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St. Louis Couple Defend Their Home When Protesters Enter Private Neighborhood [VIDEO]

Dan Zimmerman
St. Louis couple defends home

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Yesterday about 300 protestors opened a gate and entered a private neighborhood in St. Louis’s Central West End area. The protestors were reportedly headed to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home to demand her resignation.

The owners of one of the properties the protestors passed, given recent rioting and burning that has grown out of protests in St. Louis and around the country, were concerned about the marchers and what their intentions might be. Both homeowners armed themselves and stood outside in order to defend their home.

Take a look (language warning):

For context, the protestors opened this gate, walking past this sign to enter the neighborhood. They clearly knew they were trespassing.

Here’s more footage:

The couple was promptly doxxed last night, identified as local attorneys. Here’s a report from a local St. Louis TV station:

First, let’s get this out of the way: some basic safety training would benefit both of them. The man was seen lasering his wife with the rifle and the woman continually pointed the gun at the protestors with her finger on the trigger.

In terms of safety and tactics, the couple is certainly open to legitimate criticism and criticized they were. And not just for their gunhandling skills.

But they’ve gotten plenty of support, too.

It’s safe to say that these homeowners were legitimately concerned for their safety and that of their home, like anyone who’s been watching the news these past few weeks. The crowd was technically trespassing. The homeowners availed themselves of their Second Amendment rights in order to protect themselves and their very impressive home.

Some have even compared them to Los Angeles’s rooftop Koreans.

If you’ve been paying attention at all, you know that protests can and have turned violent with no notice, frequently while police have stayed back and let it happen. These two people wanted to ensure nothing like that happened to their home. And they likely won’t be the last if protests and violence moves into more residential areas.

These two will no doubt be the targets of a torrent of criticism and ridicule on a national level now (can you imagine Don Lemon’s nuanced take on the situation this evening?) And some are claiming that what the woman did constitutes assault.

But the bottom line is, these people felt threatened when the mob broke into their neighborhood and did what they felt was necessary to protect themselves and their property, responding with a show of force. This is exactly the kind of situation that has prompted literally millions of Americans to buy their first firearms over the last 90 days.

While many will claim the response was over the top, that’s difficult to argue given what’s been broadcast for everyone to see over the last few months. After watching weeks of protests, anarchy, arson and looting, they were determined that would not happen to them and in the end, it didn’t.

 

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