Posted on 11/21/2021 6:18:27 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
Kyle Rittenhouse Awarded AR-15 for 'Defense of Gun Rights' Following Acquittal
Accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse has been awarded an AR-15 assault rifle from an organization called Gun Owners of America (GOA) for his "defense of gun rights" following his acquittal from homicide charges.
"ALERT: GOA will be awarding Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 for his defense of gun rights in America," GOA wrote in a Friday morning tweet. "Join us in saying THANK YOU to Kyle Rittenhouse for being a warrior for gun owners and self defense rights across the country!"
ALERT: GOA will be awarding Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 for his defense of gun rights in America.
Join us in saying THANK YOU to Kyle Rittenhouse for being a warrior for gun owners and self defense rights across the country!
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) November 19, 2021 Rittenhouse used an AR-15 style rifle to kill Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as injure Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.
Rittenhouse pleaded self-defense to homicide charges related to the incident. A jury found him not guilty on Friday.
Prosecution attorneys argued that Rittenhouse's victims had initially approached him out of fear that he was an active shooter. At the time of the killings, Rittenhouse was 17 years old and too young to purchase or possess such a firearm. His friend, Dominick Black, purchased it for him, Black said at the trial.
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No, you are incorrect. Kyle is not charged with an federal gun crime, and for good reason.
For a "straw man" purchase to be illegal, the gun has to be substantially transferred to the other person. The Smith & Wesson M15 was never substantially transferred to Kyle.
He is charged with two counts of the State crime in Wisconsin Statutes 948.60 2(a). But the judge dismissed the charge against Kyle (because of the exception in 948.60 3(c). The same exception exists for Dominick.
I paid right at $500 for mine, they get you on the ammo though 250 with tax is right about $200. My .38SP is higher than that.
That would be a pretty petty prosecution, considering the history the feds have with F-and-F, Clinton prosecuting only 8 of the 250K 4473 denials that he bragged about, and the Feebs going out to retrieve Hunter Biden’s pistol from the trash. But, petty seems to be the order of the day.
I never said Kyle was charged with making a straw man purchase. I said Black was charged.
No longer “accused shooter”. He is vindicated by a jury of his peers self defence victim who saved his own life from an angry mob. End of discussion. The jury has spoken.
Hopefully with a 100 round magazine just to send them over the edge.
The State law exception in 948.60 3(c) applies to both of them.
It is not about a straw man purchase.
Wrong. In 2021, the IRS exclusionary gift tax is $15,000.00 per year. I could give you 15k cash, a UTV, used car, nice guns, etc and as long as it wasn't over 15k, you pay no federal taxes. State gift tax? I don't know of any states that have it. You can also give a one time gift of over 5 million per person (like 11mm for married couple) to reduce estate taxs...but after that 11mm+ number you pay taxes on everything over that. BTW...he wont need gifting...he'll need a broker to buy all the fixed income ladders and stocks when he has a half billion dollars.
As an FFL we pretty much ask “Whose money is buying this firearm?” Whoever raises their hand gets the 4473. They can then gift it or do whatever then. I’ll mail them a bill of sale if they wish or a gift form if they have a gun trust so they can put it on Appendix A of the gun trust.
You are CORRECT as per the law! AND I was wrong in that Mr Rittenhouse would have a liability as that rests with the giver. Winnings from a lottery or contest, which this is NOT, would be the recipients responsibility.
That being said, my advice still holds that Mr Rittenhouse should have an advisor about financial matters, especially those pertaining to taxable situations. There is a difference between being legal and being legally SAFE and being legally unbothered! Lois Learner retired from the IRS with full benefits in spite of targeting legal Tea Party organizations applying to the IRS for 501(c)3 status in the Obama years. She broke no law but, by delaying, harassing and denying the charitable deduction status SELECTIVELY, she demonstrated what a LEFTist bureaucrat can do with power.
Mr Rittenhouse has a target on his back, and the multitudinous IRS rules and regulations will make it an easy scenario, with his, and family's, obviously non-standard income, for an audit. It is likely that there could be legal basis but it is so easy to err without more expert guidance.
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