My view of Kyle and the events of that night have always been everyone was in the wrong. The men who were shot were not protesters, they were rioters attempting to destroy property. Kyle is not a police officer, he's a minor with a gun who was some knock-off security during violent riots.
Everyone made stupidly, blatantly bad decisions. Two men paid with their life as a result. The kid who should be found guilty of Criminal Negligence is going to get off because the prosecutors we're going for crimes that would not stick because any reasonable person could see at that moment he was defending himself.
But the horrible truth is that had all of them stayed the fuck home and not gone to a volatile situation none of this would have happened.
Irrelevant of intentions or not Kyle put himself into a dangerous situation. He admitted openly it was dangerous and that he was carrying an AR-15 because he perceived the situation to be so dangerous that the rifle was necessary for self defense.
He should be made an example of so this shit doesn't keep happening. But because he's going to get off with minor charges at best this will just signal to every dumbass with some cash on hand and a chip on their shoulder that they can bring a firearm to a protest of people they hate and if someone becomes remotely violent they can shoot them and claim self defense.
This infuriates me to no end and as a gun owner sets responsible ownership back fucking decades.
Edit: This is why I define what Kyle did to be Negligent Homicide
From the Wisconsin Legislature.
> (1), the state had to prove three elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1) the defendant operated or handled a dangerous weapon; 2) the defendant operated or handled a dangerous weapon in a manner constituting criminal negligence; and 3) the defendant's operation or handling of a dangerous weapon in a manner constituting criminal negligence caused the death of another human being. State v. Langlois, 2018 WI 73, 382 Wis. 2d 414, 913 N.W.2d 812, 16-1409.
followed by the definition of Criminal Negligence
> Criminal negligence is conduct where a person ignores an obvious risk or disregards the life and safety of those around him. Both federal and state courts describe this behavior as a form of recklessness. The negligent person acts significantly different than most people would under similar circumstances.
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