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I4NRulez posted...

If police officers can kill people because they think they might be a threat why would it matter if those dudes attack a guy whos intentionally showing up to intimidate them with a rifle?

I keep seeing this particular phrase not only here on GameFAQs but on social media.

Intimidate with a rifle, intimidate with a rifle, intimidate with a rifle... WTF does that even mean when guns are legal?

Simply having a weapon isn't wrong nor is it illegal.

Now if the person is BRANDISHING the weapon, if they're THREATENING with the weapon, or if they're AIMING the weapon that's one thing.

The weapon in and of itself is not a justification that they're a piece of shit.

This is literally the same logic that was used to demonize the Black Panthers and that is still used to this day to vilify armed black people.

I am a black gun owner and the same way I don't want someone to justify shooting or attacking me because I'm armed, I'm not going to do the same to someone else.

Notice in the news they always say "it was an unarmed black man" as if the black man being armed would justify his murder.

Philando Castile was an armed black man who was shot dead for no reason even though he was an NRA member and he legally had his weapon in the vehicle. Someone being armed is not a justification for demonizing them.

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