Of course we have a right to self-defense. I believe Rittenhouse was correctly acquitted. He did shoot in self-defense.

Rosenbaum was looking for a fight with armed individuals. Rosenbaum had been filmed taunting people with guns earlier in the evening. Had Rittenhouse not been on the street with a gun, it is highly probable Rosenbaum would have ignored him, as Rosenbaum did most of the people on the street.

Rittenhouse’s encounters with both Huber and Grosskreuz were directly related to Rittenhouse shooting Rosenbaum. Had Rittenhouse not had an altercation with Rosenbaum, it is highly probable there would have been no altercations with Huber and Grosskreuz.

Had Rittenhouse stayed on the car lot he claimed he was there to protect, without a gun, it is highly probable none of us would even know Rittenhouse existed. No one else got shot that night except the people Rittenhouse shot.

So it is clearly, demonstrably true that Rittenhouse did not do everything possible not to shoot people. He chose to take his gun to a protest. He chose to walk the streets with his big gun.

The police are irrelevant to our discussion. We are discussing what Rittenhouse did.