You still don't get it, do you?
The people who chased him were stupid and foolish. But,
imagine for a moment, change some details, and think if it was you or I walking with the protesters, on their side, carrying our own assault rifles;
what would you be thinking seeing Rittenhouse, with his weapon at port arms, finger over the trigger, walking/jogging down the street with nothing that identifies him with law enforcement or private security;
now what would you immediately start to think about? Me, I'm thinking active shooter. Whose side he's on is unknown, but the danger of stray rounds or mass casualties puts our fight or flight mental wheels in motion;
My second thought would be to move my weapon from its slung back position, to at the ready, optic caps off, lock and loaded, and, at the double time, begin to flank his movements and attempt to get in front of him, undetected.
Now, imagine, I not knowing anything about this person, or anything about the situation, who I now believe is an active shooter, seeing him live fire and take down someone.
In my now undetected flanked and covered position, waiting for him to come to me, I put a round in both his eyes before he can even think to take another step.
Guess what? Now I'm the self-defence hero. The dead tell no tales and can testify to nothing in their defence.
So, two people can meet each other with guns, and the first to decide if they are afraid can shoot first to avoid being shot first.
Nice piece of peaceful community making logic there, ay!
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