On August 25th, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to take part in the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the shooting death of Jacob Blake by police. Armed with an AR-15-style long gun, at only 17 years of age, Rittenhouse found himself arrested and tried on several major felonies, including first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide. Three people were shot dead by Rittenhouse that night. Rittenhouse’s defense, a successful one, was that all three were in self-defense. A jury acquitted him of all charges, and as for possession of the weapon in the first place, in Wisconsin, long guns that are not altered into short barrels may be in the possession of minors, but cannot be sold to a minor. It was a limited ruling, but one that did not place Rittenhouse in any legal jeopardy for having the gun on him. For Wisconsin’s purposes, he was legally carrying the gun. Whether he should have been there in the first place is another question entirely.
After the carnage and when police caught up with Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old had several options in front of him – shoot it out with police, resist arrest, and/or run and take his chances, or this.
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