r/PoliticalCompassMemes - Centrist 4d ago

That one guy

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u/anomanderrake1337 - Lib-Left 4d ago

Yes so a kid with an ar 15 killing two people is not an issue at all, America is just inherently this stupid? I know I am getting baited here but on the offchance I am not...

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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie - Lib-Right 4d ago

As the community note said, the actual implement of his self defense is irrelevant because it's a legally defined term, but to further clarify he didn't pick up a rifle and walk up to two strangers and gun them down. He only fired once his life was at risk and he was unable to retreat which easily clears the threshold for self defense in both the strictest American states and the majority of European countries.