The Rittenhouse verdict and Kyle himself are both the logical outcome of

[AndyS]

Stand Your Ground laws followed by open carry and then 'constitutional' (it's not) carry.

It is also the harbinger of things to come.

Guns have been normalized in society. Open carry has been normalized. Stand your ground has been normalized and the one left standing gets to tell the only story anyone hears.

It doesn't have to be this way.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. The harbinger of things to come: how scary this prediction is.

So what can be done?

One of the chief drivers of this outcome is money in politics. As is well known, the gun industry and the NRA give money to politicians so that any logical well-written gun laws never see the light of day.

It's already tough to get good gun control laws passed. Once something has become normalized, it's entrenched and is much more difficult to dislodge.

We must not despair.

K&R

[FBaggins]

2. It's none of those things

The law of self defense has nothing to do with whether the weapon you use to defend yourself was legal (either to own or carry). Not we’re any “stand your ground” elements involved.

[AndyS]

5. Sorry to disagree but it's ALL of those things.

If you can't see and recognize the progression to less and less gun restriction to more and more gun violence it's your blind spot.

[DBoon]

3. and use of guns against your fellow citizen has been normalized

This is not about hunting.

This is not about defense against a foreign invasion.

[rickyhall]

4. This country is going backwards as fast as it can.