It has become all the rage. That is, to partially defend Kyle’s actions as probable self defense, but then to raise the following stipulations. First up, Leon Wolf writing at The Blaze.
- The thing that has gone wrong in America for Kyle Rittenhouse to have to do this is that men are no longer men, that they have allowed a Marxist revolution to steal the country, and that no one has the stomach left for having and keeping liberty. What has happened to the effete, cloistered, foppish, dainty men in America? Good Lord.
Kyle Rittenhouse should not have been patrolling the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday night. Whatever failures might have existed on the part of state and local government (and there appear to have been many), the idea of a 17-year-old with a loaded rifle being dropped into that powder keg can only happen when some horribly bad judgment has occurred.We’ll get to that in a minute. Next up, Steven Hayward writing at Powerline.
Let’s stipulate starting out that Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, who has been arrested and charged with murder for shooting two people during the Kenosha riots two nights ago, should not have been present at the scene with a semi-auto rifle. That’s no place for a 17-year-old, even if he is a regular at the gun range. And resorting to vigilantism is a sure path to a breakdown in the rule of law and perhaps even open civil war.Steven is massively naive. He raises two points – his age, and the resort to “vigilantism.” Let’s hold in abatement the issue of age for a moment. As for vigilantism, surely he isn’t thinking clearly or perhaps hasn’t admitted the truth to himself.
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He was at his job. He was protecting his place of work. What's more American than that?
ReplyDeleteStupid appeasers on the right screw it up for everyone everytime.
"No, don't open carry, because it might scare someone." "It's just gun-LARPing by idiots." - So my 2nd Amendment Rights aren't important to supposedly pro-gun people?
Same here. Oh, he shouldn't be carrying a gun 15 miles from his house. Except it's his friggin place of work, you worthless quislings.
Gah. We have so many... quislings amongst us.
He was at his job. He was protecting his place of work.
DeleteI haven't heard that. Do you have a link? I didn't find one and thanks.
As far as I know this is the first real example of armed rioters against an citizen armed with a sporting rifle. Regardless of the right or wrong of the situation it proves once again that a semiautomatic rifle is an effective equalizing tool. Especially against a larger force. For all of the legal mess Kyle was able to quickly and decisively turn the tables on a mob that just a few seconds before had a clear upper hand.
ReplyDeleteThis makes it easier to comprehend how these roving mobs will react to trained, dedicated neighborhood defense teams. Even those that may arise with minimal training. Let alone those teams that may contain folks with military/LE backgrounds or second hand training.
For all of the legal mess Kyle was able to quickly and decisively turn the tables on a mob that just a few seconds before had a clear upper hand.
DeleteI doubt if anyone could have done much better.
If not us, then who?
ReplyDeleteIf not now, then when?
Delaying this is why this has reached such critical mass.
For all of the legal mess Kyle was able to quickly and decisively turn the tables on a mob that just a few seconds before had a clear upper hand.
DeletePrecisely.
Had a flood or any other natural disaster occurred, no one would have batted an eye over Kyle’s participation. There is ample evidence of Kyle previously offering medical assistance to protesters and scrubbing graffiti from a wall. The simple fact is he was there to offer assistance while protecting personal property and was attacked by human scum, one of whom was a known pedophile, while he walked away from where the police ordered he stand down.
ReplyDeleteFor me, there is no “yeah, but” moment; Kyle defended himself.
Kyle defended himself.
Delete100% and well.
i was 17 when the army gave me a full auto m16. a few months into 18 they gave me explosives. a year later they gave me guided missiles. when did 17 become immature kid instead of young man?
ReplyDeletePrecisely and as was pointed out. Thanks.
Deletea better question would be what right did the late protesters have to be there burning other peoples' property? they didn't live there nor anywhere near as far as i can ascertain.
ReplyDeletea better question would be what right did the late protesters have to be there burning other peoples' property?
DeleteAn inconvenient fact to commies and the LEO's on scene let him go and then, and then......
If powerline doesn't realize that BLM and Antifa are the actual vigilantes then I suspect they don't get much else correct either. Both organizations are destroying lives and businesses for the death of George Floyd. Call it vigilante terrorism to install a Marxist regime.
ReplyDeleteCall it vigilante terrorism to install a Marxist regime.
DeleteRight on.
Bring a skateboard to a gun fight and you should expect to come out of it with holes in your carcass. His mommy will no doubt be building a shrine to her worthless sone in her basement where he lived.
ReplyDeleteMy standard reply, not a tear will be shed. :)
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