So, what issues would justify using live ammunition on peaceful protestors? This question applies to the United States of America, not Libya.
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Seems appropriate.
Hey Booman,
Did you see Tweety’s take on Obama’s Libya statements. I’m a self-professed Obot, so maybe I’m taking it wrong, but it pissed me off?
Chris Matthews On Obama’s Libya Statement: “It Doesn’t Have Any Dignity”
WTF…lacks dignity.
If you’re a southerner defending your “way of life” against those neeeeegroos?
Obviously this is a rhetorical question, as there are none.
Anyone who seriously thinks that deadly force is a rational response to peaceful protesters or political opposition should be treated for psychopathy.
I hope this guy doesn’t have any guns to go along with all the free time he now has on his hands.
you think they need a reason?
ok, as a Black person, if I was crazy enough to go confront, say, a Skinhead Rally….I think I might go packing heat.
Might? I’d have enlisted enough people to set a perimeter with three lines of fire on every egress route…
Well, obviously it is the usual Hoosier “Second Amendment remedies”.
From Dan Quayle to this in 30 short years.
Just following precedent. Kent State. It’s the American way.
Note to whomever at the AG’s office had the unfortunate duty to fire this nut job:
Watch your back.
none. there’s never a reason to use live ammunition, or any ammunition, on peaceful protestors.
Exactly.