[skeeter]

It was only a matter of time before the State and its vassals attempted to criminalize self defense.

That would make their control over society complete.

[MrB]

I believe that was what the left had invested in this trial that made them so over-the-top bound and determined to prosecute him.

They wanted to delegitimize self defense against thuggery -
which would translate to both criminal underclass street thugs and to elitist State tyrant thugs.