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Mary Sanchez: Kyle Rittenhouse is now a pawn

Kyle Rittenhouse went looking for trouble. America, in its adoration of firearms and a legal system that leans heavily into an individual’ s right to cause harm over the collective safety of many, replied. And the legal system will cover you when the worst happens: Bullets fired by Rittenhouse killed two people that August night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, unleashed by a...

Kyle Rittenhouse went looking for trouble.

America, in its adoration of firearms and a legal system that leans heavily into an individual’s right to cause harm over the collective safety of many, replied.

Yes, you can be a mere child conjuring an image of yourself as the heroic savior in a volatile scene where only highly trained adults should roam. You can claim a self-designated role as a medic even though you have no such expertise. And yes, you can go ahead

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