Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[TheFinnFan]

I don’t understand why anybody can defend him being there with a gun to shoot anyway? I guess that’s US law… just so backwards.

Like many, he was there to protect the community from mindless looting and rioting. If you know there was whole lot of people and even "groups" trying to Secure busineses etc...at this point I say it's crazy how poorly law enforcement was deployed. Tools down...and we all know why.

 

[Martin Alvito]

David put it well with this tweet.

That is exactly what guns do. There's a reason that about half of the states, including some very red ones, expressly prohibit guns from being taken into bars and nightclubs.

 

[RAFUH]

Going to be tough to get him on meaningful federal charges.

Wrongful death and personal injury suits may have more of a prayer. I don't know enough about Wisconsin law on that front to make an informed call on whether those stand a chance.

He crossed state lines with a weapon that was illegal for him to own at his age

 

[Tin-Tin]

Hopefully DOJ finds something they can charge.
Here's also hoping the families sue the crap out of him in civil court.

Maybe the crossing state lines. They need to get him on something otherwise the next protest will be horrifying.

 

[Tony101]

He crossed state lines with a weapon that was illegal for him to own at his age

Well technically the gun never crossed state lines. It was meant to be his friends who was a Wisconsin resident.

 

[Martin Alvito]

He crossed state lines with a weapon that was illegal for him to own at his age

18 USC 926A doesn't make that a crime. That provision supersedes state laws that would get in the way of transporting the weapon lawfully. It looks like he's good under the NFA as well. The fairly arbitrary 16 inch barrel length standard that the NFA standardized is also why the judge tossed the Wisconsin weapons charge - he could legally possess that gun at 17 in Wisconsin.

That's insane, but that's the law for you.

 

[Tin-Tin]

 

[emir]

David put it well with this tweet.

So is a skateboard usually used in a fistfight?

 

[emir]

For who? I doubt the families of those that Rittenhouse murdered feel that way.

Play stupid games and win stupid prizes. Yes it's sad that those men are not around but that's just how the world is.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

So is a skateboard usually used in a fistfight?

The skateboard may have never been used had there not been a gun.

 

[Tin-Tin]

So can someone turn up at an abortion clinic with an AR15, provoke a few of the protestors, get into an altercation, shoot a few of them then claim self defence?

How about heading to an anti vax protest? The womens march? A Q-Anon rally?

This gives people the right to turn up at a large gathering/protest, incite violence then kill in the name of self defence

 

[Tin-Tin]

You can just imagine the Proud Boys, Nazi's etc bursting with excitement now waiting for the next black man to be killed so they can turn up to the protest and have a little hunting session.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Ruairi77]

Here’s a question, if it was self defense, is the fella rittenhouse shot in the arm being charged for attacking him?

 

[Ruairi77]

So is a skateboard usually used in a fistfight?

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