Man, cool your jets.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
That protester who pointed a cocked pistol at a driver should be identified and charged with assault.

flashguy

I bet the local authorities will get right on it …

Group damages northeast Portland businesses, PPB Precinct

https://katu.com/news/local/gr...s-ppb-north-precinct

PORTLAND, Ore. — A group of protesters marched through the streets of northeast Portland Saturday, damaging some buildings, bus shelters, and lighting a dumpster on fire at the Portland Police Bureau’s north precinct.

Based on social media posts, the group first gathered at North Portland’s Peninsula Park Saturday night in protest of the police killing of Patrick Lyoya in Michigan.

The group started marching through the streets at about 9 p.m.

According to police, some members of the group vandalized a coffee shop, two banks, and three bus shelters on Northeast MLK Jr. Boulevard.

The group eventually arrived at the PPB North Precinct on MLK Jr. Boulevard at Killingsworth Street, where police said “one or more suspects” set a dumpster on fire in the parking garage.

Officers unsuccessfully tried to put out the dumpster fire with fire extinguishers, and Portland Fire & Rescue was ultimately called to douse the flames.

“No arrests were immediately made, but the investigation is continuing,” Portland Police said. “If anyone has information about these crimes, including photos, video, or suspect information, please e-mail crimetips@portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 22-101241.”

^^^^
And what were these jackasses protesting? Who knows- it could be anything at this point. Portland is beyond saving at this point. More proof of leftist liberal policies and ideals FAILING.

^^ Y'know, some of the things they've protested about have been wacky enough that one might wonder whether the function of the protest was simply to keep protesters interested, active and in touch with each other.

Sadly, the leadership (for lack of a better term) of these leftist idiots, have come to realize they are free to act how they choose, and will face no real consequences. Imagine if every protest by BLM a was given the attention of January 6, there would be fewer and possibly no protests of this nature. These protests fit a narrative and work in some way for Democrats, or whoever controls that party.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
^^^^
And what were these jackasses protesting?

The police shooting of a person in Grand Rapids Mi. https://www.kgw.com/article/ne...71-a15f-9d30213c8e16 . Here is the released video of the shooting but I cant guarantee it is the full lenght of the version that was released. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/u...ting-patri-rcna24239

Now we have a mass shooting in the NYC Subway, and two in South Carolina over the weekend.

Used to be the definition and reporting of "mass shootings" excluded gang/drug/criminal motives and focused only on crazy people with no other motive.

Now to further the gun control narrative the media is now reporting about shootings regardless of motive. That means all the drive-by shootings, gang fights outside nightclubs, gang fights at house parties, and the like are "mass shootings" now.

They always were mass shootings but the media didn't want to report about anything other than "crazy white man" mass shooters. Now it's more important for the media to support the "we need to get these guns off the street instead of prosecute the criminals" progressive DA's.

But the NYC shooter does appear to be crazy. Of course they are downplaying all of his "kill the whitey" postings on social media. And what happened to the guy that ran over the people in the parade? That story died out pretty quickly, no updates on it for a long time now.

If the shooter isn’t a conservative or be made to fit the narrative of how conservatives are all some sort of racist and Nazi, the story fades into oblivion, doesn’t work into the narrative of the Ministry of Truth. Sorry, the mainstream media.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
Now we have a mass shooting in the NYC Subway, and two in South Carolina over the weekend.

Used to be the definition and reporting of "mass shootings" excluded gang/drug/criminal motives and focused only on crazy people with no other motive.

There was one in Pittsburgh, too.

A "mass shooting" at a party. 200 teenagers crammed into an AirBnB rental. After midnight. During an altercation.

Those are all the details they were giving on the news and the press conference. Doesn't take much to read between the lines about this one either....

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
Now we have a mass shooting in the NYC Subway, and two in South Carolina over the weekend.

Used to be the definition and reporting of "mass shootings" excluded gang/drug/criminal motives and focused only on crazy people with no other motive.

Now to further the gun control narrative the media is now reporting about shootings regardless of motive. That means all the drive-by shootings, gang fights outside nightclubs, gang fights at house parties, and the like are "mass shootings" now.

They always were mass shootings but the media didn't want to report about anything other than "crazy white man" mass shooters. Now it's more important for the media to support the "we need to get these guns off the street instead of prosecute the criminals" progressive DA's.

But the NYC shooter does appear to be crazy. Of course they are downplaying all of his "kill the whitey" postings on social media. And what happened to the guy that ran over the people in the parade? That story died out pretty quickly, no updates on it for a long time now.

Also using the term "Gun Violence" now. Takes the responsibility off the criminal.

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Originally posted by radioman:

Also using the term "Gun Violence" now. Takes the responsibility off the criminal.

Not sure how old you are, if you remember but, that's been the constant narrative since the early 80's. Three big issues came out of that era: drugs, AIDS and guns

People freaking-out about gang violence in LA, Oakland, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore and NYC....accessibility of AK47's, MAC-10's and Uzi's to do drive-by's or shoot-up a party. While gang/street-life was cultural fascination for the entertainment industry, politicians and advocates fixated on 'guns' as the problem, rather than the cultural issues. Guns weren't a public issue in this country for 240-years prior, and auto/semi-auto guns hadn't been a public issue for the 100-years prior but, get enough talking heads to repeat something enough, it becomes an issue.

^^^ There is zero evidence of F.A. weapons being used in crime. Certainly not weekly F.A. gun battles as depicted in TV and Movies, and zero car-to-car submachine gun battles. The only actual case I am aware of is the L.A. bank robbery inspired by "Heat". Two guys in homemade body armor with F.A. AK's. They ended up getting shot in the legs and bled out while the LAPD was "securing" the crime scene.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
^^^ There is zero evidence of F.A. weapons being used in crime. Certainly not weekly F.A. gun battles as depicted in TV and Movies, and zero car-to-car submachine gun battles. The only actual case I am aware of is the L.A. bank robbery inspired by "Heat". Two guys in homemade body armor with F.A. AK's. They ended up getting shot in the legs and bled out while the LAPD was "securing" the crime scene.

However, the Glocks with switches are being classified as FA. Cop shot with one of those in (I think) Texas. Other recent instances too.

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Originally posted by radioman:
However, the Glocks with switches are being classified as FA.

Is there some reason not to?
The videos I have seen of the guns being fired seemed to depict them as pretty full automatic to me.

^^^Seriously, HK MP5's w/ 'switches' are classified as FA too...

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by radioman:
However, the Glocks with switches are being classified as FA.

Is there some reason not to?
The videos I have seen of the guns being fired seemed to depict them as pretty full automatic to me.

That's a new thing that wasn't an issue in the 80's and 90's. Exactly how many illegal FA or SA converted to FA guns were ever used in crime and or seized? I know they made open bolt SA guns illegal because of the ease of conversion either then or during the 1994 AWB.

There is one famous example of full auto, North Hollywood Bank robbery, Feb 28th, 1997. Illegally modified long guns. So much wrong here with the criminal justice system in CA, I thought it was too much thread drift so I have not linked it. Easy to look up.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
^^^ There is zero evidence of F.A. weapons being used in crime. Certainly not weekly F.A. gun battles as depicted in TV and Movies, and zero car-to-car submachine gun battles. The only actual case I am aware of is the L.A. bank robbery inspired by "Heat". Two guys in homemade body armor with F.A. AK's. They ended up getting shot in the legs and bled out while the LAPD was "securing" the crime scene.

Who said anything about FA?