Always starts as a peaceful protest

[Wasillaguy]

And then the professionals move in and do their thing.
4 dead so far in Dallas. I'm sure this will help solve all the problems.

[Pio1980]

I'm appalled, but not suprized, it's a more rational reaction than rioting. Dunno if Dallas has the all-too-usual them vs us police vs black citizen relationship.

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[icenine]

Open carry. It would indeed facilitate an ambush since it is legal to walk around with an AR-15 in Texas. The killers don't even have to hide their weapons before they start shooting everyone...

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by icenine

Open carry. It would indeed facilitate an ambush since it is legal to walk around with an AR-15 in Texas. The killers don't even have to hide their weapons before they start shooting everyone...

Unless you're black. Alton Sterling was jacked up, tased and then murdered because someone told the cops he had a gun in his pocket.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Unless you're black. Alton Sterling was jacked up, tased and then murdered because someone told the cops he had a gun in his pocket.

Yes open carry is white friendly sadly. I don't like it at all.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by icenine

Open carry. It would indeed facilitate an ambush since it is legal to walk around with an AR-15 in Texas. The killers don't even have to hide their weapons before they start shooting everyone...

I suppose you missed the reports that there WAS a protestor walking around with his AR-15. He was not executed by the cops when the shooting started. He voluntarily handed it over, and then was protected by the very police who were under attack.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

I suppose you missed the reports that there WAS a protestor walking around with his AR-15. He was not executed by the cops when the shooting started. He voluntarily handed it over, and then was protected by the very police who were under attack.

How do we know the killers didn't walk around openly either?

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by icenine

How do we know the killers didn't walk around openly either?

Pretty much every killer walks around openly before they kill. They're people, out there in the world.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

I suppose you missed the reports that there WAS a protestor walking around with his AR-15. He was not executed by the cops when the shooting started. He voluntarily handed it over, and then was protected by the very police who were under attack.

Well no, he was publicly identified by the police as one of the shooters, turned himself in to keep from being killed by the police, and now is receiving death threats because police ID him as shooter. So no, his life is now in danger because of the police.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0c590f7e8d038

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Well no, he was publicly identified by the police as one of the shooters, turned himself in to keep from being killed by the police, and now is receiving death threats because police ID him as shooter. So no, his life is now in danger because of the police.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0c590f7e8d038

They didn't identify him as a shooter, they identified him as a suspect.
He's the brother of the organizer of the event, and the organizer told him to hand over the weapon to the police, which he did. He later turned himself in after learning the police had identified him as a suspect. The police quickly put out a press release that he was not involved.
Personally, I think open carry is the wrong way to go, for exactly this kind of scenario. If his defensive weapon were concealed, he wouldn't have drawn the attention. That said, it's his right. If he's willing to accept the risks of open carry, I'm not going to infringe his right.