Gun Owners of America 'awarding' Rittenhouse with AR-15 gun similar to weapon used in fatal shooting

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: Independent

A gun rights organisation is "awarding" Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15-style rifle following his acquittal at trial on homicide charges for fatally shooting two men and injuring another with a similar weapon.

Gun Owners of America - which claims to represent 2 million gun owners in the US - "will be awarding Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 for his defense of gun rights in America," according to a post on the group's Twitter account.

"Join us in saying THANK YOU to Kyle Rittenhouse for being a warrior for gun owners and self defense rights across the country!" the post states.

Mr Rittenhouse's attorneys successfully argued to jurors that their client fired his AR-15-style rifle to protect himself against a violent mob that chased after him on 25 August, 2020, in the aftermath of police brutality protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The verdict has exposed deep partisan divides on issues related to the Second Amendment and whether it was appropriate for a teenager with a high-powered rifle to insert himself into a volatile scene stemming from racial justice protests.

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Jesus, Kill a lefty and you get a job in congress, hero status and a new gun. WTF is wrong with this country?

[NanceGreggs]

1. What next?

A televised annual event honouring murderers, complete with red-carpet celebrities, a full orchestra, and professional dance routines?

[2naSalit]

2. If we don't...

Maintain control of the government, yes.

[orangecrush]

3. And nothing will be done.

Fuck it.

[Elessar Zappa]

4. What can be done?

The murdering scumbag was acquitted. The thing I see that can be done now is possibly a civil suit.

[cstanleytech]

11. Only way to address the issue and put it to rest is to honestly amend the Constitution to fix

the 2nd amendment and be more specific on the issue of gun.
Otherwise without the 2nd being amended any law that tries to address the problem can be nullified by the courts.

[Harker]

17. The term "well regulated" needs to be given weight. n/t

[cstanleytech]

18. Yes but that has been argued a number of times and so far its not worked to well

in the courts when it comes laws involving guns.

[Harker]

20. It'll have to someday.

I don't hold much hope for sufficient numbers to effect a Constitutional amendment, either.

[cstanleytech]

22. But see that is the problem as the pendulum can swing back

and forth because of how the 2nd is worded. If we amend it though we can maybe prevent that from happening as much.

[Harker]

25. Agreed, but that's a mighty high hurdle.

The mechanism for amendment demands more than we can deliver without a tremendous amount of cooperation.

[Straw Man]

5. If the NRA goes away ...

... via bankruptcy, etc., GOA will move into the vacuum. They make the NRA look like the Campfire Girls.

[J_William_Ryan]

6. Conservatives are what's wrong with this country.

[cstanleytech]

12. You mean assholes as that is what they really are.

[Harker]

21. +33.

I don't mind conservative people.

Radicalized fascist assholes, I loathe.

[cstanleytech]

23. At this point if they are in favor of things like gerrymandering then they are an asshole.

[Harker]

24. Yeah, that's enough to do it.

I doubt there are many of them who would speak out in favor of non-partisan districting.

[sop]

7. "Kyle Rittenhouse Just Killed our Right to Peacefully Protest"

"With his acquittal, we’ve lost our First Amendment right to peacefully assemble to a half-cocked, cocaine-cowboy version of the Second Amendment. Only in America."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-just-killed-our-right-to-peacefully-protest

Thank you Gun Owners of America.

[patphil]

8. If ever there was a call to kill, that was it.

[YoshidaYui]

9. WTF

for reals

[cheezmaka]

10. Rittenhouse started crying "like a baby"....

then I said to myself, "He got 'em!" (judge & jury)

[JohnnyRingo]

13. We'll see if he figured out what got him in trouble.

I'm sure he knows he dodged a proverbial bullet, but let's see if he goes down that road again.
I can't imagine...

[Evolve Dammit]

14. The 2nd amend. involved muskets, single shot. Law needs to change. These aholes are glorifying

murder and promoting a weapon of war, not self-defense. NRA used to be about hunter safety 50 years ago. They are now a fascist lot and have been for 20 years or more.

[oneshooter]

27. Does this belief of yours also extend to the first amendent?

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Huh?

[oneshooter]

31. " The 2nd amend. involved muskets, single shot."

do you support only having communications with the written word, such as letters, posters, and newspapers/broadsheets? That was the common means of the day.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. different amendment. different topic. Talking about weapons, not freedom of the press, free speech

[oneshooter]

33. So you do not hold the first amendment the same as the second?

Seems to me that you have a double standard.

[yagotme]

37. Different amendment, same application.

Hand operated printing press was the technology of the day re: 1st amendment. Delivery of mail by horse.

[oasis]

35. Exactly. 2nd Amendment twisted nonsense threatens Americans now more

than ever.

[MissMillie]

15. For someone supposedly suffering from PTSD

A gun is a bizarre gift choice, don't you think?

[LiberatedUSA]

36. Now that is actually an interesting point.

Normally these matters are private, but we happen to know he is suffering from PTSD from the trial.

[Paladin]

16. The GOA: for those who think NRA is too liberal.

A genuinely diseased organization.

[Harker]

19. Gee whiz! I bet it's really really cool looking! n/t

[colorado_ufo]

26. This little crybaby twit should never hold a gun again.

Perhaps he should consider joining the military as a chance to mature.

[bluestarone]

34. So when Kyle uses THIS gun to kill

This organization should be held liable!