# A question about armed protesters at these rallie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840 "2017-08-17T00:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840/61 "2017-08-17T21:53:39Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Just in case people keep thinking that this is something that can’t happen because it hasn’t happened, [it has happened](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/25/milo-yiannopoulos-event-shooting-couple-charged-seattle). The scenarios described in this thread are of a conflgration, where one shot ignites a firestorm. The incident you link to is one person getting shot, with one shot fired. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840/62 "2017-08-17T21:55:13Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Your missing my point. I wasn’t saying he was well educated about this issue, In fact I acknowledged that your education in this area was far superior. I was saying that there was no reason to believe that his level of understanding of the issue was well below that of the average gun toting white supremacist. And that if he didn’t know the difference how can you assume every single one of them would. I don’t. But we let them have jobs, drive their kids to school, and go to the movies on Saturday nights without being sure that they have this knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840/63 "2017-08-17T22:35:14Z")
Indeed, we do not, and that proves something very important and directly pertinent to this conversation. I don’t have the foggiest notion what that might be. Legal and Constitutional? Just a guess… ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840/64 "2017-08-17T23:19:22Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I mean, I checked out their website and see no reference to a connection to AntiFa. Is there one I am unaware of? Check the [Redneck Revolt](https://www.redneckrevolt.org/) website. The John Brown Gun Club are a project of the organization. The Phoenix group is listed as being affiliated with them. Right there on that main page is > [@](#): > > FIGHT BACK AGAINST FASCISM > > Donate to the John Brown Solidarity Fund, to support anti-fascist community defense groups nationwide. There’s also a [report](https://www.redneckrevolt.org/single-post/2017/03/28/PHOENIX-MAGA-MARCH-REPORTBACK) from the individual group in the picture protesting a MAGA rally in March while armed. > [@](#): > > We carried in formation with an armed contingent of the Arizona Brown Berets, and in solidarity with Anti-Fascist Action Phoenix. So they are overtly raising funds for anti-fascist groups and working in solidarity with anti-fascists. Call them what you will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-armed-protesters-at-these-rallie/793840.md?page=3)