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The toxic attitude to men who aren’t seen to be ‘masculine, monsters’, etc, is not helping American society…
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/21/josh-hawley-madison-cawthorn-jd-vance-masculinity-523136
He can claim self defence, but surely the people he killed were acting in self defence too, because they were afraid of the kid with the assault rifle.
That's what the author of the Politico article says and the point about 'first aggressor' comes into it. It's a loop - but at the point where someone gets shot, if you were the one being chased and you're cornered or down you seem to have a pretty good defence.
Some information here as I think karma has rippen for some.
https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/12/kenosha-shooting/
I can recommend one of the latest podcasts by The Economists. It covers Kenosha and 5e court case and gives a good overview of the vicious circle that exists with firearms in the US and why Self Defence is difficult to prosecute as murder.