Pic Of The Moment: Self-Defense Arguments Then Vs. Now

[EarlG]

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Sad but true

[Initech]

2. Oh and wait until you hear the latest BS from the MAGAs!

Now they're trying to say that Joe Biden is the real racist and that Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two convicted pedophiles. You cannot make this shit up!

[dchill]

8. No, I can't make this shit up...

... but THEY can.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. I'm surprised they weren't pedophiles *and*

lizard people.

[Initech]

23. Everyone's a pedophile if you're a member of the cult.

[BobTheSubgenius]

3. There is an unsettling correlation between this horror show...

...and that of the one that cost Trayvon Martin his life.

[YoshidaYui]

4. adding two words for you

will be in danger so I can shoot people in the street (for fun) and get away with it.



I guess he thought it was going to be like the game
GRAND THEFT AUTO ..,maybe he should have stayed home and shot people on the screen than in real life with a gun that was cool!
I have a samurai sword, i would never go out in the streets to kill people . rather kill MONGOLS in Ghost of Tsushima or Monsters in Monster Hunter!!!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread EarlG.

[dalton99a]

6. Yep.

[sop]

7. This visual should be the prosecutor's closing argument.

AR15s (or AK47s) in the hands of brainwashed children used to be part of the horrors shown by tv war correspondents, reporting from bloody, third world hellholes like Somalia. Now it's being normalized in America.

[Ohioboy]

9. I'm still amazed the the police of Kenosha allowed this kid to walk the streets with that gun

[NickB79]

10. Not to nitpick, but wasn't the rifle stored at his friend's house in Wisconsin?

He had his friend purchase it for him (which is a felony), but it stayed on his friend's property until that night, I believe. So it never crossed state lines at least.

[TwilightZone]

12. Yes.

NPR (and others) reported that the gun was purchased, stored, and possessed only in Wisconsin. It's a myth that won't die.

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/10/14/923643265/kyle-rittenhouse-accused-kenosha-killer-wont-face-gun-charges-in-illinois

[Skittles]

17. HE crossed state lines

not the weapon

he went out of his way to put himself in danger because he was aiming for violence

[Kaleva]

19. Same with the guy who was shot in the arm. The one who had the pistol.

While he didn't cross state lines, he was clearly aiming for violence.

[Skittles]

20. he used an illegally purchased weapon?

otherwise he's just the average gun humper

[Kaleva]

22. He was illegally carrying a concealed weapon.

[Ohioboy]

11. Doesn't self defense go both ways?

I always wonder about the whole "I feared for my life because he was trying to get my gun" defense. Could it not be argued that grabbing a gun could be the direct result of someone fearing for their life and trying to disarm the person with the gun?

If someone had a gun up to me I could very easily see myself reflexively trying to push it out of the way, especially if that person was not actual law enforcement.

I don't know, but I'm always a little suspect when the armed person who initiated the conflict insists they were the ones fearing for their lives.

I'm talking mostly to the Ahmaud Arbery case.

[PTWB]

14. I do believe you could have two people argue self defense in the same incident

And both could be right, under certain circumstances.

[Aussie105]

13. Putting yourself in harm's way deliberately so you can claim self defense?

Seems a smart way to go!

Young UM (Untrained Minor) thought he would be hailed a hero!

Instead, he is in court crying fake tears because . . . well, victim mentality, no insight into the consequences of his behavior, fear of going to jail . . . typical immature teenager in other words.

Shame people had to die. Waste of life. But, gun culture and all that.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. K&R

[Skittles]

16. there are DUers defending that double-murdering bastard

[Kaleva]

18. We also need to talk about the guy who illegally carried a concealed gun at the riot