

Mmmm, probably not, because we were not as free as we are now and society hasn’t had enough time here in USA to let that sink in because a group of rich bigots want to make life miserable for us regular people again because they are sooooooo hollow inside that they can only try to make us all feel like that.
All of what is happening is because of wealth inequality. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on that.
There is no war but class war.
So tear gas isn’t available for civilian purchase, and you will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon if you are caught throwing tear gas back at a cop.
So it’s not a “deadly” weapon to use on unarmed civilians but it is if used against cops with gas masks. Hm.