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Rittenhouse's case was legitimate self-defense. No one has to believe me, the videos the jury saw are available.
"He shouldn't have been there!", is not a legal defense. Unless you want to posit, "She shouldn't have been there!" in this week's case. "He was there to start shit!", is mostly not a defense, but we're getting in the legal weeds here. Intention is notoriously hard to prove.
Whoever bought the gun for him, I think it was legal in that state?, should likely be in prison. Can't remember the details. Rittenhouse himself should have caught prison time for bringing the weapon across state lines. Far as I can discern, that was the only point at which he broke the law and it was a felony. No idea why he didn't go down for that. Anyone?
If I see that kid walking down my street, I might very well..., leave that your imagination. Let's say I would view him as a legitimate threat, especially given his actions after the trial. He's still looking for a fight, though I doubt he has the guts to draw blood again.
I feel honor-bound to point out every time somebody brings this up that Gaige Grosskreutz could've greased that guy, and it would've been legitimate self-defense, too. Wisconsin law be fucked.
You are correct I believe! Been some time since I've watched the videos, but I remember feeling the same.
Of course the pedo defender defends Rittenhouse.
Oh FFS, what are you on about? The one time I stated "attraction is not a choice"? And the second sentence being, "That does not absolve one of their moral actions." Are you one of those people who think LGBT is a choice?
Your mod log shows 3 instances over a period of time where you’ve defended pedophilia.
And that’s without getting into the transphobia.
Spell it out then. Mod's opinions are not evidence. Chapter and verse please. I'm willing to defend my words, and none defended pedophilia nor were transphobic.
They're deleted so I cannot view them.
But when you're getting banned from .world, .ml, midwest.social, .ca, and dbzer0.com I think it's safe to say the problem might not be any individual mod and more the user in question.
It was indeed legal in that state (WI). Can't put someone in prison for legal stuff.
He didn't, the rifle stayed in WI the whole time, at his friend Dominic's house (iirc, but if I'm wrong it was at his dad's house and both lived in Kenosha WI, while Kyle himself lived with his mom about 15-30min away in IL.)
Also however, it is legal to cross state lines with a gun, depending on which states we're talking about. WI is on the more permissive side, while IL is the one on the more conservative side, so assuming one legally owns guns in IL they can cross to WI, while someone who owns guns legally in WI cannot bring them into IL legally. Being that Kyle came from IL to WI, even if he had brought the gun (which again was kept in Kenosha the whole time, never crossed state lines), it would have been legal to do so.
The person involved who actually was a prohibited possessor and did have a gun, oddly was one of the guys Kyle shot, Gage Grosskreutz (now known as Paul Prediger). He was the one shot in the bicep when he pointed the gun he wasn't supposed to have at Kyle. He was also not charged.