

I mean funny you should bring up the wife beater as there's video of American hero Kyle Rittenhouse punching a girl for yelling at him. Kid is no angel himself. I mean if we are gonna smear people based on past actions let's be morally equitable about it.
That said, I support a person having the ability to defend themselves, but you forfeit those rights when you travel dozens of miles, across state lines, to defend property (read:not you, or anyone's life) that isn't yours, who the actual owner of didn't ask you to defend, with a straw purchased rifle you weren't legally allowed to possess as a minor.
He absolutely inserted himself in that situation meaninglessly, and without a clear purpose, aside from he wanted to be a cool guy wannabe vigilante. He got exactly what he asked for, which was using his illegally possed gun against people who wouldn't have been attacking him had he not inserted himself in the situation armed with intent to begin with. Thats not self defense.
He wasn't minding his own business and was forced to defend himself, he put himself there and was armed with a rifle because he expected to use it.