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Behind paywall, so unless people are clever, probably hard to read.
An even-handed account of the ups and downs of providing security in the zone, dealing with locals acting up (usually mental-health related) and people outside the zone who come looking for conflict.
From a 2A perspective, I give the following short excerpt:
If 2020 represents a (long-overdue?) moment of self-examination for the country, then for some, rediscovering the value of the second amendment, perhaps reclaiming it from the extremists, would be a very good thing, IMO.
An even-handed account of the ups and downs of providing security in the zone, dealing with locals acting up (usually mental-health related) and people outside the zone who come looking for conflict.
From a 2A perspective, I give the following short excerpt:
Firearms present a different challenge. Many of the volunteers are licensed gun owners, but bringing a weapon changes the dynamic. “If you are open-carrying, de-escalation is more challenging because at that point you are also a threat to anyone that you come up to,” Markinson said.
But that can leave volunteers vulnerable. Sentinels say they are particularly concerned about right-wing groups such as the far-right Three Percenters and the Proud Boys, a group that has made headlines for its part in violent clashes in Portland, Ore., and New York.
An uneasy compromise could be seen early Sunday, when a sentinel who gave his name as James Madison stood at the southern barricade with an AR-15 draped over his chest, as he has done on other nights.
Madison said he was standing guard because of reports of a “known threatening vehicle” circling near the autonomous zone. “We found the owner of that threatening vehicle’s Twitter, and he clearly intended to do harm to the protesters based on his tweets,” he said in a text message. “There are a few of us who are armed.”
But that can leave volunteers vulnerable. Sentinels say they are particularly concerned about right-wing groups such as the far-right Three Percenters and the Proud Boys, a group that has made headlines for its part in violent clashes in Portland, Ore., and New York.
An uneasy compromise could be seen early Sunday, when a sentinel who gave his name as James Madison stood at the southern barricade with an AR-15 draped over his chest, as he has done on other nights.
Madison said he was standing guard because of reports of a “known threatening vehicle” circling near the autonomous zone. “We found the owner of that threatening vehicle’s Twitter, and he clearly intended to do harm to the protesters based on his tweets,” he said in a text message. “There are a few of us who are armed.”
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