Stephen Colbert wants to change self-defense laws

It doesn’t make me feel anything about myself.

I don’t claim to be an expert on anything.

Who overreacted in this case?

Rittenhouse obviously knew exactly what he was doing. 3 threats. 3 threats eliminated.

No wasted rounds. No collateral damage. That’s a good round for any shooter.

And again with the language. Make you feel all grown up? Cool?

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Like George Floyd? Tamir Rice? Breonna Taylor?

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But he hadn’t yet.

So Rittenhouse got to kill him for something he had not yet done.

He had. He had hit him and had tried to take the gun.

What’s the real reason?

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That’s an interesting question: can a person committing a crime use lethal force to defend themselves if threatened by a (non police officer) citizen?

■■■■ yea…:grin:

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Don’t tell me. Tell Zantax who thinks you don’t get to shoot someone for what they might do.

This guy might have hurt Kyle and might have taken his gun, so Kyle got to kill him.

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That’s a shame.

He didn’t “might” hit him with the club. He did.

He didn’t “might” try to steal the weapon. He did.

Then he got dead.

What’s the real reason?

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Check the law.

Trying is not getting.

We agree. You get to kill people for what they might do, not only what they do.

What did he accomplish there, other than killing three people, trying to save his own ass?

Preserving his own life.

Preventing whatever those three would have done in the future, including child rape.

Forcing the courts to reaffirm the right to self defense and to keep and bear arms.

Demonstrating actions to take in the face of a failed state.

Shall I continue?

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Is that why he went there? Was that the grand plan?

That is anemic. He had his hands on the gun. You’re making yourself look foolish.

Skateboard boy didn’t “might” attack. He did attack. And yes, I can eliminate a threat that attacks me.

What’s the real reason?

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Why does that matter at all? He had a right to be there.

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Why were ths three idiots there…at a riot. What was their intent?

To be idiots…Doesn’t mean they should have wound up dead.

Is the specter of a failed state and the destruction of a myth so horrible that they are willing to allow good people to die from the denial?

Looking truth in the eye must be disconcerting.