Probably time for a Kyle Rittenhouse thread.

[unsunghero]

There’s a lot more room to argue because Kyle’s actions to decide to put out fires and help people were good, his choice of setting to do them in was not so good

But when we consider self defense, it is possible to legally defend oneself with a gun and still be in the wrong, here’s an example:

I have a gun, I see another guy and decide to antagonize the living shit out of him verbally. I call him a bitch, a piece of shit, any insult I can think of based on his appearance or otherwise

He eventually gets pissed, picks up a rock, says “now you done it, I’m gonna beat the shit outta you”. As he gets close I open fire killing him


In this situation both people are in the wrong. The other person should have let the insults go, words are just words. And the person with a gun is in the wrong for provoking an innocent person into getting himself killed

Does this mean that the self-defense claim should be thrown out? Not sure what happens legally there, but both parties are in the wrong in that scenario