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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I live in California much of the time, and was born in Maryland, so I can relate.
One day they’re chanting to defund the police, then they complain about armed citizens.
I think Biden is working on defunding everyone.
Aubrey case is knotty. Pretty clear Aubrey was casing the construction site to rob it, if not actually robbing it. Reasonable for neighbors to chase down a suspect. However, armed apprehension of an unarmed suspect by common citizens is something YOU DO NOT SCREW UP because if you do, you’re screwed. They did, they’re screwed. Whatever crime he was up to, and whatever right they had to confront him while armed, he felt threatened and grabbed the wrong end of a gun. They’ll be hard-pressed to demonstrate they were properly performing a citizen’s arrest where the suspect felt in fear for his life and attempted, poorly, to mitigate what he thought a threat.
Sometimes both sides are wrong, and things end badly.
Good thing, with the leftist, I mean nazi regime occupying the fedguv, people need to be ready. Just ready…
When the AP buildings are attacked & burned down, THEN will they realize the error of their ways???
..........in my area of Central Texas we don’t have “organized patrols” perse but nearly every man driving around has a gun in his car so effectively we do.
Best way I know to get shot is just start something. You could easily attract a hundred rounds before the cops even got there and cops around here are very quick responding.
The police in Kenosha WI and other communist cities must be proud their cowardice has caused this.
The police cannot stand down without all hell breaking loose.
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