The Demonstrations in Minnesota (Update: Now Nationwide){Now International}

rajncajn said
I believe in those gated communities, the streets and most public works are paid for and maintained by the property owners themselves rather than the municipality, so that anything within the gates is considered private property. Still, the road in front of their house is not "their" property and unless the protesters were threatening to come into their home then I don't believe the couple had the right to threaten the protesters by brandishing weapons. The couple was right that the protesters had no right to be there, they just handled it very poorly and should have left it up to the authorities. If the protesters were, in fact threatening them and carrying weapons then they should have been smart enough to provide some evidence of that.

But, was this gated and was it maintained by the local government? I don't know the answer to the question. I know there are streets in New Orleans that were built by private individuals but are maintained by the City. In fact in a lot of places developers build streets on private property and then later turn the street over to the local government.

Regardless, those two still look like idiots holding weapons that the clearly don't know how to properly use. And, I agree that I don't think pointing the gun at people and likely threatening to shoot is really legal.