Gun Free Zone

Miguel’s post Are you enjoying the Inauguration Security Theater? reminded me of this article that I read and scoffed at.

National Guard at Capitol Authorized to Use Lethal Force in Aftermath of Mob

THE 20,000 NATIONAL Guard troops preparing for pro-Trump demonstrations this weekend in the nation’s capital will be armed and permitted to use lethal force, the headquarters overseeing them says, marking a striking escalation in the way authorities there are preparing for repeat violence after last week’s deadly mob.

Really?

Because, as Miguel pointed out, I haven’t seen one mag amongst the troops.

Not just not one mag in a gun, I haven’t seen one mag anywhere.

In most of the pictures I’ve seen, their body armor has no mag pouches, just bare MOLLE webbing.

A few have mag pouches but I don’t think they have mags in them.

I doubt that there is a single live round floating around the 20,000 – 30,000 National Guard troops in DC.

I would actually feel bad if shit did cook-off in DC, because those Guardsmen are going to be sitting ducks yelling “bang bang bang” like we ROTC kids doing infantry squad drills during our military science class on the campus quad.

When the Left says they need to replace police with social workers or some other non-law enforcement entity, it’s not because they want to help people, it’s because they hate the police.

While Portland Police were trying to calm a suicidal man w/a knife yesterday in downtown, #antifa gathered using a bullhorn to try & stop them. It made the man more agitated. After hours, police tased him. He was uninjured but antifa nearly rioted. https://t.co/UdMfsQTGIf

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 16, 2021

You would think that a mental health expert would know that causing a scene would agitate someone having a mental health crisis.

But the point wasn’t to help the suicidal man.  It was to hate on the police.

As a result, they made the situation much worse.

30,000 National Guardsmen! ZOMG! They are preparing for an invasion from the White Supremacists!

Not at all. I mean, if they were expecting trouble, at least they would have a magazine in the frigging rifles!

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And some do not even have a weapon:

We have an upcoming administration that wants to look butch and thinks it needs the South American Dictator Party Day image.

Hat Tip Divemedic

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., assigned partial blame to Facebook for last week’s riots and indicated Friday that Congress’ response should focus on holding Big Tech accountable rather than ramping up domestic surveillance.

“He is part of this problem,” Ocasio-Cortez said, referring to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events, period.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who spoke during a video town hall meeting, went on to argue that Facebook was “trying to do as much damage control as possible, but they knew. Not only did they know but they allowed it.”

AOC says Zuckerberg, Facebook bear ‘partial responsibility’ for Capitol riots

You figure that with all the billions they make, they would have a couple of analysts or historians working for them and telling them “You know these lefty assholes? They always end up stabbing those who help them. Maybe you should be careful.” But nope, they expected to be allowed to exercise control when the Socialists really like to have all the control themselves and, of course, they will chop your nuts off so you don’t use the same media propaganda techniques against them.

So to Zuckerberg: Fuck you, you built the wall that is going to be the backdrop for your firing squad.

I guess the official press release begging for openness and understanding fell on empty brains. And I guess since it is Portland, the police won’t bother dealing with this crapshoot. Hell, they haven’t burned the store, right? They are lucky, plus I am sure they have insurance.