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Originally Posted by Krovikan
He brings out and gun, and the guys doesn't GTFO. He fires a very dangerous warning shot, and the guys doesn't GTFO, WTF?
I definitely think this is 2nd degree murder and dangerous discharge of a firearm (probably not in Texas), but, this probably is a Darwin Award for the murdered dude imo.
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To me the most perplexing thing about the gun culture in America is the bravado that seems to permeate, whether one is currently armed or not... There's so much more "tough guy" attitude and IMO, it's all underpinned by knowing they have (or can readily access) their pew-pews. As demonstrated in Texas, any sane person would have walked away at the first sight of a firearm... But no, let's get up in the face of the guy with the gun after several warnings, including a shot.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think that underlying bravado was the genesis of the entire Rittenhouse ordeal... If he didn't think he could play tough guy with his pew-pew (as most sane, law-abiding people would know), the entire situation unfolds differently... Something about play stupid games...