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Torchlight

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1. I would strongly suggest a discrete can of pepper spray

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 12:50 PM

Jun 2025

if you're comfortable with it and if your state/local ordinances permit it. I live in TX, and it's legal to carry in public under almost any circumstance (which we do, no sweat).

Given the baiting by the RW that will invariably occur and potentially get too aggressive in their own right, hot sauce is an efficient deterrent to sudden, up-close acts of assault or aggression.

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I would strongly suggest a discrete can of pepper spray Torchlight Jun 2025 #1

Check state laws. I'd advise NO. Doing this you're not preparing to be peaceful. Pepper spray implies assault, not ancianita Jun 2025 #2

Most state and local ordnances allows it Torchlight Jun 2025 #3

So what. Police don't care. Once you exert your "safety" both YOU AND THE PROVOCATEUR ARE ARRESTED. ancianita Jun 2025 #5

Def write legal ph #s on your arms and one other place with Sharpie Prairie Gates Jun 2025 #4

I do not understand all these suggestions... Trueblue Texan Jun 2025 #6

Well, it's a big country, right? Maybe it depends on where one lives, where the protest is held, and what the ancianita Jun 2025 #7