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The Article:
Retired Army general: 'We can't have demonstrators showing up at a state Capitol with damn long guns'
From The Article:
"The retired Army general tapped to lead a review of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol said Sunday that rules need to change so protesters can't carry long guns to state Capitols.
"We can't have demonstrators showing up at a state Capitol with damn long guns," Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré said. "Your First Amendment right don't give you the right to carry long guns to a demonstration, and that is confusing the hell out of police and intimidating people. Remember, one of the objectives of a terrorist is to intimidate, if not to cause violent harm."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tapped Honoré on Friday to lead a review of the deadly Capitol riot that will focus on "security infrastructure, interagency processes and procedures, and command and control."
Honoré also said authorities must work to identify "people with terrorist intent" before they arrive at a state Capitol or the U.S. Capitol. Officials have beefed up security in Washington, D.C., and across the country as the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) warn about demonstrations surrounding President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration this week.
"The definition of terrorism is people who use violence and intimidation to achieve a political or religious objective," said Honoré while appearing on "The Sunday Show" with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC."
OP Commentary:
What the General is saying, if one reads between the lines, is American gun owners must be treated similarly to insurgents and terrorists such as those encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan. He wants to apply military security strategy and SOP from from those warzones to strangling the rights of gun owners in both our state capitals and Washington D.C., and he is conflating demonstrators with gun owners who might happen to show up in the vicinity of a protest. I read this article as a direct and aimed frontal assault on all open carry laws, nationwide.
Retired Army general: 'We can't have demonstrators showing up at a state Capitol with damn long guns'
From The Article:
"The retired Army general tapped to lead a review of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol said Sunday that rules need to change so protesters can't carry long guns to state Capitols.
"We can't have demonstrators showing up at a state Capitol with damn long guns," Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré said. "Your First Amendment right don't give you the right to carry long guns to a demonstration, and that is confusing the hell out of police and intimidating people. Remember, one of the objectives of a terrorist is to intimidate, if not to cause violent harm."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tapped Honoré on Friday to lead a review of the deadly Capitol riot that will focus on "security infrastructure, interagency processes and procedures, and command and control."
Honoré also said authorities must work to identify "people with terrorist intent" before they arrive at a state Capitol or the U.S. Capitol. Officials have beefed up security in Washington, D.C., and across the country as the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) warn about demonstrations surrounding President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration this week.
"The definition of terrorism is people who use violence and intimidation to achieve a political or religious objective," said Honoré while appearing on "The Sunday Show" with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC."
OP Commentary:
What the General is saying, if one reads between the lines, is American gun owners must be treated similarly to insurgents and terrorists such as those encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan. He wants to apply military security strategy and SOP from from those warzones to strangling the rights of gun owners in both our state capitals and Washington D.C., and he is conflating demonstrators with gun owners who might happen to show up in the vicinity of a protest. I read this article as a direct and aimed frontal assault on all open carry laws, nationwide.