On June 27, in Huntington Park, California, federal agents from Customs and Border Protection (CPB) carried out a violent raid on the home of a working class family while Jenny Ramirez was caring for her two children, aged six and one.

In a scene of militarized terror more typical of a war zone than a residential neighborhood in Los Angeles, agents used an explosive device to blast the front door off its hinges—without warning or announcement—before storming the premises.

Home surveillance footage of the raid shows eight heavily armed agents, guns drawn, storming the home after blowing the door off its hinges. Later in the video, Ramirez and her children are seen being escorted out by the agents.

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    So, they are using breaching charges and military tactics. Where the gun people? Left wing 2A where you at?

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      If you’re asking this question you should be joining their ranks. Don’t wait for someone else to protect you. Arm yourself and learn how to use it.

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        I’m not in america. I know how to use firearms and am trained.

        I am asking the most armed country why it is a single way range right now, when they keep saying they have firearms for this specific situation.

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          It would seem that by “tyrannical government” most of us actually meant “non-whites”.

          More directly, I would guess the people who are in a position to do something, like myself, would prefer not to be the only one showing up against a militarized police force and federalized national guard troops. Armed resistance isn’t widely viewed as necessary even though I would argue we’re past the point where it should have been widespread. Perhaps holding that belief and not engaging in such methods makes me a coward, I’m honestly not sure. I do know that I see a lot more sentiments like “where are the armed leftists” than I do “how do I join an armed leftist organization” and I don’t think we’re going anywhere until that changes. Everyone, myself included, is waiting on someone else to step in and stop this rather than deciding that it’s up to us to do it ourselves.

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          If your skin ain’t in the game you don’t get to complain. It’s easy to tell “other people” to go risk their lives.

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            Then Americans should stop saying their guns are for when tyrants show up.

            I don’t have skin in the game when the orange turd has threatened my country? Take that nonsense to the circus.

            Real tired of your shit Yankee.

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      I just unloaded most of my defense ammo in preparation for going to the range tonight.

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    Brought to you by the party of common sense, reason, and family values.

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      What are they supposed to do? Just not use the cool expensive toys their increased budget got them? That would be a criminal waste of taxpayer dollars! /s

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        No they are massively over budget. They haven’t gotten a budget increase yet, it just passed Congress.

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        That’s using the budget they have now.

        The new budget going through right now increases their budget to an absurd degree. ICE is about to have a larger budget than any other country’s entire military and defense budget.

        They’re 100% militarizing the gestapo.

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      The massive budget is going to allow them to build death camps. Detainees are already dying.
      What happens when a hurricane hits Florida’s new tent camp?

      This is so bad.

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    “Thugs” isn’t the right word.

    Terrorists. Fascistic Lackeys. Brutalizers.

    I have plenty of synonymous for these faceless fuckfaced assholes.

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      Oh no, they’re very sane. They just love weapons, violence, and cruelty more than most people do.