Rights Are Not Privileges: The Case of Ríhanna Kelver
If you would like to donate to the legal defense of Rihanna Kelver, you can find her personal Venmo here. Another night in Laramie. "The Constitution gives you the right, as a white man, to have a rifle in your home. The Constitution gives you the right to protect yourself. Why is it 'ominous' when…
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While generally wary of broad public firearm ownership for self defense, there must be equal rights for everyone, even if I don't think the current rights regarding gun ownership are the right kind of rights. This is especially true in a clear case of self defense, as portrayed. I hadn't heard of this movement yet and I gotta say: That's helluva fire name and logo!
So they just threw her into prison for defending herself?
She's not in prison, she was charged with the crimes, not convicted yet. Assuming a reasonable jury, there's no way she would end up in prison, but that's not a given.
Since you're still on lemmy:
::: spoiler ⭕ Asian for yes, correct, approve, avow,
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Why would I have left?
The software I am on allows reactions.
I initially reacted with that emoji. Then noticed dbzero didn't handle reaction at all, so I reinformed you as a reply.