Let's not have a huge debate over semantics. The obvious difference between the militia in Oregon and your average Muslim is:
Muslims - using mass, indiscriminate violence against civilians to strike terror into the population
Militia - conducting a non-violent protest against the government for the sake of raising awareness and demanding accountability
Legal definitions aside... it's a moral question. Do we consider the two scenarios above to be the same? To warrant the same response?
Regarding what happened to Lavoy, it's impossible to be certain from the video, but it seems most plausible that he was shot with his hands up.
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