As to why you would chase a guy with a rifle - leaving aside the innate idiocy of the people doing it - this might be a case of the irrational overconfidence of being part of a group vs one individual - violence's preferred mode - the same instinct that makes false retreats work.
To the left, "mild" violence is an extension of social interaction and subject to the same rules. To the right, "mild" violence is an extension of violence and subject to the same rules. The left get confused by hard force, the right by seemingly ineffectual force
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That sort of fits with my stance on people loudly protesting all night on someone's front lawn (they should be shot). If you're coming to my house, come with pitchforks and use them. Otherwise, look for me in the agora.
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