"Take out guns" ... he was 17 and walking around with a rifle looking for trouble, dropped off by his mom from another town. He was hunting.
What I *think* about American law is it's being reframed to enable vigilante justice, in the short term, and civil war in the long term.
He was standing around guarding a car dealership. There's nothing new here. Google the story of the Koreans who defended their stores from rioters during the Rodney King riots. Vigilantes? This is a country that has allowed bounty hunters since its inception.