Suppressing the Rioters.

The 2nd Amendment says that we are armed so we can form militias if we want.

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 says the militias are supposed to "execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."

So, the one thing the Constitution does NOT say, is that we have the right to bear arms to START an insurrection against the government.

On the other hand, the only time a sitting president ever personally led troops into battle was when President Washington mounted up and led troops into the field to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. At no point did he disarm anyone, not even the men and women who were rebelling against the government.

Should the federal government suppress the rioters by calling forth the militia? Well, Washington's action certainly looks like precedent for that.

Over 80% of black men die at the hands of other black men. In America, black men constitute 6% of the population, but they comprise 50% of the murderers and 50% of the murder victims.

Corrupt, racist cops are a serious problem, a problem that should be dealt with and eliminated.

But, the black community has much more serious problems than corrupt, racist cops. If we saw riots, with widespread burning and looting, every time a black man killed a black man, not a building in the black community would be left standing today.  Martin Luther King Jr. said it best. The black community needs better responses to their own violence.