Confronting "peaceful protesters", rioters, looters, and arsonists is PATRIOTIC AMERICAN ACTION. Where in the world, besides the American Welfare State, does Mob Rule and Anarchy equate to stand down?
I am not advocating skirmish lines to "mow down" protesters (democratic voters), though that thought has crossed my mind. Driving an F350 4x4 diesel through a protest line of people stretched across a motorway seems pretty tame. You wish to "protest peacefully" as it has been Media ill-defined, then you could and SHOULD face the LOSS OF YOUR LIFE from WE THE PEOPLE.
Get paid, bussed in, provided with bundles of bricks at street corners, and communistically run rampant through our streets? I DON'T THINK SO! You want peace, then assemble peacefully. You break out bottles, bricks, fire, looting, and anarchy, you deserve to GET THE GUN...