Maybe the enormous amount of trouble Rittenhouse clearly went to in order to insert himself into this crowd carrying a semiautomatic weapon suggests that he wasn’t exactly “minding his own business” when the guy with the skateboard viewed him as a threat
https://twitter.com/rickspider2/status/1458950206662266881
Rittenhouse’s defenders focus on how THREATENED he felt, while deliberately yadda-yaddaing over the fact that he was not licensed to carry a gun & was openly carrying an AR-15 in a crowd 40 miles from his home.
I know these things aren’t important to them, but context matters.
I know these things aren’t important to them, but context matters.
Mind you, the NRA would love nothing more than to eliminate any and all restrictions on age, and what kind of weapon you’re allowed carry in public. If Rittenhouse manages to get away with this, I’m sure they will be watching this case very closely for precedent.
It is a mainstream Republican belief that they should be allowed to carry any kind of guns anywhere they want and shoot anyone who tries to take them.
That’s pretty much the literal translation of “ΜΟΛON ΛΑΒΕ.”
That’s pretty much the literal translation of “ΜΟΛON ΛΑΒΕ.”
Probing further, the implication of “ΜΟΛON ΛΑΒΕ” is actually more aggressive: “Come and take it…… so I can have an excuse to shoot you.”
They WANT to use their guns. They are inviting the world to give them an excuse. They would have us believe they are primed for battle.
They WANT to use their guns. They are inviting the world to give them an excuse. They would have us believe they are primed for battle.
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