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Old 08-27-2020, 07:52 PM   #4668
ernie
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The thing is you have a guy obviously carrying a gun. Yes a gun shot goes off first but there doesn’t seem to be evidence that shot was directed at Rittenhouse. He turns and a guy is lunging. He shoots. Now is it self defense on his part or is the lunging man thinking self defense against a guy with a gun with unknown intent? This is quite frankly why carrying in public doesn’t make sense to me and is indefensible (clearly I’m not American!)

Replace the gun with a guy brandishing a knife and no one is thinking the knife wielder has good things in his head and a guy lunging is a potential hero trying to disarm a guy. But a gun and and somehow it’s different. He was shot multiple times in the groin, back, hand, thigh and a graze wound to the head.

And of course the right wing really, really is ignoring something they would never ignore if the shoe was on the other foot. Like he was in illegal possession of a firearm. He also carried that over state lines (Illegal) to participate in a protest/counter protest (something the right has been saying the left does..professional troublemakers etc).

I’m hard pressed to believe he was pure of heart in this. Sure seems like he was looking for a reason to fire some shots.
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