Posted on 12/01/2021 8:00:37 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Kyle Rittenhouse said he is destroying the rifle he used to shoot three protestors in Kenosha, Wis., last year during an appearance on the conservative podcast program, "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Tuesday.
Speaking as a guest on the program, Rittenhouse said, "We're having [the rifle] destroyed right now. We don't want anything to do with that," while discussing how the lead prosecutor in his case, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger, brought the AR-15-style weapon into court.
Rittenhouse expressed that he was shocked when Binger pointed Rittenhouse's rifle "at the gallery."
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Isn’t he getting like a dozen new ones donated by supporters?
Dumshit. He supports BLM too.
Kyle is still to young and inexperienced to think thing through.
he will get a better one!
Shouldn’t have wound up in the media. foolish
“Kyle is still to young and inexperienced to think thing through.”
He needs to learn how to operate watercraft.
It is pretty clear to me this young man is suffering from a severe case of PTSD.
His demeanor on the stand told me that.
I understand why he is doing it. He is trying to jettison anything that reminds him of that night.
Yes. Some people do not understand this at all.
I sure do.
Waiting for the officially licensed Kyle Rittenhouse model to be made by a custom boutique gun maker.
Though justified, that rifle still killed two people. Not sure I’d want to profit off that.
This is going to follow him for the rest of his life. At least in the near term, his dream of being a paramedic is gone. Any job for which he applies, any girls he meets, all will know him for this one event. Even though he had no choice, I'm quite sure he wishes it had never happened.
Not making a judgement on profiting from killing enemies. As I said, I suspect this is an effort to curry favor with the prospective jury pools when he starts suing people.
A good move / strategy in my opinion.
I do not doubt he has some level of PTSD. A cop can go their entire career and never kill someone. Two thirds of the military never fired a shot during the war. Rittenhouse killed two criminals in less than 30 minutes. At his age that is a lot to carry around within himself. People want to make him a villain or hero for their own purposes. He needs to disconnect from the past to move on.
Honestly, I would recommend he go to a University in Poland. Friend went to medical school there because it was accredited and so much cheaper than the United States. Rittenhouse wants to be a nurse, go to Poland, get your BSN and then return to the USA (if he wants), pass the NCLEX and be a nurse. Maybe the anonymity he would have in Poland would make it easier to focus on his studies.
WHAT??? Sell it. Auction it off and raise money. Hell raffle it off. He would raise millions!
Letting go of the past.
got it?
It is his to do wish as he sees fit, but destroying it seems like a waste.
Agreed. I personally would keep it, upgrade the optics and trigger, and buy some more ammo in bulk, and then thank God, again, that I had it when I needed it.
Was thinking along the same lines but you put it into perspective very well.
Ditto what you posted!
OMGosh.
The rifle killed no one.
KYLE killed those scum. Not the rifle.
What poor, anti-gunner style logic.
Guns don’t kill people, people! Sheesh.
We should have destroyed ALL M1 Garands after WWII!
Stupid logic.
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