A diner in Louisville pulled a mini revolver on a group of armed Black Lives Matter protestors after they descended on an outdoor dining area in the city’s downtown area over the weekend.
The man has not been identified or arrested, but several of the BLM protestors were arrested as they marched in support of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot and killed by Louisville police officers in 2020.
“During the encounter both patrons and protesters brandished firearms,” Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Alicia Smiley told Fox News.
Police were dispatched after an employee at the restaurant La Chasse reported that “multiple armed protesters entered the restaurant property, which included outdoor dining space,” Smiley told Fox News.
A reporter for The Louisville Courier-Journal tweeted several photos and videos of the incident.
For those who have asked, yes this man appeared to be armed, as were a few protesters. It was a tense few minutes. #Louisville pic.twitter.com/BAw7r99KMf
— Hayes Gardner (@HayesGardner) May 2, 2021
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In the video, a man holding what looks like a North American Arms mini .22 revolver confronts several protestors, one of whom has a semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. One of the women urges the protestors to keep walking while another says, “You’re not the only one with a gun” on a bullhorn.
In another image of the protest from that day taken by The Courier-Journal, a woman walks with a handgun in a holster on her hip. The same woman appears in the video and looks to be urging the protestors to keep walking.
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The video ends before the confrontation is over, but no shots were fired, and no one was injured.
Five people were arrested in connection with the protest, according to TMZ. Protestors received a variety of charges, including possession of an open alcoholic beverage and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, evading police, disorderly conduct, and failure to disperse.
The protests were targeted at the Kentucky Derby, which took place the same day. A group of fewer than 100 protestors marched that evening with signs that read, “We haven’t forgotten Breonna,” “No Justice, No Peace,” and “No Justice, No Derby,” according to Fox News. Black Lives Matter Louisville, Black Market KY, Color of Change and UltraViolet commissioned a plane banner that flew over Churchill Downs with the message, “Protect Black Women. Divest from Police,” The Louisville Courier-Journal reported.
What would Jesus do?
What would Jesus do? It states in the Bible that sometimes you have to defend yourself and/or others; “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe.” (Luke 11:21), “If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him.” (Exodus 22:2), “Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, I am a warrior.” (Joel 3:10), “So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.” (Nehemiah 4:13-14). Is that proof enough that Jesus and God allow individuals to protect themselves and their loved ones? Or, should I give you some more?
Bunch of fat stupid people–regardless of race.
Wow, the comment section is getting too racist for me. It’s no wonder the media portray we gun folks as they do.
If BLM and ANTIFA have proven nothing else, it is this, that there is indeed a legitimate need for civilian possession of belt fed machineguns. HA!
When parties during a protest are known instigators of violence display weapons openly and a patron feels threaten even though a weapon was not pointed at him does have the right to pull a weapon. The sad part is never bring a pistol to a gunfight to go up against a rifle or a PDW. The old man has balls though out of all of the people in the restaurant who were scared from the BLM having long guns and pistols which translates to felony menacing even if the weapon was not pointed at them. Yes sir! The democratic party is using the same tactics that they used as the KKK when they fought civil rights and the freedom of Blacks. The rest of America is to incompetent to understand that except for a select few, which I am happy to see on this forum who recognize the BLMs actions from this article. The BLM had better recognize that a lone senior to pull a weapon is a fair warning that the silent majority is about tired of their fecal matter to say it politely. To bad other patrons did not stand up that had weapons and tell grandpa we got this Old Timer.
You must have a copy of gun laws found on the side of Cheerios boxes.
This evil minded bowel movement called bunk lives don.t matter. Are the worst chicken sh.t
A holes .in America. And need to be exterminated with extreme judgementalism and you scum who back the BLM bowel movement. Are just as guilty as the perps.and your fake racism and fascism. And BLM. And antifa. Attack me I’m ex ranger and I’ll come after you scum with overwhelming military tactics and you will die in your hiding places .don.t keep screwing with people and threatening us with guns and you are going to have to fight a army of soldiers trained in ugw.
And we don.t give a sh.t about police. Or government. It’s coming your way. Scumbags
BLM protestors are annoying and interrupting someone’s meal is asinine, but unless one of them threatened his life, he should not be pulling that gun out.
BULLSHIIT! The protesters were armed, and BLM protesters are noted for being violent! If this individual felt threatened it is right to brandish his weapon in preparation for a possible violent attack. Maybe ou didn’t read the article, but HE wasn’t arrested or charged – WHY? Because he was standing his ground and well within his right to defend himself; yet several of the protesters were arrested for breakin various laws, including a felon with a gun!
I Agree
They have guns and start marching through your table? How long does it take to be shot? Sorry but as they march through interrupting his meal that are probably trespassing as the have no lawful business at the restaurant if they don’t intend to be customers. They have a bullhorn and are using it to be loud. Did they have a permit? Do they need a permit in Louisville. Are they allowed to walk through movie theaters and disrupt a show? I wouldn’t be committing crimes and breaking city ordinances and packing a gun to boot. We saw the protesters in Missouri threaten the homeowners and they were arrested for being on their own property. That will end in a not guilty verdict or charges dropped. So, yeah I’d probably have mine in my hand if I was accosted by armed protesters that basically are rioters.
Pull yur fucking head out of the ass!
when you carry that kinda toy as a weapon to defend your life and are confronted with this type of scenario you should just remain seated and keep eating your foo foo salad…… THEN if you proceed to brandish the toy as he did you deserve an ass whoopin for not knowing your capability!!!!!!!!!!! untrained idiots like this are the reason that the gun laws keep getting challenged!!!!!!!!
Looks more like YOU assume more than you know. A gun is a gun, tiny or not, and in the right hands it is just as lethal as a big gun; that .22 will make you just as dead as YOUR big phallic symbol. Interesting how the stupid blm fools were intelligent enough not to push this guy, nor did any of them try to draw their weapons. I’d say this guy intimidated these morons quite well, especially by how calm he was.
He may be brave but he’s not trained.
I’ve carried guns for a living for 44 years and I don’t know anyone serious who would carry a NAA as a primary weapon. As a last ditch BUG after your real BUG has failed perhaps or as a deep hideaway for if you are disarmed.
He just doesn’t want to be inconvenienced by having to dress around a more suitable platform.
It’s something to point. Unless you hit and penetrate to the computer the NAA will only give them more reason to shoot back before and IF they bleed out enough to get their BP below a functional level.
NAAs are novelties.
yeah he shoulda just cowards up and gave up. Let them spit in his food, dump water on his plate. Take it like a real man…..But some people are going to show they aren’t going to be run over and they’re willing to go down in a fight. Sorta like the generation that stormed Normandy Beach. And that my friend, is why I hope we never need to do that again, because our current folks will just eat their Foo Foo salad and learn to speak Russian, Chinese, North Korea…
Ah MeSeaHunt, if you knew anything about guns you would know that “toy” would kill you out to 400 yards !!!
I don’t wish harm on anyone , per se, but I’m going to bet you wouldn’t want to be shot by that “toy”.
Honestly, you should listen to yourself just once, perhaps then you’ll realize how foolish you sound.
One could def do better far as options go, but I had one of those and it has a second cylinder to fire 22 magnums. Those can and will kill someone.
MeSeaHunt , I’m sure you are such a highly trained operator. Would love to know your background. Oh wait going to your local range and shooting at some paper targets a few times a year probably makes you think you are proficient. Such tuff talk Seahunt. I’m not agreeing or disagreeing on what this civilian should have done, but it’s 100% for certain that you have never been outside the wire. You have zero credibility.
MeSeaHunt you are a Giant Clown.
Burn-Loot-Murder WANT somebody to shoot one of them so they can burn the whole country down.
Personally, I’ve been hunting them down when they are alone, shooting them in the head and burying them in the woods.
It’s best for everybody.
Most CC permits are invalidated during protests of any kind.
Ah Bama2A, Don’t need a permit to exercise a Constitutional Right, any way!
https://www.indystar.com/videos/news/2021/05/02/louisville-protesters-and-gun-carrying-bardstown-road-restaurant-patron-clash/4912648001/
This video shows the confrontation from a different angle and how it was concluded. There are at least two protestors with rifles confronting the man with the .22, and one of them clearly threatens to shoot the old man.
Too slow to run away, too frail to fight, but understand that if you try to harm me you’ll get shot. Fair enough?
Well the BLM bad guys appear to armed; “Man Bun” with a Tavor and Glock? sidearm and other guy in the black vest with the menacing “Minons Tattoo” appears to have a PCC and a sidearm as well. The girl in the tan vest, can’t tell if she is armed. The other girl in the tank top who walks in front with the bull horn has a Pink gun in a holster. The body armor is likely soft body armor, LVL II or LVL IIIa.
The old man is a brave guy to stand them down with a NAA Mini Revolver. If he had a larger pistol in 9mm, 45ACP or even 44 Magnum, those vests are going to make center of mass shots useless, it is the head or nothing. Most people aren’t that good a shot, especially if the targets start to move dynamically, after the shooting begins.
Couple of other things to note as well, the guy in the red pants, keeps motioning the crowd with his left hand to, “Bring it on”, while his right hand is at his side, likely holding a pistol. The black women, employee/owner/manager is telling the crowd to leave. The tall white guy (server?) on the right side of the screen has his hands up, and is a coward, as this is likely what BLM were demanding, that the diners “Surrender to BLM”. If a crowd with armed masked men tell me to raise my hands, this is going to go very bad for them, very fast. The diners showed remarkable restraint as they are good people just out to have a good meal on a nice day.
As the Police always say, “Only the Bad Guys know when a Gun Fight is going to happen” and for civilians, it is hard or impossible to prepare for a situation like this in daily life. Violence of Action is your only choice and the NAA isn’t going to work and neither is my EDC, Ruger LCPII. I have to say, a FN Five-Seven with the good ammo (SS190) seems to be the only choice, for a handgun is this situation. If the bad guys jump up to LVL III (Rifle rated) or LVL IV (30-06 AP Rated), you are back to head shots and lots of luck. The only other rounds I know of that will sail through LVL II and LVL IIIa is going to be the old Czech 32 ACP (7.65 Browning), hardened steel core ammo, imported years ago, they are old and dirty, but will have the same effect as 5.7×28 in smaller guns. Probably best, if legal to pull the projectiles and load them in a modern case with appropriate powder.
Wonderful Place America, I guess this is what “Defund the Police” looks like, armed bands of Marxist Cadres patrolling the street, intimidating the common people, while the police stand by and watch. Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Venezuela’s government armed people’s militia’s have come to America, Kentucky, no less.
As an old white guy and a gunner for 54 years of my 68 years I think this whole this is nuts. We did not see what actually happened before the first gun was presented so I really cannot say who is right or wrong, but nuts applies. The little NAA is better than nothing, and I have owned one for over 45 years, but it ain’t my DCC of choice. Now about the actions: This old white guy has never pulled a gun on anyone (yet), but if I ever have to I will be pulling and moving to cover First. Everyone is lucky no one was hurt, and I am guessing the LE is looking at the white guy as they should investigate him no matter his age or color. Presenting his firearm may have been his only choice, but he needs to be investigate just as the Protesters need to be.
Aren’t you supposed to get permits to protest?
When you apply, aren’t they supposed to remind you of the laws and boundaries of your march?
All they are doing is irritating people who will now avoid downtown and vote against everything they were protesting for attacking them, instead of approaching them on their terms and having a discussion.
While BLM is a racist bunch of punks, it’s amazing to me how many in their protests are white. It doesn’t matter what color you are it doesn’t change the fact that all blacks DON’T support BLM and many whites do. What a shame there are so many idiots of all colors.
It is said that~Cooler heads prevail~when communism steps in, not so much…..
The only problem with this situation is that the diners didn’t follow through with head shots… take out the trash.
The older guy w/ the tiny pistol was not being aggressive with the gun. The protestors invaded his space and were the ones being disruptive and threatening. He is was an old guy, who wasn’t looking to fight….but he was scared and was letting them know that he was armed and they should leave him alone.
Better he show the gun and avoid an altercation, than not show it and have someone put their hands on him AND GET SHOT!
It’s everyone’s right to protest but not violate private space and act like wild animals with no regard for others.
News flash…..there are a lot of old gray hairs packing these days. They don’t wanna even pull out their weapon, much less shoot anyone. Stay out of their space!!!
BLM is the largest legal, corrupt, racist, organization that’s ever existed. At least the KKK had a consistent agenda (not a supporter of the KKK) but BLM doesn’t give a shit about black lives. In my city hundreds of blacks are killed at the hands of other blacks. Where is BLM? BLM so called leader latest response, she goes on a million dollar spending spree buying homes for herself. They only come out if a black human was killed by police PERIOD. They are an absolute disgrace to this country, they have deep rooted connections to the Democratic Party. This is the Democratic Party agenda total control by dividing this country further is all they have to stand on. P.S. this video is #1 to carry an extra mag always.
The olde Cliche “A polite Society is an armed society” just does not fit in here.
LAN armed society is a polite society manners are good when one may have to backup their actions with their life.”
Robert Anson Heinlein from Beyond This Horizon. 1942
We’ll never know what would have happened had the patrons not been armed…Do we?
So it’s ok to threaten to shoot a person just for open carrying a firearm? Makes me wonder what side of the 2nd amendment some people are on. Colonel sanders there thinks it’s ok to just draw on people because he doesn’t like what color their skin is.
He’s lucky they didn’t shove his .22 up his ass and unload.
The hostile and anti-societal BLM brought guns openly displayed onto private property confronting patrons, Ladarius.
Ben you wouldn’t do anything you bigmouth DA!
Keep in mind, these people stopped marching down the street, entered on to private property, were armed and demanded that people put their hands up to surrender to BLM.
That’s a lot different from open carrying and minding your own business. They are responsible for their behavior and they were the aggressors and wanted confrontation. In my opinion, the armed BLM people are there to protect the other protestors, so they are free to do as they please, harass, assault, intimidate and destroy property, while the armed accomplices sit back and protect them.
FYI, it is illegal, under federal law to protect felons using firearms or to guard them with firearms. Not sure about state law in KY, but the police are nowhere to be seen.
He didn’t draw simply because some “peaceful” people were openly carrying. He was confronted and harassed by a lawless mob of ignorant, loud-mouthed, assholes… including several armed felons. The choice of his firearm notwithstanding, the legal standard for the use of lethal force is that he reasonably feared his own death or serious bodily injury. The courts have repeatedly held that what is “reasonable” may differ according to the individual. An elderly man in poor health may be found to have had reasonable fear when a healthy young man may not.
Aside from that, so far it is these mobs who have been EXTREMELY lucky that someone hasn’t cut them down like a field of noxious weeds. Under the right/wrong circumstances, their luck may run out.
Ben you are no different then the agenda driven liberal media that pumps out false BS narratives which is why groups like the BLM continue to get away with threatening innocent people who are minding their own business. This older white man is having dinner, then this group of punks/thugs decide they can go and invade the personal space of whoever they choose. Their is a difference between protesting and intentionally aggravating and antagonizing people. Playing the race card doesn’t work anymore. Democrats have no rhyme or reason to their anti American socialist views, so they scream racist 24/7 . BLM is a scam and these clowns couldn’t tell you what it is they are protesting most the time. Instead of going after people having dinner, why not go after the Democratic Party for running the inner cities into the found for the last few decades, or stop voting for people like Biden who are working hard to keep the next few generations of blacks on government programs .
Maybe it’s just me, a 50 y.o. white woman, but I feel there really is no good answer in this situation. Ideally BLM would walk down the street with their bull horn, shouting of the injustices they are protesting. The outdoor diners would have been irritated, but could’ve still eaten their meals before they got cold. BLM should’ve then moved on and continued their protest. Unfortunately at some point protestors have decided that if someone ignores them while they are protesting, they then have the right to out right harass you while you mind your own business. BLM should have stayed in the street – as a protester. When you bring your protest onto private property, you are now trespassing and it is the people’s right to defend themselves on private property, or public property for that matter. As an older person, I understand his actions. When the news keeps showing people getting injured during “protest rallies” and one shows up while you are dining out, mind you – you didn’t decide to go to a rally, but one shows up where you are – as an older American who is losing their mobility, I understand. I have recently, due to these types of situations and my neighborhood going down hill, applied for my concealed carry permit. I am no longer fleet of foot, forget running, even trying to get up from the floor is an undertaking. In order for me to feel better about my safety, I thought it was time. Now, slightly long winded as a comment, but maybe it will help some of you to understand why “old white people” are armed and willing to pull it out for their safety, this doesn’t make us racists, just terrified because we can’t get out of the way anymore.
I hope you never find yourself in this situation. Thank you for being an awesome American. Stay safe and I wish you happiness and good health.
Everybody should take a hard look at the root of the problem.
#1 do a little research: check out the prison polls as of 2020. Blacks by far outnumber all other ethnic groups, followed by Hispanics, followed by whites.
The far left pissy Pelosi and Mad Max and their blind followers are instigating a civil war that was started by Osama & Holder the creators of the terrorist group BLM. These 2 set our civil unrest back to the 60s
The biggest backers are none other than G Soros the Clintons and of course Osama oops I keep getting those 2 mixed up.
Appreciate what the older man was trying to do, say, etc…these blm-ers are nothing but criminals disguised as thugs (or v.v.)…but you gotta use your head before either using or even showing your firearm. If they’re just interrupting and causing a disturbance and such, that’s one thing…it’s not worth it and you’re just making things worse by drawing on them. Keep your cool…let them rant and have they’re say, make their noise, etc…and like the one lady said, they’ll just “keep on walking” and maybe the police will deal with them like they did. On the other hand, if they’re actually starting to physically confront you/others to the point of likely imminent injury by assault/attack, etc, then it’s time to take action assuming you have the right weapon(s) to draw and/or use, as necessary, if you believe your life/other lives are in imminent danger. In general, people try to do too much, too soon, either to look/act BIG because they carry and/or because their mouth is bigger than their brain…either of which can have fatal consequences.
I wholeheartedly agree with your analysis. Don’t be stupid when confronted by these mobs–it most likely won’t end well. That being said, the warm weather months are here once again and the time to put an end to outdoor diners being harangued and assaulted by these fiends has arrived as well. These incidents have descended to a place that’s well beneath so-called “peaceful protests” and if LE is unwilling to crush this nonsense, then we’re going to have to…
Ah Mac, I disagree with you completely you cowardly piece of shiiite!
Threatening people by carrying a loaded rifle or handgun into a crowded restaurant is going to be met with MY loaded firearm. Protesting peaceable in public is your constitutional right. Coming into a privately owned business your brandishing your firearm is a threat to my family, friends ,and others. It is then my right to defend myself. If you have a problem with that, leave your gun at home and stay out of private property. I will defend your right to be heard,NOT your decision to be an idiot.
Kendrick, allow me to educate you on a few facts. Everything you posted is a lie.
BLM is the most racist group of cowards in the US today. They stand for racism against whites, asians, and jewish people. They have called for the murder of police. BLM committed murder all last summer, ironically mostly blacks killing blacks. Blm caused 4 billion dollars in arson damage, mostly black criminal thugs stealing shoes and alcohol. The kkk does not even exist, and when it did it was all democrats. After all, republicans freed the slaves.
“After all, republicans freed the slaves.”
By inflicting economic ruination, mass homelessness by military invasion of the southern half of the country- including causing the deaths 20% of all ‘freed’ slaves due to exposure, disease and deprivation- it was the bargain of a lifetime, right?
So what’s your point there Winston?
So how would you have proposed to free the blacks from slavery? I live in the south and am proud to be from this area, where people are friendly, honest, and brave. But slavery has nothing to do with good people; only those rich who think the world should revolve around them. Southern politics at the time did not consider the value of human life. They weren’t about to let go of slavery without a war – theynwere getting far, too rich off free human labor.
People like you would complain about a glass half empty. If someone were to fill it to the brim, you’d complain it was too full. Some people aren’t ever happy about anything.
Why are people bringing up KKK? There was no KKK there ! Since when have we seen people of TODAY hanging folks and burning crosses? We have seen people of today electing the same and putting in office while all living in same neighborhoods? Black people who are talking what was done 75 years ago or 140 years ago has no clue! Stop the raciest BS with BLM and act like your in current times where no one is attacking black folks! Stop trying to start scuffles with white folks who have done no such thing to black people today or yesterday.
The only valid reason to mention the KKK, is that they were the armed military wing of the democratic party in the past. They have been replaced in that role with ANTIFA and BLM. The tactics are basically the same, violence and intimidation, backed up by a government that supports them and refuses to enforce the laws as written, except against their victims.
When a group of people suddenly enter a place of business for purposes having nothing to do with that business, all legitimate patrons, customers, clients etc must respond to the interruption and disparity of force. Are there close exits and/or tactical cover for safe retreat? If available the means of self defense can and should be immediately accessed. One hopes for a high enough level of situational awareness in order to make the right call.
Looks like a peaceful BLM protest.
Just like in ORG> AND WASH. when they burned down everything should wait till they bunch up then open fire till you run out of ammo. It is time to put our foot down on this crap. Give them there freedom at the end of a smoking gun.
I read, where the guy with the tiny .22 was arrested. NO MENTION of any BLM POS being arrested. Cops must have arrested the guy defending his dinner, for being stupid enough to point a B.B. gun at cockknockers wearing body armor, packing 9mm’s. First off, little guns like that are fine to fend off a single attacker, but if you expect to have to deal with a crowd of assholes that have a death wish, you had better be ready to do a Kenosha Kid on their asses. These BLM punks are nothing but mental cases gathered in groups outdoors, instead of being indoors in sanatoriums. When you deal with these chumps, you have to treat them as such.
No shots were fired ? What a shame….
It’s time for shots to be fired……
We believe truth, over facts. Don’t forget that……
The gentleman should of had a 45. That would have sent them little blm bitches scrambling.
The old guy’s only mistake was not having a M-60. The Antifa clowns would have run at the first whiff of gun powder, they always do. Besides they didn’t outnumber the old guy 20-1.
Well Rambo – not everyone can carry their M-60 around every time they venture out for a burger. Personally, I found that after I hit my 60’s it was becoming harder and harder to sling my MG-42, along with the extra barrel and belts, over my shoulder when I headed out to Micky-D’s.
Not everyone can walk around with a howitzer in their pocket. And as far as the frightening whiff of gunpowder, someone once said; “I love the smell of burnt cordite in the morning …” Or was it napalm?
I’ve been dropping a NAA ‘popgun’ in my pocket when I venture out the back door for 30 years, even to get the mail. Are there better calibers to carry for self defense? Of course there are, and my safe is full of them. But even carrying a tiny little G 43 can be a hard habit to form here in the south when it’s 100 degree’s outside and all you are wearing is thin gym-shorts. Confucius once said; A sling shot in the hand is better than the gun locked up in the safe back at home.
So for all you tough guys that think the tiny little NAA .22’s are a joke, I challenge you to stand in front of someone and let them shoot you in the guts with a .22LR or .22 magnum hollow point and stand there and take it like a man. I can promise you one thing, it’ll get your attention. And even if you do take down ‘grandpa’ with his tiny little .22 ‘popgun’ you’re still going to have a hard time explaining to the cops why you’re having a bullet dug out of your guts while you lay in the hospital.
And I can almost guarantee one more thing, after the first bark from that little .22 all you’ll see is elbows & assholes, because I doubt anyone would stick around long enough to say – “hey it’s just a .22 it won’t hurt”.
They’re not supposed to know you have one — until they’re dead.
I own a couple of NAA’s, but really don’t carry them. In today’s environment, 9mm with high-capacity as a minimum (and I’m an old-school 1911 guy). I always thought that with lots of skills practice, I’d never need more than a 1911 with maybe one extra magazine. I’ll admit I was wrong. There is a high-cap 9mm on my side, with a high-cap reload ready, 24/7.
Think my cz sp 01 with a couple of 19 round mags would work ? I’m 67, disabled. Maybe the courts wouldn’t screw me too bad
I have no problem with ANY law-abiding “legally armed (open or concealed)” person at any legal Peaceful Protest. Pointing a firearm however, at people who are not threatening “death or great bodily harm” is usually defined as illegally “brandishing” a weapon.
There is probably a valid argument that some of these demonstrators were trespassing or causing civil unrest. However, sorting that out is the job of Law Enforcement. The older man was lucky not to be arrested.
“Keeping and bearing arms” for self defense is a God-given, often Constitutionally-Codified Right. Exercising that Right must ALWAYS be done appropriately, with wisdom, discernment and great care to avoid running afoul of the law.
If you’re not a criminal thug nor hot-head nor involved in trespassing nor ANY other criminal activity, I welcome your participation in peaceful civil discourse and ALL First and Second Amendment protected activities, no matter your political bent. And yes, I have peacefully assembled and demonstrated, while armed, at rallies with other like-minded patriots, in support of the Second Amendment.
You do you – I’ll do me. God Bless America and ALL Americans!
Maybe he should have pulled it in the ambulance after they kicked the Shit out of him.
I didn’t see any LEOs in the video, did you? When seconds count, police are minutes away.
Yep those scary BLM people acting threateningly. Kinda like armed white nationalists in state capital buildings looming over legislators from the galllery. I wonder what would have happened if the dude had fired the gun….
Black nationalists and separatists, along with their white toadies, are actively stopping traffic, destroying property, threatening lives – see Portland and Seattle – while civic nationalists *of all colors* met the definition of peaceful at state capitol protests – no violence, no interference with pedestrians or wheeled traffic, no threats.
You wanna check out your gaslight, and maybe put it where the rest of us can’t see it?
Gas lit much? No one had any firearms at the Capital building debacle. That was fake news. BTW- it was a planned event orchestrated by ANTIFA and BLM. There were some Trump supporters that had poor judgment and followed them in. 99% of Trump supporters would never do something so destructive and stupid.
Blacks kill each other every day in all large cities in America.
This blm bullshit needs to be brought to an end.
Nick STOP. Liberal turds like you love to bring up the capital incident. Sure bunch of dumb FKS broke into the capital. It was bad. But to try and compare that 1 day VS months of riots in numerous cities. Family owned businesses wrecked, people like Kyle ritt chased down by multiple people with weapons, innocent white people being attacked for being white. Why is it that people in the suburbs have most of the Guns , but the inner cities have all the shootings? Why have the people I know never discussed doing a drive by shooting, but in black neighborhoods they are as common as wearing pants? Maybe instead of ignoring what needs to be done to actually fix the problems, people like you stop pretending what the causes are. Why do successful blacks buy homes and move into white neighborhoods, instead of so called keeping it real and staying in the hood? No one owes you anything.
This site is owned by a Lib? It moderates everything one writes. What happened to the First Amendment? Only a Lib would control the Constitution.
Show me the last time BLM hung someone from a tree or burned a cross in someone’s yard??? Then we can compare them with the KKK.
Guess you didn’t read about the felon who should’ve had a gun had one, maybe you might want to look back in history to see a Lib freed the slaves and with all the illegal immigrants aren’t free the cartel’s own them, think, have a original thought it’s way over due!
Not so far anyway. BLM just executes folks, like BLM thug Michael Forest Reinoehl murdering Aaron “Jay” Danielson in Portland.
Or Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who was shot by a BLM thug after a “patriot rally” in Denver on 10 October, 2020.
David Dorn, a retired black police officer shot by a BLM rioter during the robbery of a pawn shop in St Louis during the BLM lootings.
Not to mention the billions of dollars of damage to private and municipal property the thugs have caused with their “mostly peaceful protests”.
July 7, 2016 – BLM protester (sniper) Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed a group of white police officers in Dallas, Texas, shooting and killing five and injuring nine others.
June 2, 2020- ST. LOUIS — Protests over the death of George Floyd turned violent in the St. Louis area, where four police officers were shot and wounded and a retired St. Louis police captain was killed by BLM looters at a pawn shop, actions that the governor blamed on “criminals” and “thugs.”
Sep 23, 2020 – Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor’s death and BLM protesters took to the streets, two officers were shot and wounded.
You’d have to go back to the ‘60’s to find evidence of that happening. And just so you know, the KKK were all Democrats. Fact. If anything like that happened recently, it would be a Jussie Smollett type trying to cause racial divide.
I don’t know where blacks get the idea that only blacks were lynched. Horse thieves, mostly white were hung regularly. Lynching was the way of execution for years. Never mattered what color. And burning a cross? Gee, that’s threatening! I guess burning whole cities and police cars is okay though.
Too many Black Lives Matter protests have turned violent. Windows smashed, stores looted, buildings and property burned and people threatened and assaulted.
Some of The Black Lives Matter people are nearly as violent as the old Ku Klux Klan. That group is also highly racist.
“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King Junior
Character matters, your race does not in my opinion.
THINK ? You must be apart of the inner city school system. You know the one that received $17 billion last year without having a SINGLE STUDENT ABOVE 50% math / English! Oh wait , all the inner city school systems are like that. I guess all that failing and having 10 kids with 10 different girls is all the fault of the KKK, or white people. Maybe the KKK came and took all the books.
So they’re “armed” when it’s BLM, otherwise it’s 2nd amendment or open carry when they’re not black? The hypocritical attitude of when African Americans have legal firearms vs White Americans is appalling!
BLM and guns should never go together.
Apparently you didn’t read the article..
“Five people were arrested in connection with the protest including…possession of a handgun by a convicted felon”.
What does that have to do with race troll?
Correct, and if you read carefully, some of the protestors were felons. As a felon you can’t even be in the same room as a forearm much less carry one for a “peaceful protest.” Plus, burn, loot murder is just a domestoc terror group trying to ruin black families for the sake of money. Even Trump gave black communities more than they have. Even their fundraisor was a domestic terrorist, cop killer, arrested with lots of explosives. Susan rosenberer. Unfortunately for society, Clinton felt she didn’t deserve to be in prison and commuted her sentence.
You gotta admire the guy’s guts, holding off the mob with a little NAA revolver.
Or stupidity. Get a real gun fool
No, I do NOT have to admire that stupid old geezer for making a stupid, potentially dangerous situation even worse. For one thing, his choice of a tiny popgun as a self defense weapon is ludicrous. I wouldn’t even bother carrying that little novelty item. Second, the old fool just stood there, looking stupid and confused, pointing the little popgun at… somebody. (How about “low ready”?) And it didn’t seem like the twit was even being threatened, more likely just inconvenienced. Don’t pull a gun until it is about time to use it. Brandishing that little peashooter (especially with that stunned, idiotic look in your face) is not only stupid and counterproductive. It could have escalated the situation.
And, No, I do not support those ridiculous efftards in BLM and their white lackeys. Sure, they have a right to peacefully assemble and air their grievances, but those clowns never stop there. Never mind that in their limited intellect there is NEVER a situation where a police office is justified in defending himself or herself against an attack by a black personality. They lose all credibility by claiming that every single shooting of a black person by a cop is unjustifiable homicide.
” The Tree of Liberty must be Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Patriots and TYRANTS ” … Thomas Jefferson. Enough is Enough already .
Sometimes just producing a weapon is enough to scare the bad guys away. No one wants to get shot with anything even a .22! I have a NAA in .22 magnum, nasty little round!
Kill them all let God figure it out
It’s a wonder the protestors didn’t die laughing.
This incident does raise an interesting point: bring enough gun. Yes, a .22 with a 1” barrel is better than nothing, and ended up being sufficient deterrent in this case, but had things gone south, he would probably have been killed by the attacking mob without doing much harm to any of them.
I expect that he has upgraded his protection options after this incident. It also has me reconsidering mine. Is my 380 sufficient?
With hollow points it is.
BLM, STUPID, STUPID, and, REALLY, STUPID !.. When you use the tactic, of armed confrontation, and show a disparity of force, you, are going to get something, that you are not going to like, very much. You, might want to ask, the Not Just Fu–ing Around Coalition, how that worked out, for them ? Your tactic, is, purely not a self defense tactic, but rather an intimidation tactic. I am, not quite sure, who is advising you, but, a change, is badly needed, before, your group, ends up, a whole lot smaller. No one, in their right mind, marches their squad, down the middle of the road, in a tight formation, unless, their sole intension, is to martyr the whole squad !
If commas could be used as ammo, you’d have a well-stocked armory.
All the more reason for ALL states to go to Constitutional carry. The bad guys are now proven to be way out of hand. Time for ALL honest law abiding citizens to be armed. Since many places are defunding Police, it is time to arm WE THE PEOPLE and get rid of ALL ILLEGAL & UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN CONTROL LAWS.
Totally Agree !!!
So true. Biden want to put Obama’s “brownshirts (aka Gestapo) in play as the Federal govt want to take over most policing as they politicize this important function of local govt. The local sheriffs will become even more important to local communities.
“… people were arrested in connection with the protest…(for) a variety of charges, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon ..” < Being one of them . Yeah , they are just peaceful protestors , no threat to anyone , we should just let them do as they please . States should make it a law that anyone participating in an armed demonstration can be "Stop and Frisked' & ID checked at ANY TIME by law enforcement . And actually DO IT . that would cut participation in these things by quite a bit ( as the bad element(s) wouldn't show up any more ).
Pull a gun on me and THE HOMIES we would’ve turned his old Fake Kenny Rogers self into the HEADLESS HORSEMAN. That lil baby TINY GUN matches his TINY BRAVERY AND TINY HEART this racist guy can’t even get a big gun lol.
Oh yeah? Bring it cuz…
After I put 2-22mags in your brain pan that leaves me 3 for your homies any questions?
I hope you’re a good shot Wayne. That’s a pretty small target.
Kinda stupid are we not?
So he is a racist because armed clowns enter the business he is in! Your thinking is part of the problem that is going on in this country and it is not racism, but the stupidity of people thinking they have the right to threaten others!
Matches up with your TINY MIND…
Oh yeah? Bring it…
Cowards and thugs always need their HOMIES to feel brave. The only racists here were the black people targeting old white people. Try that with me and I would have left you and the “homies” bleeding out on the curb. Room temperature challenge accepted.
“Old fake Kenny Rogers”… That’s really the best you could come up with? Pathetic.
First of all, the discourteous, uninformed, tribal-minded mobs who continue to interrupt and threaten peaceful citizens are the TRUE racists. They are the ones always spewing forth bigotry and hate along with their marxist ideologies.
Secondly, if all you can manage is threatening senior citizens, you’ve already demonstrated your own cowardice. I submit therefore, that should the need arise, there are plenty of Patriots with enough courage, heart, and “big guns” to deal with the likes of you and your “homies”.
13% vs 65%, plus Hispanics @ ~12% who don’t like you, and Asian-Americans who are learning who the enemy is. I realize math is difficult for 65 IQ, but you may want to get someone to cipher out you and your “homies” chances of surviving that headless horseman encounter…..
DUCARTIER , you are harmless… playing GRAND THEFT AUTO , doesn’t make you well trained.
Whats wrong with people being armed? if its a legal carry state everyone is fine. lol
What part of this don’t these terrorist understand? She was hit with return gun fire after her felon boyfriend shot at police! Had she been a upstanding citizen and dating a law abiding citizen she’d be alive! You live the thug life you usually end up like that! Sad this organization can go about burn and loot and they get away with it! This is a domestic terrorist organization anyway you call it!
Well stated Jerry.
That’s not much of a gun – especially when the rioters have real ones…
In my experience with minis some of the bullets can hit sideways. Doesn’t seem like a fun time to me.
Once in awhile I tote a ranger2 when I feel like a backup. It doesn’t keyhole. But if I need to defend myself they’ll see the unique muzzle of a agency match grade.
are court’s / media need to look more close — put your self in the officers place -you pay hem to uphold the law then when he is doing his job -you want to hold hem the officer as the one who over step his bounce.. I would to see what you would do ( one man with 3 or 30 people ) !! ???
Good for him!!!!! Last time these DUMB SHITS did this they threw chairs while threatening ALL who was there that they FORCEFULLY AND THREATENED to leave OR ELSE, and this time they met a man who wasn’t going to be THREATENED by a bunch of COWARDS who CLAIM to be PEACEFUL PROTESTERS” that carry GUNS on a so called ” peaceful protest”! How is BLM ANY different than the KKK?! Screw BLM!!!!!
Hopefully these points will help answer your question Slim.
1. BLM protest for the killing of an unarmed black woman in her home.
KKK-killed black people for years.
2. BLM-take a stand only when there is injustice against black people.
KKK-has promoted white supremacy through acts of violence and murder.
3. BLM-protest with courage and confidence, an open show of force for those who threaten or take the lives of black people without any consequence.
KKK-wear hoods and sheets and cowardly attack black people in order to preserve their idiotic white supremacy system.
Hope that help to answer your question, Slim.
“We Are Not Our Ancestors, Sincerely, THESE HANDS”
Correction:
BLM and their fellow criminals in Antifa, are a minority of loud-mouthed, lawless, marxist thugs who seek to bully and terrorize peaceful citizens. If and when the SHTF, they will scatter away in cowardice like Saddam Hussein’s toy soldiers did when “Stormin’ Norman” rolled into the desert.
KKK were all Democrats trying to keep black people down (as in on the plantation) They are doing the same today with urban ghettos the new plantations and the chains being social policies that break the traditionaly strong black family structure. We are seeing the BLM as useful idiots gleefully participating in their own destruction.
First farm equipment
Then Canon fodder.
What’s the next use of the black community?
Fertilizer once the commie democraps gain control. The ones who don’t end up in landfills will be the victims of hollodomor 2.0
OK….
BLM DOES NOT ONLY take a stand when there’s injustice against black people. They only take a stand when it involves police. In the vast majority of cases, resistance led to death. The biggest injustice against black people is other black people killing them. Look it up. Violence begets violence.
Compliant people rarely, if ever, get shot. As for the unarmed black woman killed in her home, is that really how you think it happened? Do you think she had just finished her tea and settled in for a slumber? Do you even know the facts of the case?
Probably not, because to BLM and their idiotic supporters, facts don’t matter.
Protest with courage and confidence??? Really!?!? Does it take courage to march up, masked with the, oh so scary “Assault” rifles everyone is afraid of, to a group of elderly people dining? Does it take confidence to Burn Loot and Murder? Were those diners threatening or taking black lives? No. You are a hypocrite!
You will do it wearing masks, in superior numbers. Yes at night. (But no cowardly hoods) Not sure why you are comparing your organization to the KKK if you are truly about peace and betterment of the black man’s life.
If you get shot and killed resisting the police, breaking the law or trying to harm another, you are not a victim. You made a choice to fight or break the law and lost. All police shootings and use of force incidents are investigated. BLM doesn’t care about that. BLM doesn’t care about black lives being lost. If so, you’d be in the inner cities and so-called gun-free cities, stopping black people from killing each other.
The numbers don’t lie, but you do. BLM have said that police know what they signed up for, as if they should allow someone to kill them without fighting back. Well, criminals, who choose a life of criminality, know what they signed up for when they chose thuggery as a way of life. It works both ways, Slim.
We too, are not our ancestors. We have owned no slaves. We have not worn hoods.
Nor, will we be intimidated by a terrorist organization with only one goal. And, it sure isn’t the betterment of the black man. Ask your fearless, confident founder why she bought multi-million dollar homes, in mostly white neighborhoods, if she is out to help the black man?
If I remember correctly, the KKK currently has about 2,000 members, and half of them are working as CI’s for the FBI or the DEA.
It is never a good thing to paint an entire group of people as anything, based on the actions of a few. BLM members don’t represent all black people, anymore than the KKK represents the whole white race in America.
I agree with whoever said that the man who pulled the tiny gun out was lucky he didn’t get arrested for brandishing a firearm. I’m of the only time someone should know that you have a gun, is just as the first round is fired. Pulling a gun out, with no intention of shooting someone, is just a bad habit to get into, and will one day bring trouble to the person who does that on a regular basis. Unless you are being threatened with death or great bodily harm, you have no reason to draw your own gun. Protesters who are just carrying a gun have not as of yet, demonstrated any danger to the person who is merely there, with no intention of shooting anyone who is merely carrying a gun. As a while person, I can see the reason that BLM was initially founded, and in theory, I support the protesters who have been blamed for years, for anything that was a threat to a peaceful society. Sadly, while knowing that BLM doesn’t represent the majority of black people, they have gotten so much support from the media.they have ignored any real work towards furthering the cause of peace in our life times.
That more white people have not stepped up and spoken out for.freedom for all, no matter what the color of their skin, their religion, or even their immigration status, is a
shame, no matter which party their in.
If people don’t come together soon, I am afraid that there will be no way of avoiding another Civil War. And don’t be deceived, the number of those being killed will be 10 times worse than the last one, with millions of Americans dying of either wounds or disease, that can’t be treated due to the sheer numbers that are involved.
Just one man’s take on what is going on, and whether it can be fixed in time, or if it is too late, and that we have gone too long with a bad government.
Wishing all the mothers out there a Happy Mothers Day, that will see everyone in good health, both mentally and physically. And also praying for any damaged relationships, that they will be healed, before the weekend is over.
I look forward to a civil war.
Guess you didn’t read about the felon who should’ve had a gun had one, maybe you might want to look back in history to see a Republican freed the slaves and the head of the KKK was a Democratic lol with all the illegal immigrants aren’t free the cartel’s own them, think, have a original thought it’s way over due!
you might want to look back in history to see a Republican freed the slaves and the head of the KKK was a Democratic lol do you think all the illegal immigrants coming here are free but they aren’t free the cartel’s own them, think, have a original thought it’s way over due!
When’s the last time you saw a KKK rally? Wirth openly-hooded members burning crosses?
Didja see Baltimore had over 100 homicides so far this year? Blacks kill more blacks in a year than were lynched by whites in a century. When will black lives begin to matter to black lives?
You got that right. It’s always dem cities/states. They love their criminals and guns. Blm is a fraud. The two clowns in office have a lifetime of racism but they havent dragged them out of the white house? They’re a funny political puppet for thr left. Democrats sell more guns than anyone. They prob own stock in them, threaten to take, drive up sales. Sales are always higher under dem presidents. Under Trump all the gun shops were complaining, it was referred to as the Trump slump.
KENDRICK
1) BLM IS A BUNCH OF SUCKERS BEING CONTROLLED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE ON EARTH. Modern high tech slavery.
2) BLM does not peacefully protest , they bully, burn , and bury innocent Americans.
3) The KKK is not relevant at all. And the KKK was started by democrats. So get educated from somewhere besides a Democrat run school system.
Hope this helped …
Statistically, Far far more whites are assaulted, raped and even murdered by blacks than vice versa.
One the KKK were democrats all of them. Two more black murders are committed by black folks. Three if you don’t want the police to help in black communities STOP calling them