Please enlighten us, professor. I've actually aced many logic classes while studying philosophy and computer science in college, but perhaps I'm rusty given the span of years since school. Your protestations aside, it's hard to see how anyone involved in this soup sandwich had the brains god gave a goose. If I knew ahead of time that skipping a trip to the ATM would prevent two deaths I'd do it, even if I was well within my rights. It's not hard to foresee the risks in a minor taking a rifle to a riot/protest. This is dead simple stuff, guys. Don't do stupid stuff with stupid people, at stupid times and places. No trainer in their right mind would have suggested any of the actions taken, at least up the point where he pulled the trigger.
Anyone that's been at THR for any length of time should understand that a holistic defense plan has hardware and software components. We have at least a half dozen mods here that are lawyers and a deep bench of LE types. For all the bluster about being judged by 12 or carried by six, it's smart to at least attempt to behave in a rational, intelligent fashion. I do understand that children don't have the mental development at that age to make rational decisions which is why they generally can't buy guns or booze or vote.
I can't count the number of times that THR has admonished us to avoid ATMs at night in bad neighborhoods or told that "nothing good happens after 10 pm". Don't answer the door with a gun. Don't be standing around at a shooting holding a gun. Don't grab a gun and walk out the back door in the middle of the night to investigate a noise. Don't clear your house alone. Don't shoot at a dark shape standing in your kitchen. These principles don't go out the window just because you gotta get your pound of flesh in the culture war.
