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Can I Now Carry my AR-15 Everywhere?
I need my weapon. At any time, I might have to shoot somebody in self-defense.
Kyle Rittenhouse was underage, so he got his friend to get him the AR-15 he carried to a demonstration against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That was OK, according to the jury at his trial. But I’m older, so I get my own guns.
Kyle Rittenhouse was carrying a loaded semiautomatic rifle on a crowded city street, and that might trigger some violence. Nonetheless, it was a “reasonable” thing to do, according to the jury. So, I’m sure everybody will think it’s reasonable when I carry my own weapon everywhere.
Kyle Rittenhouse pulled the trigger on an unarmed man at close range, and then a minute later on another two men, only one armed, and the jury decided all three times it was self-defense. So, I think I have a right to shoot that tall dude with the stocking cap who keeps mouthing off about Jesus every time I pass by him on my walk. He might be unarmed, but you know, I have a gut feeling about him.
And that guy with the “We are Q” hat on the bench outside Starbucks. He stared at me last Wednesday. He looks dangerous with those tattoos of skulls on his arms. I think an AR-15 would blow his weird fakey coffee cup right out of his hand, blow those skulls right off his…
