CAL THOMAS: The Rittenhouse verdict
Before the right to keep and bear arms is stated in the Second Amendment, the Founders wrote why they believed it necessary for people to arm themselves as part of
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Before the right to keep and bear arms is stated in the Second Amendment, the Founders wrote why they believed it necessary for people to arm themselves as part of
Enforcement was not in that case and encouraged by the then commander in chief. i think now on the other side of the verdict the activists that i hear from questioning what kind of message this sends to folks as people may continue to try to peacefully protest. what can they expect to the extent of violence and looting and also folks that came to these protests not interest in the peaceful protest aspect but there to cause trouble and some of those people were folks like kyle rittenhouse. >> let's read for you from "boston globe" op-ed. on the benefit of boyhood. white boyhood is an armor that...
So, i felt that the judge was very biassed in the situation. and i certainly hope that every defense attorney in wisconsin, that chooses to be in front of judge schroeder orders the transcript and make sure he is consistent with their defendants brought before him, particularly defendants of color. >> something that came out at me was a piece in the "the new york times" that basically said self-defense laws need to be modernized because there's so many people now carrying guns that, sadly, what we saw in the rittenhouse verdict could be a playbook for others to actually follow. what do you say...
Ask them if they had familiarity with guns. that would give you an idea whether they were gun owners. >> that could be argued that way. some of them, there was evidence they were not gun owners. they had experience shooting maybe with friends and family members. but to your point a moment ago. we learned that once the jury, the 18 people were there. we heard about the msnbc situation where they were followed in their jury van. what the people don't know in this country is prior to that. a week before, we learned that joe citizen, whoever that may have been was at the location where these juror...
Ask them if they had familiarity with guns. that would give you an idea whether they were gun owners. >> that could be argued that way. some of them, there was evidence they were not gun owners. they had experience shooting maybe with friends and family members. but to your point a moment ago. we learned that once the jury, the 18 people were there. we heard about the msnbc situation where they were followed in their jury van. what the people don't know in this country is prior to that. a week before, we learned that joe citizen, whoever that may have been was at the location where these juror...