Riots of 2020 have given as boost to the Second Amendment

Riots of 2020 have given as boost to the Second Amendment

• Riots over George Floyd predictably resulted in billions in property damage, but it might be a surprise that they have strengthened the argument for gun rights.

"...“The Right to Armed Self Defense in the Light of Law Enforcement Abdication,” notes that the experience of this year’s riots undercuts the classic argument against an individual right to arms. 

While gun-control proponents have for decades argued that individual gun ownership is unnecessary in the modern era, where we have police forces to control crime, that hasn’t worked out very well this year for people in numerous urban centers around America.

...In case after case, police were told to stand down, in order to avoid provoking violence. 

And in each case, the result was more violence, more property destruction, and more damage to businesses and jobs, while political leaders stood by.
...Even in normal times, gun owners joke that “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.” But, sometimes, they’re not coming at all. 

Sometimes they’re not even allowed to show up. 

(And, historically, political leaders have sometimes used the denial of police protection to opponents as a means of opening those opponents up to violent attacks.)...Read all.