Four dead in Ohio
by digby
I know this seems like ancient history. And it sort of is. But it was scary and abnormal even then.
This sort of thing happens when there are too many loaded guns and too many people high on adrenaline with itchy trigger fingers. And it doesn't matter which "side" is armed, if it's the jackboots or the "militia" --- or both, innocent people get killed:
There is no place for guns at political protests --- not carried by police, not carried by participants. It's just not a democracy when you can't argue over the government's policies without fear of being shot.
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