Cops are cowards, so they might not have felt empowered enough to gang up on him.
A visible, if not brandished, firearm would have heightened the situation for sure, and made it so there was a 50/50 chance that "they fucked off" or "they shot him."
But, even though it's with hindsight, seeing as they still killed him...
I cannot recall a single video of protesters open carrying getting shot with pepper balls, rubber bullets, or sprayed like any of the unarmed protests we see get fucked with by police in the US on the regular.
Which seems a bit forced in terms of messianic prophecy.
He's like the only dude to claim to be Jesus that actually pulled it off, but even then most weren't convinced. It'd make sense he'd lean hard into the whole having to be killed part.
Isn't this what that painting Christ in Gethsemane is depicting? He was struggling about how many AR-15s to bring to the event and he got his answer. That was kinda the whole point of that passage right? He was like "guys I really want to bring enough AR-15s but I have to ask Dad first." And then he got his answer.
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hperrin@lemmy.ca · 98 pts · 65d
Alex Pretti has a legal firearm on him and he was killed by his government for it.
cattywampus@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 65d
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 65d
Just hook the nuke to an implanted heart monitor like Raven from Snow Crash.
(Also /s)
white_nrdy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 65d
Only if you ride with it in a sidecar on a motorcycle
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 64d
Also the bad guy from Spawn(1997)!
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Hey! That bad guy has a name! It's uhhhh... Ummm... Like, Martin Sheen with a bad dye job.
I think that's the one movie that could have been elevated by casting Joe Estevez instead.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 64d
Second snow crash post today! Yay!
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
Do you legitimately not see a difference between having a concealed pistol and open carrying a rifle?
Like, to you those are the same thing?
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 65d
Concealed gun with a valid conseal carry permit
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 65d
Why would you even say that?
Like, what relevance does it have to anything?
Is it like a child shouting "moo cows have four feet?"
Like, you just couldn't contain a factoid everyone talking about the topic already knows so you just blurted it out?
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 64d
Which resulted in the wildest mental gymnastics of “Alex wasn’t allowed to have firearms at protests but the neo Nazis definitely are don’t ask why”.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
He had a concealed weapon he never reached for....
I've never seen cops start beating a person that was carrying a rifle.
Because the rifle is a visual deterrent. A concealed pistol is not a deterrent, because it's fucking concealed.
If Alex Pretti had an AR15, the cops wouldn't have started beating him or likely others.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 65d
Going for the worst-take-ever award?
qarbone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d
Cops are cowards, so they might not have felt empowered enough to gang up on him.
A visible, if not brandished, firearm would have heightened the situation for sure, and made it so there was a 50/50 chance that "they fucked off" or "they shot him."
But, even though it's with hindsight, seeing as they still killed him...
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
I can find an endless stream of cops escalating violence against people who are not visibly armed.
Can you show me one instance of police escalating to violence against a protestor with a rifle in their hands?
Cops are scared bullies, they attack the weakest targets.
When they see rifles, they go elsewhere.
It's not a "take" it's what the fucking numbers say. Opinions aren't relevant, neither is you believing anything.
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 64d
I cannot recall a single video of protesters open carrying getting shot with pepper balls, rubber bullets, or sprayed like any of the unarmed protests we see get fucked with by police in the US on the regular.
sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 65d
How many AR-15 do I need to avoid being murdered by my government?
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 65d
Enough to shoot down a police helicopter before it drops a bomb on your house.
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 64d
Holy shit
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 65d
All of theirs
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 65d
Enough to arm at least 300.000 men.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 65d
More than the government
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Probably just two, unless you can shoot with your toes.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 65d
If he need to defend himself against the government what he need isn't AR-15, but dual wielding Uzi.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 65d
Jesus literally set himself up.... So no amount of weapons would have saved him.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 65d
Jesus told his disciples to strap up and even sell their possessions if they couldn't afford to.
Then he said "hol up a minute" when Peter was about to throw down on his behalf.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
Which seems a bit forced in terms of messianic prophecy.
He's like the only dude to claim to be Jesus that actually pulled it off, but even then most weren't convinced. It'd make sense he'd lean hard into the whole having to be killed part.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 64d
The number of christians who don't understand the whole sacrifice for the good of all mankind part of the jesus story is really odd.
topherclay@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 65d
Isn't this what that painting Christ in Gethsemane is depicting? He was struggling about how many AR-15s to bring to the event and he got his answer. That was kinda the whole point of that passage right? He was like "guys I really want to bring enough AR-15s but I have to ask Dad first." And then he got his answer.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 64d
Stop blaspheming or jesus will torture you forever!!!
/s