RE: Escalating violence as armed protests planned in all 50 state capitals
January 14, 2021 at 1:42 pm
(January 14, 2021 at 1:22 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: The closest thing I can think of is the assassination of Huey Long in 1935, but while I concede that the vast majority of protests with guns end with nary a shot being fired, the context behind these new protests is very different. Namely, that they were hoping to actively overthrow the government. This is not something you want to take chances on, even if the one person to get shot in the Capitol riot was a rioter shot by police.The protesters were not trying to overthrow the government. If they were they would have been looking to dipose President Trump.
To date - like it or not -Trump is President. To overthrow the government you would have to overthrow him.
They were trying to prevent transfer of power to a new government.
Big difference. One is sedition. One is not.
Both are however - illegal - and subject to penalty..
