Kyle Rittenhouse trial - anyone watching?

I think the prosecutor made a good point in the cross examination when he asked why Rittenhouse thought the victim was a threat to him because of his gun, but Rittenhouse didn't think that he was a threat to the victim even though he had an AR-15 pointed at him and had just shot someone. I think that highlights a big problem we have--people think that they need to protect themselves from people with a gun, but at what point do they realize that they are also PEOPLE WITH GUNS!! Him being there with an AR-15 makes him an aggressor in my book. I personally would avoid him at all costs, but others seem to think like him and engage. To me, this is just another example of why we need stronger gun laws for the whole country.  You can see similar thinking in the Ahmaud Arbery case.  The killers stated that they "thought" he might be armed, although that didn't deter them and make them think, "Hey, maybe we should let the police handle this."  Nope.  They felt they were being threatened and justified their killing him even though he was unarmed, there were three of them, they had a car and he didn't, etc.  He was no threat to them.  But...guns.

I don't think he feared for his life. I think he was thrilled that he could shoot someone. I didn't believe a word he said.

And it doesn't matter what his victims were-- I can hate them too, but being murdered by a 17 year old out looking for victims isn't justice. And Rittenhouse didn't know their history. Their prior offenses are irrelevant.

I don’t believe he actually carried the weapon across state lines. Illinois conducted an investigation and concluded the weapon was only ever in Wisconsin. That’s why he didn’t face any weapons charges in Illinois.

The whole carried a gun across state lines thing is part of the media narrative, not something that has been proven in any investigation or court.

The weapons charge he does face (for minor in possession) is a misdemeanor, so the felony murder rule doesn’t apply/preclude self defense the way it would in your breaking into someone’s house example.

Hmmm. I haven't been following it that closely. What is their theory for how he got the weapon in Wisconsin if he didn't bring it from Illinois?

Whose “theory”?

Both Wisconsin and Illinois police and prosecutors concluded that the gun was purchased in Wisconsin, stored in Wisconsin, and used in Wisconsin.

No one is disputing those facts, so it’s not a theory.

What a world we live in when a person can provide a weapon of war to a minor who plans a vigilante trip through town, and it's all perfectly legal.

The friend who provided the weapon is facing charges and testified for the prosecution during the trial in the hopes of a deal for a lighter sentence.

This is kind of proving my feeling that the people who have strong feelings about the case are the ones not following the trial. They’re getting their opinions from the media. That’s a huge part of the problem.

So you are now judge and jury.  You think he will turn into Chauvin so it must be so, let's string him up even though the evidence is pointing to self-defense.

You've turned this into a sporting event and you are going to root for your team come hell or highwater! You are actually as bad as you think he is, you don't even see how warped your thinking is. 

Rittenhouse made himself judge, jury, and executioner when he decided to appoint himself an armed vigilante protector of other people's property. 

But that's all totes cool with you.

I heard the 4th shot comes with a check from George Soros. You'll definitely want to avoid that.

(People get a flu shot every year, brain trust. I've had one every year since 2008. You know what I've never had? The freaking flu. Not once in all the years I've been teaching. It's a government plot, I tell you!)

Yes. And the amount of people applauding and defending it.

Oh, you're one of those. 

So what do you expect will happen to me from 13 years of flu shots? Am I going to grow an extra limb? Turn green and sprout gills? Will you be able to say it was correlated to all those flu shots, or caused by them?

Oh wait ... maybe that's why I'm liberal! The flu shot turned me into a lib! Holy crap! It had nothing at all to do with watching the GOP destroy my country since the 80s and seeing the descent into anti-science cult madness that produced people like you. Nope, it was totally that flu shot.

Wait, what? I've got three extra fingers? Must be the flu shot! Or the Covid vaccine! Who knows?!? Let's go Brandon?!?!?