It was part sarcasm, exactly that the good guy with a gun is myth, and it's a myth that guns help defend against government overreach.

But there is also the fact that there is a LOT of gun crime in USA, and it is absolutely a risk IMO that these people could get shot by a vigilante.

But as you say, the good guys don't pack heat, so those that do are probably perfectly OK with this.

The comment you responded to works either way.

It points out that the good guy with a gun is never actually there when needed, because its a fantasy character.

While at the same time, it actually wonders why not a single person opened shots at these masked men, in the most heavily armed country in the world.

Are they ICE agents?

There's a reason we, in the past, set up things like badges and uniforms to identify agents of the civil authority. It's so we know there is at least the pretense that the rights of the person being arrested will be respected and that they will go to a location where they can be checked on and communicate with friends/family and receive legal assistance for the charges brought against them.

Masked men with guns shouting "I'm definitely police" and bagging a woman is not that.

Their bosses pretending this is good enough is, at the very very very least, endangering federal agents unnecessarily. To say nothing of the rights of the people they're disappearing without the pretense of arresting them.

Anyone can claim they are ICE and take a woman off the street. There's a reason why they need to legally identify themselves.

Not having a stand your ground law just means you have a duty to escape/remove yourself from the situation if it is safe to do so. It does not eliminate your right to self defense or extend it to defense of another. If someone is being kidnapped, they reasonably could not escape.

That being said, I doubt it would be ruled in favor of a defendant in this case.

It would be illegal for anyone else to step in with a firearm

It's also illegal for people in plain clothes to abduct women off the street.

Yup... the proper response to this situation as a bystander is to film and expose the situation. Even in a "stand your ground" state, it's not justified to start shooting. (Not legal advice - ALWAYS know the local laws)

My guess is they're hired security thugs and not actually ICE agents, hence why they're not showing a badge or uniform.