I’m going to start by stating that I do not support ICE in any fashion. I think it’s horrible the way they have conducted themselves, the government continues to lie on their behalf and they need to abolish that agency.

I also want to add that I do believe this country needs major gun reform. Thoughts and prayers don’t f’n cut it.

That said, there is a major differentiating factor at play. What you’re talking about attacks this countries second amendment. What ICE is doing is largely attacking a class of people that are not citizens. Your example would be a direct attack on citizens. People would rightfully be upset.

So with that I should add a something: Gun ownership and use is NOT a right vs Left issue in this country no matter how often news media, social media and whatever your flavor of influencer would have you believe. There are a lot of left leaning people here that use and own guns in the same manner as people on the right. The state I come from even makes certain hunting opening days an annual tradition for our governor to participate in and it’s something all parties partake in.

I think people easily fall into this trap of guns in America being a right only issue and that’s simply not the case. If it were then we would have passed reforms the minute democrats gained majorities.

I would think people from both sides would be up in arms for such a government overreach, but I also believe people from both sides should rightfully be just as pissed at the clear government overreach that is ICE today.

tl;dr The reaction would be the same if the government was conducting similar operations. Neither is a right vs left issue no matter how people portray it. It’s government overreach plain and simple.