the munitions part is just as terrifying, if not more so https://twitter.com/farhip/status/1307337087130234880
7,000 rounds of ammo, along with a stash of M4 carbines.
see sidebar here https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1307488404335190016
and here https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1307487946975653889
at one point in this conversation I bring up Kent State shooting, which actually, still is somewhat of a mystery even decades later. https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1307484680934088705
you will not be surprised to learn that a key to the entire flow of events hinges on the uncertain motives and behavior of an armed civilian that came between the Guard and the student protesters https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1307483264702197764
there is, as I noted in the side convo, something of a crude parallel to both the various LE people that showed up and the armed civilian hobbyists, especially as Norman was apparently both simultaneously
the contemporary relevance for DC protests? well...
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