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Anthony William Sloman
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On Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 11:42:50 AM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
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Far from it. A woman is entitled to dress any way she likes, and that never gives anybody the right to rape her.
Wandering around carrying a rifle in the middle of a riot is much more provocative, and Rittenhouse shouldn\'t have done it.
It\'s definitely an action likely to disturb the peace - not that there\'s a whole lot of peace around in the middle of a riot - and likely to lead to the lethal confrontations that it did. It is unfortunate that the prosecution didn\'t charge Rittenhouse under a law where they could get ac onviction.
There may not be any law against being stupid, but there are lots of laws about not being stupid in ways that lead to people ending up dead. Flying an aircraft when you\'ve got advanced senile dementia would be one of them.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 4:32:44 PM UTC-8, bill....@ieee.org wrote:
On Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 10:27:47 AM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 2:55:35 PM UTC-8, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
Flyguy <soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:e9cac7d7-9610-4441...@googlegroups.com:
On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:56:34 AM UTC-8, Flyguy wrote:
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\"Hours before closing arguments began on Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder granted a defense motion to toss out the weapons charge. Rittenhouse attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi pointed to an exception in the law that they said allows minors to possess shotguns and rifles as long as theyâre not short-barreled.
Assistant District Attorney James Kraus argued that the exception renders the stateâs prohibition on minors possessing dangerous weapons meaningless. But when he acknowledged that Rittenhouseâs rifleâs barrel was longer than 16 inches, the minimum barrel length allowed under state law, Schroeder dismissed the charge.\"
US gun laws are remarkably stupid. which is why they have many more guns deaths per million than more advanced industrial countries.
And, of course, Rittenhouse was found NOT GUILTY on ALL charges left after the gun charge was dismissed. Like DecayedBrainMatter the prosecution failed to present a SINGLE piece of evidence to support their claims, but did present a lot of evidence supporting Rittenhouse\'s self-defense claim.
Rittenhouse wouldn\'t have had any need to defend himself if he hadn\'t been wandering around carrying a rifle in the middle of a riot. It was a particularly silly piece of provocation, and entirely pointless. He didn\'t end up defending any property at all, and killed two people and badly damaged a third to no advantage to anybody.
Hey Sloman, this falls into the category of \"So what?\" Rittenhouse wasn\'t charged with stupidity (most people would agree he was stupid to do what he did and there is no law against that); he was charged with two counts of first degree murder, among other lesser charges. These charges were totally without merit, which is why he was found to be NOT GUILTY. What you are saying is the equivalent of accusing a woman of inviting rape by dressing provocatively.
Far from it. A woman is entitled to dress any way she likes, and that never gives anybody the right to rape her.
Wandering around carrying a rifle in the middle of a riot is much more provocative, and Rittenhouse shouldn\'t have done it.
It\'s definitely an action likely to disturb the peace - not that there\'s a whole lot of peace around in the middle of a riot - and likely to lead to the lethal confrontations that it did. It is unfortunate that the prosecution didn\'t charge Rittenhouse under a law where they could get ac onviction.
There may not be any law against being stupid, but there are lots of laws about not being stupid in ways that lead to people ending up dead. Flying an aircraft when you\'ve got advanced senile dementia would be one of them.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney