I’m not either. I think he’s a dumb ass too but they’re making Rittenhouse into some poster child for (I honestly am not sure what) and I’m saying if the shoe was on the other foot and this dude blasted Rittenhouse would they be defending his right to self defense too?
100 percent agree with this sentiment, and no, because..... they'd find a reason. You just saw it.
And he's a poster child for all thier hero sheepdog/civil war LARP fantasies. He actually got to do what a lot of them want to do.
No, because Rittenhouse was literally on video running away from people, not actively shooting everyone in sight. Self defense laws aren’t that hard to understand, try looking them up a little bit before asking silly questions.
Okay so state of mind real quick, put yourself in the mind of a protestor for a second, no hindsight, no bias. You are there. You hear shots. You maybe see on your Twitter feed or in a signal message from your protest medic group there's an active shooter in the area, one person has already been shot in the head. You see a dude moving down the street with a rifle. You decide for the safety of those around you to draw your ccw and try and stop him.
I'm not saying it's clear cut, because I've already said I think dude was dumb for doing what he did, and I apply the same feelings toward everyone about breaking laws while carrying guns (moral consistency is key here) but...
Isn't that at least equally ambiguous as the Rittenhouse defense? Maybe less so if you look at it from a state of mind/intent standpoint?
I mean, it is part of the run hide fight though, if you don't think you can get out, not saying they couldn't, but then you fight back. How are you to know why someone was shot
Im no tactical expert, but if you have to close 50 to 100 feet of open ground on the street you have room to run more than likely. Yes bullets travel faster than nikes, but rifle vs handgun at about any distance isn't a match up I'd like.
I've seen the video. What he did was boneheaded and stupid, and he should have never pulled the gun in the first place and not been willing to fire. You don't de escalate with a gun, you end with a gun. I'd honestly have less bad things to say about what he did had he shot, and I'm willing to bet the whole narrative on this thing would be different had he done so, on both sides.
I don't know if Wisconsin is a duty to retreat state, but even if its not doing hero shit like that is a good way to get clapped.
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