One one side you have the possible fact of a violation of a gun control law, and on the other the reality of actual self defense against a violent mob led by a child molester attacking a child.
I'm NOT trying to spin it, or use that for emotional demagoguery, but just to keep it real.
Well, here, let me help you keep it real:
Kyle Rittenhouse broke the law when he purchased his weapon. As a result, everything which occurs after that is tainted by that, and things get more complicated. See, he didn't simply shoot and kill someone. He shot and killed someone with an illegally obtained weapon. That increases the severity of the crime. It could also show intent to commit further crimes (otherwise, why would he need an illegally obtained rifle?).
Also, unless he knew the guy chasing him was a pedophile, that doesn't matter an iota in any discussion of why Rittenhouse shot and killed him...
I understand your position. And that was my point.
Seriously. "Tainted" Yes, that is what you have, the idea that a violation of the approved way of getting a gun, is more important than mob violence led by a pedophile.
Your position is that the not having the gun legally, is more important than the mob violence we can see with our eyes on the video clips.
You want society to ignore the mob violence and focus instead on the terrible "taint" of a gun that was not approved by the State.
That is the question for society. To side with the young man defending him self with a "tainted gun" or the violent mob that attacked him.
The young man wasn't "defending himself" from the mob, he was running away from his first shooting. The "mob" was stopping his escape from the crime. The real "heros" are the unarmed protestors who chased this young asshole, knowing he'd already shot someone.
His first shooting wasn't shown on that video.
He ran from an older man that was attacking him, until he heard a shot fired, then turned and defended himself.
The mob was still there. It would not have been safe for him to stay there.
Leaving was the obviously right thing to do.
THe "unarmed protestors" were armed. One had a gun. ONe had a skateboard.
Bullshit his first shooting wasn't shown. These antifa types are all about filming everything.
If this was not self defense than nothing is.
He was running from the scene of his first shooting you lying piece of shit. Everything you posted was from your right wing echo chamber. All of the lies you lot are regurgitating about this kid ignores why the protestors were chasing him - he had shot and wounded another protestor, and then started running away.
Read the timeline:
"After about 30 seconds, protesters can be heard screaming about a shooting, and Rittenhouse is seen appearing to make a phone call before running away. In the background, someone can be heard saying, "I shot somebody."
"Timeline of alleged Wisconsin protest shooter's path"