Under what authority was Kyle firm Antioch operating under that night?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.
"Authority"? Americans don't need Authority to be in an American town or to defend themselves.
Why are you challenging Rittenhouse's right to his actions, instead of the pedophile leading the violent mob?