Everyone wanted to attack Rittenhouse because of the provocative rifle.
Bullshit. You pulled that one straight out of your ass.
There’s nothing in the videos or court testimonies to suggest that people attacked him just for being armed or that they even wanted to. Even if they did, it wouldn’t change the fact that they struck first and he still would have been justified in defending himself.
But clearly what made the rifle provocative was that it was threatening, so almost no one had the nerve to attack him, since they were unarmed.
1.) They had no reason to attack him just for having the rifle in the first place.
2.) You presume to speak for the people who were actually there. I don’t believe any of these people ever said or implied they wanted to subdue Rittenhouse at any time before he fired at Rosenbaum.
3.) No one attacked the the three or four other guys with him just for being armed and in fact, paid them no attention at all.
But once he shot Rosenbaum, no one had any choice any more, and had to attack him, since he was murdering everyone around him.
“Murdering everyone around him”? Let’s stick with the facts, shall we? He shot one person and that was in self defense.
The only reason more did not attack him is that he ran away.
More didn’t attack him because he successfully defended himself. That is precisely why he had the gun in the first place.
I have never seen video of the early part with Rosenbaum, so I am not sure how it started, but Rosenbaum was unarmed and Rittenhouse still shot him 4 times, at close range, with a high powered rifle.
1.) I
have seen the video and Rosenbaum attacked him for putting out his dumpster fire.
2.) Rosenbaum being unarmed is irrelevant because Rittenhouse had no way of knowing he wasn’t. Also, Rosenbaum attempted to take the rifle from Rittenhouse and it’s anybody’s guess as to what he was prepared to do with it if he managed to wrest it from Rittenhouse.
That is NOT self defense.
I’m afraid it
was self defense and the jury agreed.
The castle doctrine and stand your ground, do NOT allow for an escalation.
You mean like Rosenbaum escalating the situation by attacking someone merely for putting out his fire and by attempting to take Kyle’s rifle?
So you can't use a weapon on an unarmed attacker unless you are an invalid or something like that.
You can use a weapon to defend yourself if you are being attacked without provocation and if you do not know if your attacker is armed or unarmed.
I understand that folks like you have a problem with what you see as gun culture but your opinions on that issue are null and void in a textbook case of self defense such as this.