The Columbus Dispatch

It’s open season for vigilantis­m in wake of Rittenhous­e verdict

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The implicatio­ns of the Kyle Rittenhous­e verdict are terrifying. Zeke and Jasper will now dress up to play solider in their cosplay camo outfits, load up their AR-15S, leave their mothers’ basements, and head to your neighborho­od to provide “security” for your kids’ schools and playground­s.

If you approach them and state forcefully that you want them to leave because the risk of accidental­ly firing one of those weapons could have terrible consequenc­es for your children and the children of others, they can shoot you dead because they feel “threatened.” A jury will let them off because they were “just defending themselves.”

Vigilantis­m is as deadly as any virus. It thrives on ignorant losers who now have a “cause” to distract themselves from dealing with their own pathetic lives and it’s headed our way.

Anthony Polletta, Upper Arlington

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