Probably time for a Kyle Rittenhouse thread.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hmm I have never in my lifetime seen an 18 year old cop

list of places that you can be a cop at 18:
Rhode Island[1]

Wisconsin[2]

Louisiana[3]

Montana[4]

Arkansas[4]

Georgia

Ah, that's why, in my state it's 21. I wouldn't trust an 18 year old cop to be effective at dealing with high risk of escalation situations. But that's just me, I see the worst of the worst teenagers in my job

man i wouldn't trust a 21 y/o to be a cop.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

man i wouldn't trust a 21 y/o to be a cop.

Ya. And the more the media keeps portraying them as power tripping racists the less people that will want to be cops. Maybe states can't legally change their minimum age requirements (yet) but in an attempt to get staff numbers back up they can and will become looser with their hiring qualifications, resulting in shittier overall cops

I've noticed some Dems in this thread mention that we don't need vigilantes trying to be cops. Wait until PD response times start going up due to cop shortages...the longer those get, the more people will feel forced to take matters in their own hands

I have a 9mm but don't carry it, to my dad's side of the family big dismay. I have quite a lot of confidence in my self-defense strategy: I bet I can run faster scared than you can mad

I'm pretty fast both off the line and my distance running is excellent; if I break away, you ain't gonna catch me. Holding a rifle like Kyle did is only going to slow me down [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Topgunben]

Originally Posted by Homesteaded [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Naïve, idealistic kid goes to a place of chaos to provide help. Get chased by globohomo abortionists, defends himself. There should be a 60 foot statue of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha.

Kids an American Hero

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Topgunben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kids an American Hero

"Hey dad, there's this violent riot going on somewhere else, I think I'm gonna go grab your gun and nothing less lethal than that and go defend some buildings, maybe bring a first aid kit that I don't know how to use that well"

My response: "Oh so today you've decided is the day you're going to kill people? You just lost that gun privilege"

But that's just me. I'll be first in line to grab a gun and go out ready to potentially die if a violent mob is marching down my block. And I'll be first in line to go out with a gun and potentially die in an attempt to restore order with other vigilantes if all hell has broken loose and anarchy reigns

But there is something called "pick and choose your battles". Making a decision to put out a dumpster fire near angry violent people that just started that fire that results in people getting shot is a bad fucking decision. Just because I know I can kill someone and legally get away with it doesn't mean it's smart to go around deliberately escalating people. This is why cops have police academy training in order to look for alternative ways to de-escalate high risk situations without putting themself into a situation where they have to use lethal force

It also gives angry Dems more fuel to proclaim that carrying a gun emboldens people to put themselves in situations to kill others. "When you're carrying a hammer, everything looks like a nail" is the common quote. And it's real. It's a thing. Kyle is living proof

[Duik]

When im carrying a hammer it just means i have only one hand left for my sickle.

[Trexller]

so carry a hammer, wrench, and screwdriver. and a first aid kit.

[unsunghero]

lol

Honestly, I dunno what I would do. Not pretending to be the expert. I guess I would attempt to emulate what I see as the experts, meaning try to emulate what cops do. Obviously there is a reason cops wear full riot gear, plastic shields, and batons to force back violent mobs. Why not just mow them all down with guns? Sometimes the mob is armed, often they are throwing dangerous objects at the cops, could almost be justified. But they found an alternative tactic that works

So if I was going to try to do some good around a violent mob, I would try to have equipment that resembles cop equipment, meaning definitely carrying less lethal means to subdue someone, such as pepper spray, tasers, etc. Maybe have something to hit someone with. And I would carry a gun, in my state I don't need a license to conceal (F Yea Arizona is the Wild West), so I would definitely conceal because visible guns make me a target. Also, I wouldn't do anything to broadcast that I am there to help, like the hero kyle did doing interviews on camera and the like. I would do as much as I could to not draw attention to myself, maybe helping an injured person or putting out a fire with no one around to see. I can do far more good without people attacking me

The reason I think it's hard for me to imagine what I would do is that I keep going back to not putting myself in that situation. Think about it, even a lone cop with his training and full gear is not going to go in alone near a violent mob. It's just not prudent

[Duik]

I take my gun so i have a use for my first aid kit. Duh.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When im carrying a hammer it just means i have only one hand left for my sickle.

Over 100,000 Americans have valiantly laid down their lives under horrible conditions against the hammer and sickle, so that you may enjoy the freedoms that you don't understand and take for granted.

36,516 Americans sacrificed their lives during the Korean war so that my family, and the rest of South Korea would not have to live under the thumb of the authoritarian kim regimes.

And you joke like that, or if you are serious about it, you're even more disgusting than I could describe.

[Whale biologist]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

to live under the thumb of the authoritarian kim regimes.

One tyrant for another, zoomer.