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Armed citizens have formed a group called the Self-Defense Brigade and have started to patrol the violent areas of Hartford, Connecticut — but the mayor reportedly isn't thrilled with the group's efforts.
What are the details?
“We are legally armed, and we are patrolling,” Cornell Lewis, founder of the Self-Defense Brigade, told WVIT-TV. “The people on Garden Street came to us and asked us for help.”The station noted that the group members didn't appear to be open carrying, which is banned in Connecticut; rather, organizers earlier told WVIT that armed patrollers would be licensed and carrying concealed weapons.
“We are not vigilantes," Lewis told the station. "We are a group of people that are disciplined and trained. We go to the shooting range."
The brigade also met to discuss gun rights as well as how to get a permit and the practices of safe carry, personal use, and storage of guns, WVIT said.
Lewis added to the station that the brigade is planning on conducting the patrols a few times a week: “We'll be patrolling at night. So it's not just a one-time thing. It's going to be on a consistent basis."
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Gun rights not a color thing but an American thing.
Armed citizens have formed a group called the Self-Defense Brigade and have started to patrol the violent areas of Hartford, Connecticut — but the mayor reportedly isn't thrilled with the group's efforts.
What are the details?
“We are legally armed, and we are patrolling,” Cornell Lewis, founder of the Self-Defense Brigade, told WVIT-TV. “The people on Garden Street came to us and asked us for help.”The station noted that the group members didn't appear to be open carrying, which is banned in Connecticut; rather, organizers earlier told WVIT that armed patrollers would be licensed and carrying concealed weapons.
“We are not vigilantes," Lewis told the station. "We are a group of people that are disciplined and trained. We go to the shooting range."
The brigade also met to discuss gun rights as well as how to get a permit and the practices of safe carry, personal use, and storage of guns, WVIT said.
Lewis added to the station that the brigade is planning on conducting the patrols a few times a week: “We'll be patrolling at night. So it's not just a one-time thing. It's going to be on a consistent basis."
Gun rights not a color thing but an American thing.
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