Across much of the U.S., it has become increasingly acceptable for people to walk the streets with firearms, either carried openly or legally concealed.
tensions and the advance of laws that ease permitting requirements and expand the allowable use of force.
“I got a job to do — protect these people. That’s it,” said Jordan, referring to speakers at a news conference that was held in the hours after the verdict. Mark McCloskey, who pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor charges stemming from when he and his wife waved a rifle and a handgun at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their St. Louis home in 2020, said the verdict shows that people have a right to defend themselves from a “mob.” He currently is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri.
Wisconsin has a tougher standard for claiming self-defense, and Rittenhouse was able to show the jury that he reasonably believed his life was in danger and that the amount of force he used was appropriate. He highlighted that a lesser charge against Rittenhouse as a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon“There’s a facet of Wisconsin law that allows kids to take their hunting rifle out with their dad or uncle,” Busse said. “Well, he’s not hunting. ... The old gun culture is being used to cover up for this new, dangerous firearms culture.”
Discord over the right to carry guns in public places spilled over into state legislatures in the aftermath of a 2020 plot to storm the Michigan Capitol, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and other threats. States including Michigan and New Mexico this year banned guns at their capitols, and Montana and Utah shored up concealed-carry rights.
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