Ritttenhouse Trial

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The Rittenhouse trial has begun in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The prosecution is presenting first, but apparently the defense argument will be self-defense. So a 17 year old travels out of state with his rifle to a demonstration because he fears for his life? 

 

On 12/3/2021 at 3:24 PM, nursej22 said:

Apparently the Louisiana State Police don't always shoot unarmed black men, sometimes they just beat them to death. 

https://apnews.com/article/la-state-wire-louisiana-death-of-ronald-greene-arrests-4a47c5e0ef720019d15818cf32eb2a2a

What does this have to do with the Rittenhouse trial?

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1 minute ago, Beausoleil said:

What does this have to do with the Rittenhouse trial?

As I mentioned earlier, sometimes threads take on a life of their own and we digress and subjects get changed.  I don't like when people change the subject to deliberately deflect over something they don't want to talk about but sometimes subjects evolve into something totally different.

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2 minutes ago, Tweety said:

As I mentioned earlier, sometimes threads take on a life of their own and we digress and subjects get changed.  I don't like when people change the subject to deliberately deflect over something they don't want to talk about but sometimes subjects evolve into something totally different.

I don’t see the insertion of the LA story as fitting into either one of the scenarios you mentioned, though, do you? 

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5 minutes ago, Beausoleil said:

I don’t see the insertion of the LA story as fitting into either one of the scenarios you mentioned, though, do you? 

It fits the scenario I mentioned "sometimes subjects get changed".

But I'll let the original poster speak for herself.  Maybe she put it in the wrong thread because it doesn't flow well with the conversation.

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2 hours ago, Fran L said:

-Would not a 22 rifle have been less lethal?

Not really.  When you are referring to firearms, there really isn't one that's "less lethal."

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3 hours ago, Fran L said:

-Would not a 22 rifle have been less lethal?

An AR-15 is essentially a .22 but with a semi-auto function.

What would have made his firearm less lethal is if he wasn't carrying it around at a riot.

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5 hours ago, Beausoleil said:

What does this have to do with the Rittenhouse trial?

I apologize for posting in the wrong thread. I hope you can forgive my clumsiness and that this wasn’t too upsetting for you. I meant no harm. 

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17 hours ago, MunoRN said:

An AR-15 is essentially a .22 but with a semi-auto function.

What would have made his firearm less lethal is if he wasn't carrying it around at a riot.

I had no idea the AR- 15 is like a 22, but I mentioned a 22, just neglected to mention single shot. I believe any automatic weapon is much more lethal than a single shot. Anyway, police carry lethal weapons on them because they have to, and he was helping the police. 

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19 hours ago, chare said:

Not really.  When you are referring to firearms, there really isn't one that's "less lethal."

Okay, although that may be true, I was just referring to the automatic AR gun that has a very negative affect on the public because automatic weapons are capable of killing several people at once.

 

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41 minutes ago, Fran L said:

I had no idea the AR- 15 is like a 22, but I mentioned a 22, just neglected to mention single shot. I believe any automatic weapon is much more lethal than a single shot. Anyway, police carry lethal weapons on them because they have to, and he was helping the police. 

Rittenhouse did not carry an automatic weapon. He believed that he was helping the police.  He did create a chaotic crime scene for them and put their judgement under scrutiny though. 

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1 hour ago, Fran L said:
18 hours ago, MunoRN said:

An AR-15 is essentially a .22 but with a semi-auto function.

What would have made his firearm less lethal is if he wasn't carrying it around at a riot.

I had no idea the AR- 15 is like a 22, but I mentioned a 22, just neglected to mention single shot. I believe any automatic weapon is much more lethal than a single shot.

Actually, when you say "22," if you are referring to the .22 rimfire round, then the AR 15 is not "essentially a .22 but with semi-auto function."  Nor does the fact that a weapon is single shot make it any less lethal.  And, as for the AR 15 that Mr. Rittenhouse used, it was a semi-automatic, not automatic weapon, meaning that only one round was fired for each pull of the trigger.  An automatic weapon would fire multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger.

1 hour ago, Fran L said:

Okay, although that may be true, I was just referring to the automatic AR gun that has a very negative affect on the public because automatic weapons are capable of killing several people at once.

Although a common misconception, automatic weapons aren't "capable of killing several people at once."  

I completely agree with @toomuchbaloney that Mr. Rittenhouse in no way assisted the Kenosha police department.

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1 hour ago, Fran L said:

I had no idea the AR- 15 is like a 22, but I mentioned a 22, just neglected to mention single shot. I believe any automatic weapon is much more lethal than a single shot. Anyway, police carry lethal weapons on them because they have to, and he was helping the police. 

HOW was he helping the police and please be specific?  Did the police request his help?

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