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2019-01-14 Europe

French riot police are now using semi-automatic weapons with live ammunition against Yellow Vest protestors as Macron's law and order crisis spirals

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 "police"

They are establishment troops an imperial guard.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-14 00:13|| 2019-01-14 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Thïs where a Second Ammendment counts. 5,000 goons vs 100,000 armed French citizens...

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-01-14 01:04|| 2019-01-14 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Unless they have barracks to go home to, they as individuals eventually have to go back to someplace among the population. They will discover the reason so many 'law enforcement' personnel in second and third world countries rather look the other way.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-14 08:30|| 2019-01-14 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Note the subplot. G36 is select fire, that is it is an actual "assault rifle" that can be fired fully automatic or semi. By labeling the G36 as "semiautomatic" (about 37 times in the article) they provide fifth column support for the idea that semi's are "assault rifles" and should be banned.

Buy your ammo now. Avoid the rush.

Posted by Solomon Thrimble1550 2019-01-14 08:55|| 2019-01-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Ditto #4.

This is either a further example of media ignorance vis a vis fire arms or a further example of the lying propagandists of the global left in the MSM. I am also embracing the power of AND.

Posted by AlanC 2019-01-14 09:25|| 2019-01-14 09:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Further giving proof to the wisdom of our Founders via the explicit recognition of the Second Amendment.

Posted by Ptah 2019-01-14 11:19|| 2019-01-14 11:19|| Front Page Top

#7 I suspect they got word that others, with more violent agenda's, might be infiltrating the anti-tax protests and wanted to be prepared.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-01-14 15:35|| 2019-01-14 15:35|| Front Page Top

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