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hlthe2b

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3. Well, I applaud their efforts, if I fear they cannot make that promise. An ICE thug (and they seem not to care if they
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 01:44 PM
Nov 19

traumatize or even injure children) crashes through your window and drags you out, pepper-spraying the interior of the car, what then? I have long feared that those with concealed carry permits (or not) will pull out a weapon. Most are undoubtedly smart enough NOT to do so, given what is going on, but can there be only a few sorely tempted? As much as I share their urge to see more than verbal pushback, I know that would be deadly and give Trump et al the excuse of a decade to accelerate even more.

I remember after 911 volunteering with a group that would do similar for Muslims living near a mosque and an office I worked at in Denver. We did so for months. But, honestly, I feel as though none of them were at the same kind of ongoing risk as anyone with brown or black skin right now, who speaks accented English (or none at all) or a US citizen of any race or color who merely is in the wrong place at the wrong time, looks at these cretins "wrong," or understandably has difficulty not speaking out or interjecting.

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