IF you are in a situation where you need to protect your own life, the law generally allows you to use whatever you have handy in order to do it. Go and dig around the internet and you'll find loads of stories where kids defended themselves with guns or knives or cars or even exotic items when they were attacked in the home or the streets.
In Texas, a 15-year-old uses his dad’s AR-15 to defend himself, his 12-year-old sister and the family home against a pair of home invaders. The AR-15 is America’s favorite rifle.…
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The difference here is Kyle had no business driving out of his way to find trouble. He sought out a violent situation and added to the violence. He absolutely did not need to be in Kenosha that night. He went looking for trouble. He put himself in the middle of trouble. Then he shot people and cried self-defense. And the sympathetic judge continually reframed the issue until he looked like a hero, which of course appeases half of America. The violent, gun-humping half I should tell you. The vast majority of times a court would consider that a vigilante, and would not openly embrace and support him. They'd charge him and actually follow thru.