Bryan Malinowski, executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, was fatally wounded in a shootout as ATF agents tried to serve a search warrant at his home.

An executive for the Little Rock, Arkansas, airport who was killed in a shootout with federal agents this week had been under investigation over gun sales, search warrant records unsealed Thursday show.

Bryan Malinowski, 53, who was executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, was shot after he opened fire at federal agents who arrived to serve a warrant Tuesday morning, officials said.

Malinowski died Thursday, his family said. His brother has said he was shot in the head.

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    Just a reminder that the 1979 Iranian Revolution happened when 98% of voters approved of the shift to an Islamic Republic.

    The battlefield isn’t always two sides facing off and shooting each other determined by who has the larger caliber. Sometimes it’s in basements and churches, whispered to close friends and trusted compatriots.

    I tell people all the time (especially trans and BIPOC friends) as often as I can that now is the time to arm yourself. Get a couple firearms (a long one and a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn a bit of first aid (you just need to know how to stabilize someone), and start networking with like minded people around you. As you’ve pointed out the police and military will not protect us, they’ll happily shoot us in the face with rubber bullet and club senior citizens to the ground; just like they did during the BLM protests.

    There are idiots champing at the bit for a “civil war,” and while they may not win it, more than a few might be happy to take a couple “queer-o libtard commie groomers” or whatever with them in the process.

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      That’s not the situation in the US. The vast majority don’t want a christofascist dictatorship. The army decides who wins any revolution. You don’t beat the army, you get it on your side. Most of the members of the army don’t want a christofascist dictatorship, either, and the leadership definitely don’t want one. If the Trumpists try to take up arms to install Trump as dictator they end up in prison or dead and the US survives.

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        That’s not the situation in the U.S. today but who’s to say what things will look like 50 years from now.

        I’m not saying we shouldn’t have gun control laws just that the argument that the person with more/bigger guns will win is a poor argument.

        Regardless, we don’t have to agree, have a pleasant weekend!

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          I didn’t say anything about gun control. Nothing. Not a single word.

          I’m talking about the Gravy Seals, Y’all Queda, Meal Team 6 who think they can use their AR15s and ill- fitting, mismatched surplus store body armour to overthrow the government and install the Mandarin Mussolini as dictator for life. They will end up in prison or dead and the US will be better off for it.