Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

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(11-23-2021, 05:01 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Haha, no, sir, not at all.  Seriously though, that guy made his rifle useless for anything under 100 yards.


I think it could also have the opposite effect.  While I concede your point has merit it may be that people being armed will force a bit more civility, or at the very least people will be less inclined to engage in violence against an armed person.  I will absolutely admit that if violence does occur it will be much more deadly than it otherwise would.

This is going to sound like a tangent and, you know, protests (even violent ones that involve rioting) are historically important and are often the primer towards real social change so I don't want to condemn protesting in any way (and I hesitate to roundly condemn rioting either). 

However, there is definitely a correlation between being someone who travels to multiple protests and being...not the most emotionally stable person. There was a big to do about how each of the men Rittenhouse shot were former felons or suspected felons as if this was meant to be a surprise or shocking detail, but I honestly look at it like this: If you are a person who is not only willing to travel to a protest and stay out past the legal curfew and, often times, violently engage with other people for days or even months on end, there's probably a fairly good chance you don't have a stable job, a stable home life or both. And people who don't have one or both of those things are more likely to be a bit...less rational, if you understand what I'm saying. 

As you could see in the videos from before the shooting, Rosenbaum was antagonizing the gun carriers a LOT prior to the eventual shootings. And all it takes is one Rosenbaum to create a new Rittenhouse situation.

Plus, as we saw with the other guy who shot his gun shortly before Rittenhouse killed Rosenbaum, if both sides have guns, they may be more willing to engage with people who have guns.

It would basically come down to who is the more crazy gun owner haha.

To me, the fewer guns at a protest, the better for everyone.