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

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:06 PM

Jun 2025

good in any protest context. Pepper spray is not good in any peaceful protest context.

Pay attention to Indivisibles. READ this article. Pay attention.

Peaceful protests should NOT harbor any secret assault mindset. But you ARE.

If you want to take RW bait, I'd advise against that, too, because you're already thinking like your right wing opponents.

If you prepare mentally now to physically engage, you're not a peaceful protestor at heart, and
you will only feed into the political violence that you as a Democrat say you decry about the Jan 6 people and their felon leader.

You're free to make your decision, take your chances.
My strong advice? Be honest with yourself.
If you're fearful, and you can't face violence without pepper spray, you really should not go.

Don't be part of the RW political violence problem. Be a part of peaceful solution.

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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