Spot the difference?

[u/Confident_Prettyy]

[u/NashvilleSoundMixer]

Same thing as when the Black Panthers started arming themselves for protection. California enacted gun control laws.

[u/left_right_left → u/NashvilleSoundMixer]

Mulford Act under Gov Ronald Reagan

[u/NashvilleSoundMixer → u/left_right_left]

this bitch's mediocre soul continues to haunt this world. terrible actor and a coward and boot licker.

[u/BenCisco → u/left_right_left]

Love it when peeps know their history!

[u/doberdevil → u/BenCisco]

I love reminding them Ronald Reagan is the father of the modern gun control movement.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/left_right_left]

MAGA hat Ronald Reagan. Really, it's all 40 years old with a dolt at the helm again.

[u/donglecollector → u/NashvilleSoundMixer]

I love when obvious double standards slap people in the face. It comically reinforces how disingenuous the entire conversation is. HELL YEAH

[u/BadBarge → u/donglecollector]

Republicunts would not have standards if it weren’t for double standards.

[u/Alert-Ad9197 → u/NashvilleSoundMixer]

The NRA was also a huge supporter of the Mulford Act. They’ve always been pieces of shit that exclusively care about a certain group of gun owners.

[u/OdiousAltRightBalrog → u/Alert-Ad9197]

Right. They never said a peep when Philando Castile was executed by a cop for the crime of owning a firearm while black.

[u/Humble-gorilla]

I've always said that we would get gun reform if minorities started buying ARs in mass.

[u/brycebgood → u/Humble-gorilla]

Don't tell the racists - but they are. Tons of young, new, non-white shooters at my range these days.

[u/Shot_Revolution8828 → u/brycebgood]

The smart ones dont brag about it on social media.

[u/DeeplyHiddenTrowaway → u/brycebgood]

Good for them. Love to see it. Everyone should have basic proficiency in firearms.

[u/jfkrfk123 → u/DeeplyHiddenTrowaway]

Every American should have advanced proficiency in firearms. Guns can be dangerous and they’re everywhere…. (This photo shows an example of terrible muzzle control). Similarly to how there ought to be a little more behind the wheel training for driving. People die everyday in cars too.

[u/Dry-Illustrator-250 → u/Humble-gorilla]

Wasn’t that a key part of the response to the Black Panthers movement?

[u/Mr_SpicyBrain96 → u/Dry-Illustrator-250]

Straight up. Yes. And as will surprise nobody, it was Reagan's idea.

[u/shiny_crow_trophy → u/Mr_SpicyBrain96]

What is it with Republicans and electing celebrities?

[u/LeAcoTaco → u/shiny_crow_trophy]

Its because Republicans more often than not can't tell the difference between a parasocial relationship and actually knowing a person. Its the only explanation I have for why they believe what Trump says and not what he actually does.

[u/kayl_breinhar → u/Mr_SpicyBrain96]

Reagan is the reason CA has such Draconian gun laws now, and also the reason people can't have machine guns, but he's a ~Lion of the Republican Party~.

[u/icemanpallmall → u/Humble-gorilla]

Its funny you mention that because back in the 80s and 90s republicans did in fact try to pass gun legislation based on the grounds of "only a thug would carry an assault weapon".

The ONLY sitting president to ever attempt gun legislation was George W. Bush Sr.

[u/NoTumbleweeds → u/icemanpallmall]

Reagan was also famously behind the push in Cali after the Black Panthers began arming. The people who say that libs want to take your guns should talk to Ronald Reagan first.

[u/farazormal → u/NoTumbleweeds]

I’d talk to Reagan but I don’t want to go to hell :(

[u/NoTumbleweeds → u/farazormal]

I’d go to hell but I don’t want to talk to Reagan

[u/farazormal → u/NoTumbleweeds]

But then how will you tell him to go fuck himself

[u/NoTumbleweeds → u/farazormal]

Strongly worded letter, I hear hell uses DHL

[u/kayl_breinhar → u/icemanpallmall]

You're forgetting Trump got rid of bump stocks...

...for a hot minute. Now Forced Reset Triggers are the new hotness and no one uses bump stocks anymore even with the law ruled unconstitutional.

But in that single act, Trump, asshole that he is, accomplished more in regards to "gun control" than Bush or Obama ever did.

[u/kaibtw → u/kayl_breinhar]

Yet one issue voters still voted for him saying "he doesn't wanna take my guns!"

[u/erasethenoise → u/kaibtw]

Trump is also on record saying “take the guns first due process later”

[u/Judas_I_Hogwallop → u/kayl_breinhar]

Obama even loosened certain gun restrictions if I remember correctly

[u/Napp2dope → u/Judas_I_Hogwallop]

Yes, I believe he made it so you could take guns into national parks. Obama actually expanded gun rights.

[u/donglecollector → u/icemanpallmall]

They’re gonna pass a new law. Only Kid Rock can buy assault weapons.

[u/Dry-Illustrator-250 → u/donglecollector]

I wish the laughing gecko award didn’t cost money to give out

[u/Johnny_Five5151 → u/donglecollector]

But he can only use them to shoot woke products

[u/donglecollector → u/Johnny_Five5151]

“tHe wAr oN bEeR”

[u/WorldlyPeanut4766 → u/icemanpallmall]

George H. W. Bush.

[u/thingsorfreedom → u/icemanpallmall]

The ONLY sitting president to ever attempt gun legislation was George W. Bush Sr.

President Bill Clinton signed the Federal Assault Weapons Ban into law on September 13, 1994, as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

[u/Lost_Web5826 → u/icemanpallmall]

I was going to say Regan but remembered he was gov when that happened, not pres

[u/Ultimatesims → u/Humble-gorilla]

When the Black Panthers armed themselves that is exactly what happened.

[u/OneArmedFarmer → u/Ultimatesims]

Yup! They were the triggering factor that caused Ronald Reagan to pretty immediately sign gun control legislation, the Mulford Act, in California while he was governor. All they did was stand outside the state capitol building armed.

Reagan will forever be known as the second worst president in history.

[u/Fan_of_Clio → u/OneArmedFarmer]

And the NRA approved

[u/Warm_Afternoon6596 → u/Fan_of_Clio]

Ya, back when they were actually useful and for responsible ownership and reason.

[u/CrashAndBurnOut → u/OneArmedFarmer]

OUTSIDE the capital was it???

[u/No_Suit7363 → u/Humble-gorilla]

That's literally what happened in the 60s/70s. Black Panthers started open carrying and the NRA pushed for gun laws. Because you know safety concerns. Ahem

[u/redjellonian → u/Humble-gorilla]

It worked last time.

[u/Ccass17 → u/Humble-gorilla]

SNL had a great sketch about that! 😂

[u/Autumn7242 → u/Humble-gorilla]

There are a lot of liberal gun owners in MA

[u/FrostyVariation9798 → u/Humble-gorilla]

Except it is proving you wrong.  I'm willing to bet that Palmetto State Armory's sales is proportionately even between the minority communities and white people.

[u/CliffordSpot → u/Humble-gorilla]

Talk to literally any 2A advocate, they encourage it. This is one thing people aren’t making a double standard about. Even though people seem to insist there is one.

[u/poiup1 → u/CliffordSpot]

Reagan in California

[u/NSFWdontview → u/Humble-gorilla]

Nope only cuz blk males already lead in gun violence despite being a 7% minority

[u/MyNameIsMud1996 → u/Humble-gorilla]

It's "en masse" you swine

[u/blue_magi → u/MyNameIsMud1996]

Um, they clearly meant minorities buying them at their local Catholic church.

[u/Humble-gorilla → u/MyNameIsMud1996]

Rather have problems spelling than be a boot-licking trumpanzee.

[u/FearOfABlackPotus → u/Humble-gorilla]

Not anymore, you'd just get ice shooting them.

[u/That_OneOstrich → u/FearOfABlackPotus]

Then the group was too small. Get a large enough group of people with rifles, ICE will second guess firing upon them.

[u/kyflyboy]

I’m sure if black peoples brandished more firearms, legally, we’d be revisiting that 2nd A in a heartbeat.

[u/LandonDev → u/kyflyboy]

Just so you know, that is actually what happened. Gun restriction laws were largely started by Republicans because the Black Panthers started open carrying and they didn't like it.

[u/Weak_Stay_8318 → u/LandonDev]

Yeah, I've told so many people stuff like this and they still think Republicans are actually on their side when it comes to 2nd amendment. Absolutely bonkers.

[u/1_tuff_momma → u/Weak_Stay_8318]

Sure didn't apply to Alex Preti. WhY WouLD AnyOnE NeED a gUn at A PeAcEfuL PrOtESt?!?!? The current administration are a bunch of numbskulls (being very gratuitous here) making shit up as they go along.

[u/Grape_Pedialyte → u/LandonDev]

By Ronald Reagan when he was the governor of California no less. Before Trump that was the Republican equivalent of God himself appearing before you and issuing a decree.

[u/Suspicious-Cell5989 → u/LandonDev]

Nancy fucking Reagan

[u/Wallflowersz_1995 → u/Suspicious-Cell5989]

what’s the throat goat got to do with it??

[u/RogerBauman → u/Suspicious-Cell5989]

Hey, now, he's not a Nancy. He was deliberate in his destruction of our nation.

[u/thrive2day → u/Suspicious-Cell5989]

The OG throat goat

[u/NewFraige → u/kyflyboy]

Literally the Mulford Act passed by Republicans/Regan. This is why open carry is illegal in California.

[u/SarcasticOP → u/kyflyboy]

I’m very pro 2nd A and see nothing wrong with the photo.

[u/PerspectiveNew3375 → u/kyflyboy]

CA had decent gun rights until the black panthers started carrying guns and then they got restrictive.

[u/tackle_bones → u/PerspectiveNew3375]

Reagan

[u/AdSmall8549 → u/kyflyboy]

Black panthers called, left a message saying it’s been done.

[u/Cliffinati → u/kyflyboy]

"Shall not be infringed" does say "unless they are black"

I just hope he doesn't keep pointing it at his friend's leg with his finger in the trigger guard.

[u/Accomplished_Mind792 → u/Cliffinati]

That should be true. Historically we have seen the opposite over and over again.

Every time black people or other minorities start buying and carrying in meaningful numbers, conservatives rush to craft gun control laws.

It seems like it shouldn't be a thing, but it is

[u/SejongTheGreatv2 → u/kyflyboy]

I have a feeling Minnesota isn’t an open carry state

[u/krusecontrol91 → u/SejongTheGreatv2]

It is if you’re legal for it

[u/Dazzling-Leave-7448 → u/kyflyboy]

Or there would be new Jim Crow era rules

[u/Basilisk1667]

It’s always pretty funny to watch people who glaze the 2A suddenly start clutching their pearls when they see a minority open carrying.

[u/chrstnasu → u/Basilisk1667]

Definitely they say that Alex Pretti shouldn’t have brought a gun to a protest that was legally brought but Kyle Rittenhouse who illegally brought a gun to a protest was within his rights. Also, when the Black Panthers started carrying guns in California in the 60’s the republicans were more than quick to change the gun laws to deny their right to carry guns. That being said I think 2A is misinterpreted and the founding fathers would be disgusted with the amount of gun deaths because we are misinterpreting its intent.

[u/ID100661 → u/chrstnasu]

I hate the NRA, but props to them for at least dissenting to it.

[u/davisdilf → u/chrstnasu]

The intent of the second amendment was to allow armed patrols to capture escaped slaves and suppress revolts.

[u/Basilisk1667 → u/chrstnasu]

100%

I can understand the intent of the 2A when muskets and basic sidearms were the norm, but if they could look 200+ years into the future and see the overwhelming variety and deadliness of modern firearms, I bet they would have added some caveats.

[u/Xaraxa → u/Basilisk1667]

There we multi shot and repeating rifles back then too. The founding fathers were also alive during multiple more wars after the revolutionary and didn't add an amendment to the 2nd. The fundamental principle of firearms hasn't changed since then either. Propellant sends projectile very fast in the direction it's pointed. I believe that they were not so short sighted to think that we would be using flintlocks for the next 200 years.

[u/CliffordSpot → u/Basilisk1667]

The I intent was for civilians to own firearms serviceable for military use. In fact, the courts have upheld on numerous occasions that this is the only reason for the second amendment, and that it does not protect collectors items or hunting rifles, ONLY weapons that exist to kill people.

In fact, in the early days of the US, every single adult man had a DUTY to own a gun. If we had machine guns back then, the founding fathers absolutely would have protected your right to own one. They protected your right to own a cannon.

[u/AnAbandonedAstronaut → u/Basilisk1667]

The intent is still valid and applies.

We have government agencies taking non-citizens AND citizens with no due process.

The ONLY reason its not door to door is they would expect a certain % of people to be armed.

It's just like you said... there need to be some reasonable limits... but we need to hold onto it.

Especially since they already took the right to a militia away from us by saying the national guard fulfills that right.

[u/SammyPoppy1 → u/Basilisk1667]

I'm pretty 2a and i want everyone to arm themselves. Excersise your rights everyone. As long as you know you can personally handle gun ownership then do it.

[u/sentientshadeofgreen → u/Basilisk1667]

I glaze 2A because I want more minorities carrying.

[u/Sudden_Buffalo_4393 → u/Basilisk1667]

I think it’s equally hilarious when people say things like “Yeah but if that was a black guy with a gun the police would have shot him.” And then you see countless examples like this where to disprove it.

[u/BeeWriggler → u/Basilisk1667]

Or getting so worked up over people not adequately bowing down to Charlie Kirk, when Kirk himself said that we all had to accept a minimum number of gun deaths per year to keep our right to bear arms.

Charlie Kirk is apparently a faultless martyr elevated to MAGA sainthood, but all of the kids shot in schools, shopping centers, clubs, and movie theaters are just statistics we should all be okay with sweeping under the rug.

[u/Major_Wigglesworth → u/Basilisk1667]

Oh no, my PEALS!

[u/Basilisk1667 → u/Major_Wigglesworth]

Whoops 😅

[u/Scared_Pollution2862]

I ve been saying for years, you want gun control; give law abiding blacks guns. See how fast these conservative start calling for sensible gun control. Happened in California , will happen Nationwide. Nothing scares conservative like empowered people of color.

[u/StatisticianRound718 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

I actually really like seeing other demographics at the range/gun store exercising their constitutional rights. This pic isn’t a great example though- I would be pretty anxious if a white guy with half his face covered was not only open carrying but had their gun held like that too. Tbh, i think most open carriers are clowns looking for drama

[u/MiserableAdvice468 → u/StatisticianRound718]

So ICE agents?

[u/Narren_C → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

No one has to give "law abiding blacks" guns. They're just as free to go buy a firearm as an other person in this country.

[u/EmployingBeef2 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

It's why Reagan passed gun laws in Cali before he became President

[u/i312i → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

Pretty racist to assume law-abiding POC dont own guns legally.

[u/Oh_yeah12 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

That’s the most racist comment I’ve ever heard. Who said blacks can’t have firearms?

[u/Taychon2319 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

Exactly why the NRA was founded. To keep black people from having guns.

[u/ironclad_packetship → u/Taychon2319]

FYI, the NRA was founded in 1871 by two Union army officers who were dismayed by the poor marksmanship demonstrated by Union army soldiers compared to Confederate soldiers. It was a marksmanship and firearm safety club meant to improve the ability of US citizens to use firearms.

You might be thinking of how the NRA supported the then-governor of California, Ronald Reagan, in signing the Mulford act which banned public carry of firearms as a direct response to the Black Panthers in 1967.

After the 1977 "Revolt at Cincinnati", the NRA's leadership was overthrown by much more radical 2nd amendment absolutists who did not share the previous leadership's fear of armed POC and adopted a universalist mentality of gun rights for everybody, although their messaging and outreach continued to focus on rural, white, conservative members.

In the early aughties, the NRA deliberately began a strong outreach towards members of minority communities, including hiring African-American influencer Colion Noir and sponsoring other POC spokespeople.

[u/aquavelva23 → u/ironclad_packetship]

from what I understand. no one cared or heard about the 2nd until the panthers armed themselves for personal protection.

[u/MCI21 → u/aquavelva23]

I wasn't alive during the time but the Black Panthers scared the shit out of white people. They used California's open carry law as a protest. Ronald Reagan is the reason for gun control in California. Their own god banned guns.

Edit: The NRA supported this, but it was not founded to keep guns away from them. Just an added bonus.

[u/CliffordSpot → u/Taychon2319]

This is literally just a blatant lie lmao

[u/Jt07132829 → u/Taychon2319]

Explain more on this one never heard that

[u/Johnnyboi2327 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

I'm much more on the pro-2A side of things, and I agree that more minorities should arm themselves. If you're a woman, buy a gun. If you're black, buy a gun. If you're gay, buy a gun.

[u/Shoddy_Background_48 → u/Johnnyboi2327]

If you're a gay black woman... buy 3 guns?

[u/Extension-Bit-7511 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

That’s just stupid. I grew up in Arizona land of open carry without a permit. I know there are stupid people who think this is a problem but they’re limited in numbers

[u/Murky_Option_3418 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

The key word is law abiding, don't have to worry about anyone law abiding.

[u/According-Insect-992 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

Arm all the trans people. We should start a nonprofit for getting AR-15s for trans people.

[u/Delicious_Cow7476 → u/Scared_Pollution2862]

Honestly no one cares if they're law abiding. It's the illegally owned guns with their serial numbers scratched off that they care about. But at that point it doesn't matter what color you are.

Your theory also doesn't work. California is an outlier compared to the rest of the south where this is already a thing and it is heavily conservative.

[u/Ok-Beyond-1927]

I've always said the best way to get gun control is to have armed black Americans routinely patrol their neighborhoods. The last time this happened, under the Black Panthers, Republicans and conservatives suddenly saw gun control in a new light and couldn't wait to cooperate with legislation.

[u/Redgrave1980 → u/Ok-Beyond-1927]

Nra as well as they pushed for it.

[u/Phailgasm]

well no, not when non-whites do it! Its quite clearly stated in the second amendment that its white, preferably male, preferably republicans only. Duh!

[u/Canthisbeforrezal77]

It’s amazing how fast they pushed for the ban on assault rifles when the Black Panthers began arming themselves. White hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[u/Nick_Bruiser]

Didn't it take Black Panthers showing up with guns on the steps of the California government building for Reagan to finally pass more sensible guns laws?

[u/Ok-Pass-9139]

I think every black adult that wants one should have a weapon. One thing is certain. If they all had guns, there would suddenly be a huge cry from the right for gun control

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/Ok-Pass-9139]

Not this guy. I'll give advice about deals online, good modifications, and why hoarding mags and ammo is wise. I'm actually pretty happy when there's a good makeup of differing humans on the firing line.

[u/Due_Satisfaction2167]

Seems like someone exercising their second amendment right to open carry to me. 

[u/Cyn_Sweetwater]

They were praising Rittenhouse for the same thing.

Racists gonna racist.

[u/CowabungaCthulhu → u/Cyn_Sweetwater]

Racists do be racisting, fa sho.

[u/Davidx91 → u/[deleted]]

The republicans banned open carry in California all those years ago because of the Black Panther Party open carrying.

[u/Warm_Afternoon6596 → u/Davidx91]

I love that Reagan was the one to do it. "They'll ban your guns!" coming from people who worship his ass is ridiculous.

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/Warm_Afternoon6596]

Reagan AND the NRA.

[u/SvenBubbleman → u/[deleted]]

Now I'm rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun.

These people ain't see a brown skinned man, since their grandparents bought one.

[u/SnooMaps7370 → u/[deleted]]

> I have a feeling suddenly people would be concerned about hundreds of guns in the street...

a few years ago when the right was going explosively hard against the trans community, groups like SRA and Pink Pistols started providing armed security at LGBT events, and that's exactly what happened.

[u/Warm_Afternoon6596 → u/SnooMaps7370]

Exactly. Target of abuse, hate, or opression uses their legal rights and suddenly it occurs to the hateful that they can easily become the victim themselves, even if it's only in their paranoid, bigoted minds.

[u/WntrTmpst → u/[deleted]]

Well then you have people like me who are pro 2a and hear something like this and just think

“Fuck yea, an armed minority is an empowered minority”

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t I guess

[u/Mega_Trix]

Republicans, party of "Rules for thee but not for me"

[u/tlimbert65]

I'm betting that's not downtown Minneapolis. And, that's a snowbank in the background, right? When was this taken?

[u/CamusCrankyCamel → u/tlimbert65]

Well the license plate is absolutely Minnesota 

[u/Awesomonkey12 → u/tlimbert65]

It's downtown Minneapolis on January 17th (2026)

[u/nesnahekim]

I’m not racist so, no I don’t. Looks like Kyle Rittenhouse to me. But with restraint and a .22.

[u/Orly5757]

They believe in the White to bear arms.

[u/Comprehensive_Act970]

As long as they are doing it legal what’s the problem?

[u/PeyredB]

The only problem I see here is muzzle control - the guy on the left is pointing his rifle at the one sitting next to him. They need to trade places.

[u/ResolveLeather]

Maybe don't point it at your companions leg. Good trigger discipline though.

[u/Negative-Delivery935]

Yeah this isn’t going to scare any conservative firearm owner. We actually shoot lethal loads and have trigger discipline.

[u/hashpipelul → u/Negative-Delivery935]

"lethal loads" lmao interesting choice of words

[u/Dr-Robert-Kelso → u/hashpipelul]

My loads are always lethal, that's why I never get second dates.

[u/Cthulhu_HighLord]

someone should really tell this young man to

#1 get his finger off the trigger

#2 stop pointing the business end at his gf

[u/desertwatchdogtango]

Looks like a patriotic American to me. Exercise those rights. And fuck ICE.

[u/Primus_is_OK_I_guess]

Is something looped through the trigger guard?

[u/Confident-Side7300]

Im a 2a advocate and I got no problem with that guy or anyone else exercising their right. Good for him, more people should do it

[u/Dcarr3000]

You mean the absolute dogshit trigger and muzzle discipline.

[u/King_johnson421 → u/Dcarr3000]

Going to blow a hole right through her leg if he has a sneeze sneak up on him

[u/Rasabk → u/King_johnson421]

It's cool, they've seen movies. Shot in the leg is just an annoyance.

What the hell is a femoral artery? You some kinda nerd?

[u/ALTH0X]

It was never about the constitution or states rights, it was always racism

[u/CyrilAdekia]

Suddenly guys with guns and masks are a problem?

[u/NervousGearGenius]

Open carrying a rifle in public is generally prohibited in Minnesota, and combining it with a mask involves severe legal restrictions under state open-carry and anti-concealment laws.

[u/classiestgentleman → u/NervousGearGenius]

That firearm looks to qualify as a pistol under the BATFE rules and definitions. Not trying to be pedantic here but the distinction matters when it comes to firearms and carrying in public. Seems crazy, I know, but thems the rules, I guess.

[u/MaximumNameDensity → u/NervousGearGenius]

1. This weapon is classified as a pistol (I know, it's ludicrous)

2. Open carrying a rifle is generally prohibited... unless you have a permit.

3. Assuming he has a permit, there is nothing he is doing that falls outside legality.

[u/GamingTrucker12621 → u/MaximumNameDensity]

Short barrel rifles are NOT pistols under and classification.

Edit: Reddit app replied to wrong person but comment still stands.

[u/Old_Protection_8778 → u/NervousGearGenius]

If they're ice agents they can wear whatever they want

[u/BriggySmallz42069]

I lost a lot of so called "friends" when I started saying that the 2nd Amendment = trans rights, minority rights, gay and lesbian rights, women's rights. etc .... so yeah. Carry, and carry on.

[u/Warm_Ad_3067]

Just why?

[u/72nd_TFTS]

Ronald Reagan and the Mulford act.
Literally freaking out because Black people have guns

[u/reluctantpotato1]

I mean judging by the lack of credentials and posture I'm pretty sure he's an immigration agent.

[u/Responsible_Tie_2551]

Minnesota is an open carry state, but it requires a permit for both handguns and long guns. Presumably, this Citizen is responsible gun owner with an appropriate permit to carry. The Daily Caller should be praising them.

[u/Fun_Trick2172]

This is gonna get the magaflakes underoos all bunched up.

[u/BroCo-608]

I have no way of knowing if these two ppl are ICE or not. Aren’t half of them plainclothes anyway?

[u/NervousGearGenius]

The mask is the only real standout issue that I see. If the kid has a permit and is old enough, then I don't see an issue, and good on him for using his 2A rights. If anything, he will probably have more trouble dealing with local law than ICE. Daily Caller is hypocrite in either case if they didn't do proper journalism.

[u/Ithinkmayb]

This photo is old as shit, almost a year old. Anyone posting and using this is just an NPC trying to divide us more than we our.

Don't feed the trolls.

[u/CaramelGuilty8647]

I don't know where his trigger finger is, but his muzzle discipline sucks!

[u/TiredMillennial1]

There is this group that used to do these 2nd Amendment walks where they would just walk down the sidewalk, strapped like this.

When the white guy did it, the cop would walk up and be like, dude wtf you doing?

When the black guy did it, guns were drawn and aimed and cops were screaming and escalating. So much blatant racism.

[u/Master-Crazy6454]

There's absolutely nothing stopping POC from legally buying and carrying weapons like anyone else.

[u/New-Philosophy-6969]

The masks start coming off when black citizens publicly arm themselves, you truly start seeing the klansman come out. It's never really been about the second amendment of course. All for me, none for thee more like it. Historical references see Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

[u/Glittering-Role5927]

I don't see a problem

[u/Rakesh_Natsuno]

o/
Right wing white southerner here!
With no knowledge of the context of the photo, only thing I'd recommend, is someone does need to train the young individual on gun safety. They have the barrel directed at their friend's thigh in the photo, and even with safety on, sometimes accidents can happen. I'd teach the individual how to safely carry and wish them Godspeed on whatever they're fighting for.

[u/NarrowAd4973]

The main issue I have with this picture is that he's muzzling her leg. That rifle should be pointed somewhere else. One accidental trigger pull/misfire and she could have a .223 round going through her femur.

I fully support gun ownership, but a firearms safety and operation course should be mandatory before getting one.

[u/Frogman-Wizard]

I mean, I've known that conservatives really don't believe in anything except what is convenient in the moment for many years; but the reaction to the Alex Pretti killing still REALLY fucked me up.

[u/Next-Pumpkin-654]

California penalizes carrying a firearm in public while masked to hide identity.

Other states do similar things.

[u/NekoNekoo-sama]

i mean, what do you expect when they go after ppl of color with weapon drawn

[u/veryexpensivegas]

Why is Olivia talking to themselves? Or are they replying to another post?

[u/Aware_Astronaut_477 → u/[deleted]]

I think you’ve misinterpreted the post entirely

[u/Moist_Taco_Crippler]

Should have got a brace, a bufferless AR pistol, or a rifle class AR.

[u/fonkordie]

Love the 2nd amendment hate this dudes disregard for the 2nd rule of firearm safety.

[u/OrbeaSeven]

I was living in Austin, TX around the time a law was passed allowing open carry. Two idiots decided to open carry on a walking trail for no reason other than they could do so. Lots of calls to police.

[u/Urban_Introvert]

Irrelevant comment but I wouldn’t feel comfortable sitting next to someone who has the gun pointed my their leg

[u/Squildo]

“Point it the other way, bro.”

[u/elijahACK]

Who has an issue with this? Other than the people converse that he’s not demonstrating gun safety and needs better trading so he’s not pointing the gun at his friend?

[u/Royal-Possible-6677]

Key Details from the Image and Event

• Location: Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Date: January 17, 2026. • Context: The pair went viral on social media after being photographed attending or providing security near a demonstration involving anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and counter-protests. • Firearm: The individual on the left is holding what appears to be a Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 rifle/pistol configuration. Online discussions and reviews of the photo heavily debated gun safety practices, trigger discipline, and open-carry laws in Minnesota.

[u/Facehugger81]

If a society fails to protect its members they will band together and protect themselves.

[u/FadedCynicism]

Exactly this.