Gun Owners of America 'awarding' Rittenhouse with AR-15 gun similar to weapon used in fatal shooting [View all]
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?
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