed domestically with firearms and other weapons, it is martial law. The mainstream media won't call it martial law, but it is.
I still think business owners should be legally allowed to use force to protect their property. They have to pay a business license fee & taxes, but they do not get the protection they pay for.

[Bailey Guns]

So basically we are under martial law. When the military is deployed domestically with firearms and other weapons, it is martial law. The mainstream media won't call it martial law, but it is.
I still think business owners should be legally allowed to use force to protect their property. They have to pay a business license fee & taxes, but they do not get the protection they pay for.

OMG... Now we're under martial law? Some of you guys need to get a grip.

Civil law has not been suspended. Civil rights have not been suspended. Habeas corpus has not been suspended. You are not subject to military tribunal should you violate a law. These things are what martial law looks like. Are these things happening in your town or state? Didn't think so.

The National Guard, or even US military, being deployed to assist in an emergency to assist local law enforcement in some hard hit areas does not equal martial law. When the NG or military is deployed to assist with national disasters does anyone cry "martial law"?

Business owners can use force to defend their property. The ability to do that is well articulated in Colorado statutes.

[Great-Kazoo]

OMG... Now we're under martial law? Some of you guys need to get a grip.

Civil law has not been suspended. Civil rights have not been suspended. Habeas corpus has not been suspended. You are not subject to military tribunal should you violate a law. These things are what martial law looks like. Are these things happening in your town or state? Didn't think so.

The National Guard, or even US military, being deployed to assist in an emergency to assist local law enforcement in some hard hit areas does not equal martial law. When the NG or military is deployed to assist with national disasters does anyone cry "martial law"?

Business owners can use force to defend their property. The ability to do that is well articulated in Colorado statutes.

Trump could call up the .mil, under the Insurrection Act.

But there is no martial law, atm. Curfew, yes.

Like a curfew is going to stop anyone from causing trouble. Like those NO GUNS signs at schools do

[Gman]

Who's this "we" you're talking about?

[Bailey Guns]

Why have so many people lost the ability to apply objective reasoning?

[Gman]

Why have so many people lost the ability to apply objective reasoning?

Side affect of the 'Rona? Beats me.

There's so much agitation by the media on all fronts, it's no wonder that some people are going off the rails.

I just wish people would stop quoting and responding to certain posters that are urinating in the communal watering hole to get attention. Just ignore them and move on.

Pro tip: Quoting people can expose what they type even if they're on someone's ignore list.

ETA: If you're getting your info from WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, and Facebook, branch out a bit and see what else is out there.

[BushMasterBoy]

LMAO....I knew you guys would say the rhetoric was wrong. Same as calling Vietnam a "police action".

Mere semantics. Armed military personnel patrolling the streets... what do you members call that?

[Zundfolge]

Mere semantics.

Yeah, like calling rioters and looters "protesters" and "demonstrators" .

[battlemidget]

Yeah, like calling rioters and looters "protesters" and "demonstrators" .

I like the term 'undocumented shoppers'.

[Bailey Guns]

LMAO....I knew you guys would say the rhetoric was wrong. Same as calling Vietnam a "police action".

Mere semantics. Armed military personnel patrolling the streets... what do you members call that?

Oh...it was rhetoric...claiming civil law and civil rights have been suspended in favor of military rule being enforced? You actually claimed that is what's happening by saying we're under martial law. But just verbally threatening to use military troops, which is pretty much a perfect example of rhetoric, is martial law and not rhetoric. Got it.

I've got news for you. Living under martial law is not rhetoric and it's not semantics. It's real world life under MILITARY RULE, not word games. You are not living thru or under anything close to martial law. If you were you likely wouldn't even be posting on this forum.