Last September, Ríhanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, preparing to start her bartending shift, when she noticed a group of men across the street. One of them was shouting in her direction, and Kelver heard several homophobic and transphobic slurs as he began approaching her. Moments later, according to court testimony and surveillance footage, the man shoved Kelver to the ground hard enough to injure her tailbone.
Kelver responded by drawing a pistol from her bag, chambering a round, and pointing the weapon at the man who had pushed her. She kept the safety on and never fired. The man and his companions retreated.
Today, Kelver, a 28-year-old trans woman, faces two felony charges—aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent—which could carry up to 15 years in prison. The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.
If George Zimmerman can successfully claim self defense, anyone should be able to. What, do you need to kill the other person for it to count?
If Kyle Rittenhouse can travel state lines with an assault rifle and shoot at protesters and claim self defense, anyone should be able to.
But remember the conservative axiom:
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
You have to be a straight, white, cisgender, conservative man.
Zimmerman was Hispanic for what it’s worth.
Seems as longs as your crime is against another minority straight, cisgender, and conservative man is adequate
I mean, dead men tell no tales. 😐
But seriously, the prosecution will probably say the situation wasn’t dire or else the defendant would’ve fired.
The really shitty thing is you’re probably right. Here was an actual responsible gun owner, who didn’t just wildly open fire, and Wyoming’s like, “not like that.”