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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I'm not familiar with their laws. But you can't enter a fist fight and claim self defense when you punch back. The guy went there to shoot someone. And he did
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Dozens of armed vigilantes went to Kenosha that day. Did they all go there to shoot people, and all except Rittenhouse failed at their efforts?
America is a heavily armed society. At all of the riots last summer there were dozens and dozens of armed civilians. Among the rioters. Among the vigilantes. Among the locals trying to protect their property.
As I remarked earlier, everyone who remained at these scenes once the looting and burning kicked off was willingly exposing themselves to a potentially lethal encounter, armed or not. But it’s up to the courts to decide on a case by case basis who acted with deliberation in a fatality. Just being there with a firearm clearly isn’t grounds for reaching that conclusion.