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With No 2nd Amend., HK Residents Face Live Ammo Armed with Bows and Arrows

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The necessity of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment can be seen in the people of Hong Kong’s struggle for independence from the communist Chinese government. Residents of the city are forced to turn to archery and other medieval methods of defense while facing police armed with live ammo.

Officers confronted protesters with the threat of deadly live ammunition as activists holed up inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University, NPR reported Tuesday.

This isn’t the first time bullets have been fired by Hong Kong police during the protests.

Facing a foe with superior technology and armaments, protesters are now forced to get creative.

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Javelins and arrows, taken from sporting goods stores, universities or private collections, are now being distributed by some protesters as confrontations with police escalate.

Although these small projectiles can keep police at bay, the tools are useless against the riot shields and armored vehicles employed by the aggressive lines of law enforcement.

Catapults, cobbled together with zip ties, bamboo and elastic bands, serve as heavy artillery for the protesters.

Video of the makeshift siege weapon lobbing firebombs over great distances is making its way out of the city, showing the protesters’ ingenuity and defiance in the face of totalitarian control.

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Not every dissenter is fighting on the front lines of the protests.

Will protesters eventually win out in Hong Kong?

Some are hard at work cobbling together an arsenal of democracy. Universities serve as staging grounds as students assemble explosives and firebombs.

Stashes of pre-made Molotov cocktails and explosive IEDs placed in the road show that even without guns, crude solutions can help people fight for their freedom.

The protests started as Hong Kong citizens rallied against a pro-China bill that would allow the communist government a shocking amount of power when extraditing prisoners, leading to fears that it would be used to crack down on pro-democracy advocates.

Protesters have taken to the streets since March, and the violence has only escalated from there.

While the police appear unwilling to back down, anger from Hong Kong residents only continues to grow.

Without firearms, however, their attempts to remain independent may be doomed.

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Jared has written more than 200 articles and assigned hundreds more since he joined The Western Journal in February 2017. He was an infantryman in the Arkansas and Georgia National Guard and is a husband, dad and aspiring farmer.
Jared has written more than 200 articles and assigned hundreds more since he joined The Western Journal in February 2017. He is a husband, dad, and aspiring farmer. He was an infantryman in the Arkansas and Georgia National Guard. If he's not with his wife and son, then he's either shooting guns or working on his motorcycle.
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