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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Sounds like Daniel Villarreal is from Liberal Planet.
Ditto!
Just watched Glenn Greenwald, who has been otherwise correct on this case, say that the illegal firearms charge was thrown out because the rifle was too small. That's the incorrigible lefty part of him showing its face.
An Historical Firearm!
Agreed!
And since he didn’t ‘own’ it, but his friend did, it’s being ‘illegal’ is moot, too. The persecutors tried, but they couldn’t tag him with any of that, no matter how much they wished they could.
He could always move to a state recognizing the constitution - there’s over 20 of them right now, and some don’t have a state income tax.
Just curiosity: Was he not given back his weapon after the trial?
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I had a .357 stolen from my house, cops picked up the thief and the gun the next day, thief sentenced to 4 years, served 2&1/2 years. It took me almost 4 years to get my pistol back.
The state (Illinois) claimed they were holding it in case it was needed in case of an appeal.
Pretty soon and, best of all, Kyle will probably get royalties in return for permitting them to use his name. Indeed, the amount of licensed Kyle Rittenhouse gear to come out will be astounding and he’s likely to make a fortune off it.
He certainly made good use of that single-point sling he was using.
Does that attach yo him? Someone buying an AR and holding it for him?
Since the evidence conclusively proved Kyle to be innocent, not just “not guilty,” this was a vital 2d Amendment case. After all, if the state had railroaded Kyle for legally, properly, courageously, righteously, and morally defending himself from a howling, rabid chimp mob that was trying to burn down all of Kenosha, what person in his/her right mind would ever again want to use a firearm for self defense against a mob.
That’s outrageous!
Illinois has some beautiful places within it, + a lot of history, but it also has some of the wackiest laws I’ve ever heard of. Half-brother lived there for several years, but eventually got thoroughly disillusioned & left for WY.
The writers at MSN are really stupid. Do they have a HR test that eliminates any applicant with an IQ over 70?
It shouldn't, but Dominick Black testified under oath in court that Kyle gave him the money to buy the AR, and Kyle told him what rifle to buy, and Kyle had access to it.
So I say Kyle never took possession of the rifle, so no straw purchase was made, but this might end up in court where another 12 people will decide Kyle's fate to determine if it was a straw purchase or not.
Dominick Black would be charged with making a false statement on the 4473, which is a maximum of 10 years, and Kyle would be charged with consipracy, which is 5 years.
And that’s certainly not Illinois.
If it was to be given back to anyone, it would be given back to Dominick Black, the rightful owner.
GOA > NRA
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He told me straight up he was the one who put it in property and evidence and that he was only one who could get it out and he wasn't going to.
It was only a $50 gun so I let it go at the time but I'm still mad. Replaced it with a .25 version which I still have but can't afford to shoot it near as much as the .22
The problem is that Kyle testified in court that Black purchased the gun for him. At the very least you have conspiracy, since you had both parties in agreement to break the law, and concrete steps taken in furtherance of the conspiracy (Kyle giving Black the money and Black purchasing the weapon.)
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