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“Self defense”

Tue., Nov. 9, 2021

From Christian Robinson (“Bodycam footage from fatal shooting of 21-year-old shows harrowing new details on first day of trial,” The Spokesman-Review, Oct. 26) locally to Kyle Rittenhouse nationally, we have this perverse notion that one can bring a gun to a fist fight (that they instigated), take a life, and cry self-defense.

It’s cowardly and murderous.

In the immortal words of Johnny Cash, don’t take your guns to town.

Michael Stanger

Spokane

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