Well small left wing groups have been advocating violence for a very long time.   At 20, 1973, I remember talking to my brother and pointing out that almost all transformational social action has included violence.  I think I worried him.  It was not uncommon talk on the left, from the Weather Underground to the Black Panthers.     For myself, I never acted in violence.  I've chosen non-violence for myself, even if that might mean a passive death at the hands of those who are violent.

Yes, I've considered buying my first gun since Trump's election.    I see the point of conservatives who say gun ownership is also given as a right to resist a foul and abusive domestic tyrant.     But I rejected that impulse.   I believe in the power of love and compassion.  It may not extend my life, but my life will be of little value to me if I live it in paranoia and anger.