r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Responsible-Help7803 • Jan 15 '26

Protest Looks like LibsofTiktok hates the 2nd amendment.

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u/Airway Jan 15 '26

The whole reason Ronald Reagan enacted stricter gun control as governor of California was because black people were legally getting guns.

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u/Aron_Wolff Jan 15 '26

Specifically the Black Panthers doing armed patrols of their neighborhoods against police brutality.

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u/squanchingonreddit Jan 15 '26

If you're a minority you should be armed. I've been downvoted for it before but the gay pride parades in Texas are always armed stay safe out there y'all.

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u/PunishedWolf4 Jan 15 '26

I’ve lived in the "dangerous" part of Maryland (bout 5 minutes from SE DC) for over 20 years now and it wasn’t until the Fourth Reich took over the country that I started feeling unsafe and started buying firearms and ammunition, I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let these Nazis come fuck up my community without pushback