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It is noteworthy in this regard that all of the three men who were subject to defensive force by Kyle have more or less checkered criminal backgrounds, according to news reports. For example:

Joseph Rosenbaum, the man who attacked Kyle in the parking lot, and was shot in the head and killed for his trouble, was reportedly a convicted sex-offender for a sexual offense involving a minor.

Anthony Huber, the man captured on video who attempted to brain a fallen Kyle with a skateboard, reportedly has a criminal history of violence, including charges of batter and repeat domestic abuse.

Gaige Grosskreutz, the man captured on video attempting to shoot Kyle dead, and who suffered a traumatic arm injury when he was instead first shot by Kyle, reportedly has a criminal record of gun crimes.

In contrast, Kyle has no reported criminal history, not even any kind of sealed juvenile records.

Second, even if Kyle is guilty of some gun crime (e.g., underaged possession of a weapon) or curfew violation (a curfew apparently not being enforced against anybody), that purported crime is irrelevant to his self-defense justification for a use-of-force. Perhaps Kyle might be convicted of a gun offensebut that in no way undermines the lawfulness of his use-of-force in self-defense.