The mainstream media (left and right) might have blown the coverage, ignoring the details (such as they were), but to me it's all overshadowed by one thing: the AR-15. The weapon all by itself creates the very provocation its owner is saying he protected himself from. Is it a defensive weapon? No. It is an assault rifle capable of rapid …
The mainstream media (left and right) might have blown the coverage, ignoring the details (such as they were), but to me it's all overshadowed by one thing: the AR-15. The weapon all by itself creates the very provocation its owner is saying he protected himself from. Is it a defensive weapon? No. It is an assault rifle capable of rapid fire without jamming. If Mr. Rittenhouse was truly interested in self defence, he would have know that a .22 caliber handgun would have sufficed. So why bring a weapon ready to fire dozens of rounds at once when a single round is enough to stop someone? We will never know for sure what the young man was really thinking in choosing to bring a combat rifle to a riot, but it does appear to be throwing gasoline on a fire already burning.
The mainstream media (left and right) might have blown the coverage, ignoring the details (such as they were), but to me it's all overshadowed by one thing: the AR-15. The weapon all by itself creates the very provocation its owner is saying he protected himself from. Is it a defensive weapon? No. It is an assault rifle capable of rapid fire without jamming. If Mr. Rittenhouse was truly interested in self defence, he would have know that a .22 caliber handgun would have sufficed. So why bring a weapon ready to fire dozens of rounds at once when a single round is enough to stop someone? We will never know for sure what the young man was really thinking in choosing to bring a combat rifle to a riot, but it does appear to be throwing gasoline on a fire already burning.