If Guns protect us from the Government, why don't they?

https://lemmy.world/post/42203197

there’s literally Chinese (or some type, I’m assuming Chinese) characters in the helmet…

Yep, this is what happens when authoritarians don’t think you have a gun.

Peretti was getting pistol whipped before they saw his gun.

If he had a rifle instead, they wouldn’t have escalated to violence because that’s a visual deterrent. By the time they knew he was carrying a CCW they’d already escalated past the point they felt they could walk away. It’s not a visual deterrent to prevent conflict, it can only be used for deadly force during a conflict.

Which is exactly why open carry was vilified during the black panthers rise to popularity, so that they could disarm the minorities and largely leading to where we are today