2. A conference attendee pulled a gun and shot one of the protesters. Protester went to hospital in critical condition, but recovering.
there are large leftist protests here, and a not-insignificant number feature violence. eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests …
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mostly guns aren't a feature but a flying brick or a petrol bomb can kill you same as a bullet. And this, before Right fights back
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anyway, these protests mostly rare and easy to dodge but possibility that this might change is utterly terrifying to me. /thread
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Large leftie protests happen all over the shop. And its really hard to avoid violence cos of the anarchists.
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and yes thats really scary when you are caught up in. Followed a guy with a loud hailer once and ended up between a form up
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of mounted police and anti austerity protesters trying to break into the department of finance. Now I check what the hivis
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oh man maybe--re English! You've got some cool idioms for sure. On self-defense, no idea. Laws vary by state and I haven't been...
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in WA long enough to learn. Plus no weapons so why. Some places (FL?) law is you can "stand your ground" rather than duty to ...
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retreat if possible. Maybe doesn't matter if there are bricks getting tossed, be easy to get reasonable doubt then I imagine
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sorry for the slow response btw, it's been STRESSFUL in US for obvious reasons and I'm easily distracted lately :/
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