Redneksioux

Based on what I'm reading here, protesters wouldn't last too long in rural North Dakota.

Go ahead and show force, but do not point gun at someone/something you do not intend to shoot.

so now that their guns are gone, their mansion is burning?

I do not cheer cop killing. Are you a boogaloo boi?

There's a big difference between defending your property and pointing guns at people that showed no intention of even stepping foot on your property.

Great people on both sides here!

I get it now, they saved the whole gated community from being burned. Hero's they are indeed:)

We shall see.

I’m all for defending and upholding the 2nd amendment as I’m sure you are as well. You really think putting these two front and center is going to help that cause?

Give them their day in court sure. I do disagree with their actions and am fine letting the court decide whether they are responsible enough to be gun owners. They can speak at the RNC all they want, I'm sure they will represent well.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53891184 They are being charged with unlawful use of a firearm which is a felony as they did not have the right to be pointing guns at people. Also the property the protestors were on is owned by a trust that residents pay to maintain that includes private security. I doubt the McCloskey's are the paid private security. The fact that the RNC is inviting them to speak is laughable and says alot about the current state of the Republican Party.

Maybe so but maybe not. It still doesn't give them the right to be pointing guns at people.

I'd assume the community or HOA? I don't believe the road or sidewalk is the couple's own private property but I could be wrong.

Yet this mob didn't burn or loot anything. I wouldn't have invited them in. I also wouldn't have pointed guns at them.

I believe the road and sidewalk belong to the gated community. The protesters may have been trespassing, but they were NOT trespassing on this couple's property. The couple had no right to point their guns at hundreds of people. If you think they were in the right to point their guns at people and would do the same yourself, you should probably enroll yourself into a gun safety class before using your firearms again.

I certainly hope you don't point guns at people that you believe are on your property, when in all actuality they are not.

It may be private property but it is not the couple’s property. You don’t own any guns, do you?

So the gate got breached. That justifies pointing a firearm at people that have not stepped foot on your property?

How many homes on that block were breached? did anyone even step foot on this couple’s property? Any responsible firearm owner understands you only point your weapon at something you intend to shoot. These two wouldn’t be considered very responsible gun owners.

Maybe it is and I understand that they cannot operate with both hands tied behind their back. Personally I don't agree with what Walz has done with the blanket covid restrictions. I guess one could always choose to go somewhere else where they can operate the way they'd like, not like I've never heard "you don't like it, move to Canada".

I’m not in the restaurant business and won’t pretend to be.

See but those restaurants weren’t forced to fully close, there was still room to adapt and offer takeout. And there is a way to transport a good steak. I understand the fine dining is difficult without the dining room but there are also establishments that have thrived.

I know a little bit about small business, though I’m in ND where very little were required to fully close. Where were restaurants asked to fully close for 3 months?

During the 1918 flu pandemic we did more than asking people to stay home when they were sick and to practice good hygiene though. Also you don't need to go back too far to see how other countries have overcome other viruses. It's been said countless times on here that people dying with Covid were already on the ledge and about to die anyways. Couldn't the same be said of the businesses that have not been able to adapt or have failed during these times?

Maybe they weren't intended for the US. I'm willing to guess there are alot of folks in NY that wish we would have had access to more testing early on.