1) It goes to Rosenberg's intent. It's not about what Rittenberg knew, it's about whether or not the attacking individual was known to be the sort of person who was confrontational, aggressive and prone to violence because that makes it more likely he was displaying those some behaviors at the time.

(In fact, we know he was. We have him approaching Rittenberg in an apoplectic rage earlier in the night.)

But we dont' need that. We have his extensive violent criminal record.

2) This is not how criminals and open carry advocates see it. What criminals see is an unmanageable number of people around them who have guns. What open carry advocates believe is criminals like easy vicitims who can't fight back. Conceal carry states are even better because , yeah, criminals really have no idea who is packing.

6) all the things your referencing are problems. But it's not an epidemic of police violence towards innocent people or criminal suspects who pose no threat to them. All those things are problems that happen in the world, but if you look at the words you used, you might get an idea that it's not how often it happens, it's how often you hear about it. You hear about it every single time it happens. You hear about every single officer involved shooting of any Black suspect. How many is that? What % of the time does it happen? Whatr are the details around the case? Are the cops White or Black? How many times does it happen to White suspects?

When you look into answering these questions, it becomes clear- there is no epidemic of White cops shooting Black suspects.

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/26/745731839/new-study-says-white-police-officers-are-not-more-likely-to-shoot-minority-suspe

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/white-cops-dont-commit-more-shootings/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cops-shoot-white-guy-fresno-nobody-pays-attention-hank-berrien