Oath Keepers Plan to Arm Black People With AR-15 Rifles for Iconic Event: Report The Root ^ | 8/17 | Breanna Edwards Posted on 8/18/2015, 12:59:23 PM by nickcarraway
The leader of a Missouri Oath Keepers group is planning the experimental protest, hoping to arm 50 black people with rifles to demonstrate the meaning of the states open-carry law.
Oath Keepers are planning to use black protesters for a special kind of experimental demonstration within the next couple of weeks by arming some 50 black individuals with AR-15 rifles in a march to show what Missouris open-carry law really stands for, Red Dirt Report notes.
Sam Andrews, who heads a St. Louis County chapter, said the event will most likely occur within the next couple of weeks, comparing the event to Martin Luther King Jr.s march on Washington, D.C., according to the site.
It will be an iconic event, Andrews told the site.
The armed black participants will be surrounded by Oath Keeper members, Andrews said.
The Oath Keeper said that he was moved to attempt the experiment after the anniversary of Michael Browns death, when members were allegedly told that they could not carry long-barrel rifles into Ferguson. The Oath Keepers reportedly said that they were there at the request of journalists, providing security while they covered the anniversary.
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To: nickcarraway
Handing out rifles to complete strangers seems like a really bad idea no matter their skin color.
2 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:01:27 PM by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Wonderful.
What could possibly go wrong with this stunt?
3 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:03:34 PM by rdcbn (Amen) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Handing out rifles to the Michael Brown protesters is sick.
4 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:04:57 PM by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway Oath Keepers are planning to use black protesters
Uhh.. USE them? Hand them some AR's and "surround" them and make a spectacle of it?
Well now, as much as I loathe the riotous "protesters" and think highly of guns and patriotism.. I've got to say this sounds ill-conceived.
Or maybe I don't get the point of this, or it was poorly written about.
I ain't about to agree with overtly "USING" black people or any other people. 5 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:05:43 PM by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: DesertRhino
no good will come from this...
6 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:06:28 PM by brivette [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Wonder whose rifles theyll be using, or who is funding this.
7 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:08:50 PM by Carthego delenda est [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
What - EXACTLY - is the plan for re acquiring said rifles?
8 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:10:35 PM by willgolfforfood [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
What could go wrong?
9 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:12:09 PM by Attention Surplus Disorder (This space for rent.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
What could possible go wrong?
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10 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:17:18 PM by SGCOS [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
What a bunch of buffoons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:17:21 PM by AEMILIUS PAULUS [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Power to da Peeple Right On
12 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:18:56 PM by Regulator [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Good for them.
If its legal to carry long arms in Ferguson, then its legal regardless of skin color.
A vast number of people in the US have shown themselves to be incapable of normal prudence, and a lot of those people are black.
However I dont suppose oath keepers are handing out long arms at random. Ive got to imagine there are 50 blacks out there who dont take their gun-handling tips from Idiocracy.
13 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:19:34 PM by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Police should show up with AR-15 and plenty of body bags to the ready. First attempt out of order and hope they have at least 50 body bags.
14 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:28:40 PM by Logical me [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
I am very interested to see how this turns out.
15 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:37:42 PM by PGR88 [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway
Film at 9
16 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:50:27 PM by DonkeyBonker (Hard to paddle against the flow of sewage coming out of the White House.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway "Hold my beer baby and watch this ..." Billy Dee Wiliams photo: colt 45 Colt45-billydee.jpg 17 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:53:55 PM by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: BenLurkin
Sounds like the black folks fear being armed in public and the Oath Keepers are going to arm them and provide protection. Kiond of radical but some problems require radical solutions.
18 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:54:23 PM by Lion Den Dan [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies] To: Lion Den Dan
If youre correc then this is a great idea. Blacks should learn that they are not dependent on the government police for their security. They should be allowed and equipped to protect and defend themselves.
One big step off of the liberal plantation.
19 posted on 8/18/2015, 1:59:39 PM by FreedomNotSafety [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies] To: FreedomNotSafety
Well said.
This is almost exactly the purpose for which the NRA was instituted.
20 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:03:57 PM by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies] To: nickcarraway Will the recipients be vetted for the following:
* Will they have a background check i.e. they are not felons. * Will they be trained. * Will they be of the right mind and body to carry said firearm.
I am sure their are many other questions FR'ers.... 21 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:07:31 PM by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: BenLurkin Sounds like they've taken a page from Uncle Sam's playbook....we all know how that story goes. 22 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:15:26 PM by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies] To: rdcbn
Exercising the Second Amendment is a stunt to you? You sure you didnt mean to post that crap on DU?
23 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:19:32 PM by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies] To: Logical me
You realize that if the police had such a plan and they executed such a plan that it would be pre-meditated murder, right?
Because just one person being out of order does not justify murdering 49 others.
24 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:31:47 PM by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies] To: MeganC No, supplying AR15 to New Black Panthers and gang bangers who have already been creating more than enough mayhem in Ferguson by shooting up the place with much lower powered, lower range small caliber pistols is not a stunt.
It's more like aiding and abetting violent crime and possibly inciting a riot if things go sideways. 25 posted on 8/18/2015, 2:38:09 PM by rdcbn (Amen)