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CNN STORY (with images): http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/world/europe/turkey-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/world/europe/turkey-prote

CNN STORY (with images): http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/world/europe/turkey-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/world/europe/turkey-protests/i... It's now a full blown anti-government riot. The park issue was just the last straw that set it off. The original poster was telling the truth now stop arguing about shopping malls.

bconway 13y ago
When I see stories like this, I'm always impressed at the wide availability of gas masks. Are we even allowed to own those in the States?* *Yes, I know how sad of a question that is.
- mickt 13y ago
  Go to any "Army, Navy" store (they sell old military uniforms etc).
- CrazedGeek 13y ago
  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/175-7511757-7036919?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gas+mask http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/175-7511757-7036919... Knock yourself out.
- muzz 13y ago
  Ignorance, whether real or pretend, is often a great way of spreading FUD.
  - bconway 13y ago
    I'm not sure why you feel my post was disingenuous. There are many forms of self-protection that we need to ask our government permissions to obtain.
- blhack 13y ago
  Of course we're "allowed" to own them in the United States... Despite what people on reddit, and other fringe internet forums would have you believe, The United States has some of the strongest personal liberties in the world.
  - e3pi 13y ago
    We Americans may be allowed to own gas masks, but we are not allowed to wear them. I was at WTO `Battle in Seattle', protesters were arrested for wearing them, individuals had their gas masks brutally removed then pepper sprayed in the face.
    - petsos 13y ago
      Thank God for not being a police state dystopia like Singapore.
  - scarmig 13y ago
    Fairly disingenuous to claim we can own them, which, though true as far as it goes, really doesn't accurately describe the situation. In most jurisdictions, it's illegal to wear a gas mask during a protest. The ostensible logic for this is that they, as with all masks, obscure the face and hinder personal identification by police (which we'd call "internal security forces" if it were Turkey or China or someplace). If you're caught wearing one during a protest, you can be arrested ipso facto, and it will be confiscated and not returned to you, and you'll be subject to legal penalties merely for wearing it.
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  - fianchetto 13y ago
    > Despite what people on reddit, and other fringe internet forums would have you believe, The United States has some of the strongest personal liberties in the world. I must disagree. Any government that would prohibit free agriculture is already on the road to tyranny. Every dictatorship, no matter its form, allows for the existence of some personal liberties as it limits the rest.
    - shabble 13y ago
      Freedom from "raw" milk, or freedom from your neighbour deciding to start a pig farm or drain your shared aquifer for irrigation?
- dspeyer 13y ago
  According to another on-the-ground account http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1fi07t/im_so_confused_can_someone_provide_a_clear_cut/caaggt6 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1fi07t/im_so_conf... > The military has been handing out gas masks to civilians and there is a video of then getting into verbal arguments with the police. Although the gendarme look as if they are in with the government the majority of the military look as if they're going to sit this one out while quietly supporting the protests.
- Cthulhu_ 13y ago
  > Are we even allowed to own those in the States? You, as far as I gathered, and probably depending on state etc, have a constitutional right to arm yourself to the teeth; somehow, gas masks seem a bit trivial compared to rifles.
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bconway 13y ago

When I see stories like this, I'm always impressed at the wide availability of gas masks. Are we even allowed to own those in the States?* *Yes, I know how sad of a question that is.

mickt 13y ago
Go to any "Army, Navy" store (they sell old military uniforms etc).
CrazedGeek 13y ago
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/175-7511757-7036919?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gas+mask http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/175-7511757-7036919... Knock yourself out.
muzz 13y ago
Ignorance, whether real or pretend, is often a great way of spreading FUD.
- bconway 13y ago
  I'm not sure why you feel my post was disingenuous. There are many forms of self-protection that we need to ask our government permissions to obtain.
blhack 13y ago
Of course we're "allowed" to own them in the United States... Despite what people on reddit, and other fringe internet forums would have you believe, The United States has some of the strongest personal liberties in the world.
- e3pi 13y ago
  We Americans may be allowed to own gas masks, but we are not allowed to wear them. I was at WTO `Battle in Seattle', protesters were arrested for wearing them, individuals had their gas masks brutally removed then pepper sprayed in the face.
  - petsos 13y ago
    Thank God for not being a police state dystopia like Singapore.
- scarmig 13y ago
  Fairly disingenuous to claim we can own them, which, though true as far as it goes, really doesn't accurately describe the situation. In most jurisdictions, it's illegal to wear a gas mask during a protest. The ostensible logic for this is that they, as with all masks, obscure the face and hinder personal identification by police (which we'd call "internal security forces" if it were Turkey or China or someplace). If you're caught wearing one during a protest, you can be arrested ipso facto, and it will be confiscated and not returned to you, and you'll be subject to legal penalties merely for wearing it.
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- fianchetto 13y ago
  > Despite what people on reddit, and other fringe internet forums would have you believe, The United States has some of the strongest personal liberties in the world. I must disagree. Any government that would prohibit free agriculture is already on the road to tyranny. Every dictatorship, no matter its form, allows for the existence of some personal liberties as it limits the rest.
  - shabble 13y ago
    Freedom from "raw" milk, or freedom from your neighbour deciding to start a pig farm or drain your shared aquifer for irrigation?
dspeyer 13y ago
According to another on-the-ground account http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1fi07t/im_so_confused_can_someone_provide_a_clear_cut/caaggt6 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1fi07t/im_so_conf... > The military has been handing out gas masks to civilians and there is a video of then getting into verbal arguments with the police. Although the gendarme look as if they are in with the government the majority of the military look as if they're going to sit this one out while quietly supporting the protests.
Cthulhu_ 13y ago
> Are we even allowed to own those in the States? You, as far as I gathered, and probably depending on state etc, have a constitutional right to arm yourself to the teeth; somehow, gas masks seem a bit trivial compared to rifles.

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