Posted on 11/21/2021 11:55:04 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
As Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in two killings that he said were self-defense, armed civilians patrolled the streets near the Wisconsin courthouse with guns in plain view.
In Georgia, testimony in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers showed that armed patrols were commonplace in the neighborhood where Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased down by three white men and shot.
The two proceedings sent startling new signals about the boundaries of self-defense as more guns emerge from homes amid political and racial tensions and the advance of laws that ease permitting requirements and expand the allowable use of force.
Across much of the nation, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to walk the streets with firearms, either carried openly or legally concealed. In places that still forbid such behavior, prohibitions on possessing guns in public could soon change if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a New York law.
The new status quo for firearms outside the home was on prominent display last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Local resident Erick Jordan carried a rifle and holstered handgun near the courthouse where Rittenhouse was tried for killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle during a protest last year.
“I got a job to do — protect these people. That’s it,” said Jordan, referring to speakers at a news conference that was held in the hours after the verdict.
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There’s a National ___________ Day for all kinds of things.
We need a National Open Carry Day. Where allowed. Imagine the liberal heads exploding.
They were going to use the conviction to justify massive seizure of guns from non-violent people. The conviction didn’t happen, but they have revealed their intentions.
They will find another excuse.
Same in Minnesota, except for msp/st paul
I just said the same thing, in post #18...
Oh Dear!
I recommend the Associated Presstitutes move their offices to Beijing Communist China, problem solved.
Even if that was true, the idiots just murdered an unarmed man. You can't chase an unarmed man down in the streets and shoot him. The Georgia verdict will probably be much different that Rittenhouse. If you are going to bear arms, you need to know the rules. I'll be surprised if the Atlanta bunch don't get the needle.
Also, you mentioned if Arbery might have "past convictions". That has nothing to do with the moment he was killed. If Kyle Rittenhouse knew Rosenbaum was a child rapist, unless Rosenbaum threatened Kyle with bodily harm, Kyle couldn't legally shoot him.
Lately?
What they purposely omit is liberals are arming themselves and carrying. This flys in the face of The Narrative but it’s true. The problem liberals have with guns is that you can have them too.
Yep, it is the Ass Press here. Gads, this writing is atrocious grammar! Try this rewrite that would be done if AP still employed editors; "As Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted for two killings that he said were in self-defense, ..."? However, still better would be; "As Kyle Rittenhouse was being acquitted for two killings, claimed as self-defense, ...".
Note that the phrasing also conveys the implicit accusation of the acquittal being in error. This is how the LEFT 'shapes' the argument, Kyle 'said' self-defense, BUT the morally superiors of the LEFT know better.
It’s what happens when you tell the police to stand down, fumbducks.
The 2nd ammendment has not changed, what has changed are bolder criminals after a year of violent rape pillage and plunder. We the people say, enough.
That is a long and (in)glorious tradition with journalists.
Why does the moron say it like it’s a bad thing? (Rhetorical)
Every law abiding, able bodied adult should be a totin’, if said adult wants to carry and can’t afford to buy a gun, a gun welfare program should be available for him/her.
At last! A welfare program I could support!
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Let’s recap what Rittenhouse did. He’s a teenage Trumpist who carried a machine gun, and shot at three protesters, murdering two of them, and wounding another. He murdered two people — political opponents — in cold blood.
The defence called all this self-defence, and the jury bought it. Of course, it wasn’t self defence. If you’re carrying a machine gun, there are about a hundred things you can do before shooting to kill multiple times, and then shooting someone in the back with a “kill shot.” You can fire over their heads, you can fire at the street, you can fire in the air. You can lay down your gun and take out the bullets and walk away. You can do literally a thousand things instead of murder people in cold blood. Murder is not self-defence when you are the only carrying a machine gun.
As I said. Fidiot!
Poor Morgan Lee. Xe ould probably wet zer pants if xe knew how many citizens are legally carrying in the streets right now.
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