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Boris's avatar

Except, of course, that Rittenhouse had every right to carry where he did (unlike the little angel Karamello who brought a knife to school property which apparently isn't allowed) and only shot back in self-defence.

But when you're a dishonest leftie, you go for false equivalence and hope nobody notices.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

Two punks that went looking for trouble and found it.

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BookWench's avatar

Rittenhouse wasn't a punk.

He may have exhibited poor judgment, but he was not a punk.

He'd spent the day helping family friends in the area repair the damage done by rioters the previous night.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

OK. A 17-year-old kid with exceptionally poor thinking skills takes a powerful assault weapon across state lines. If he was helping repair damage, that wouldnтАЩt do much good. Hammer, saw, duct tape, these are helpful for repair. Assault weapons are designed to do what he did with themтАФkill humans.

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Tricia's avatar

He did not "take a powerful weapon across state lines." He lived in one state (I think at his mother's house) and crossed the state line, where he retrieved the weapon (at his father's house, I think).

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BookWench's avatar

And to protect the property of his friends, who had a small business that had been damaged.

And I have to chuckle at your тАЬpowerful assault weaponтАЭ line.

Good grief.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

How should we describe an AR-15 style weapon?

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BookWench's avatar

"Assault weapons" is the term favored by gun control enthusiasts, and was adapted from the military's terms for automatic weapons used in war. It's propaganda meant to confuse the public.

Kyle's rifle was semi-auto.

Here's a page from the NRA on the term, if you're interested:

https://www.nraila.org/the-truth-about-so-called-assault-weapons/

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

Thanks, but IтАЩm aware of the kind of gun it is. It is one designed to kill many humans in a very brief amount of time. Or as Sam Jackson described the AK-47 in Jackie Brown: when you absolutely, positively got to kill every MFer in the room, accept no substitute.

We can debate his intentions or what amount of threat he felt, but we canтАЩt debate the kind of weapon it is.

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Boris's avatar

We don't really know about the current case yet, but for Rittenhouse facts disagree.

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