Rittenhouse Legal Counsel Declares Intention To Take Their Case To Court – IOTW Report

Rittenhouse Legal Counsel Declares Intention To Take Their Case To Court

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[Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyers John] Pierce addressed a possible plea deal: “We’re going to trial. We’re going to win this case. If I’m the prosecutor, I drop these charges immediately. I think that this is a rush of judgment, and if I was the prosecutor, I would be terrified to take this case to trial. I do not believe that there’s a jury in this country that’s going to look at these facts and is going to find him guilty for murder.”

“It’s absolute 100 percent self-defense, and we’re going to prove it if we have to,” concluded Pierce. “It was legal for him to possess that weapon in Wisconsin.” More

19 Comments on Rittenhouse Legal Counsel Declares Intention To Take Their Case To Court

  1. Haven’t really looked that hard but does anyone know if this poor kid is out on bail or still behind bars?

    Since he was part of a militia I would hope that whoever is in charge of his group is working on contingencies for protecting both Kyle and his family once he is freed. It’s not enough that he is free on bail (when that happens) he needs to be protected from the leftists lunatics (pardon the redundency).

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  2. There are laws against malicious and political prosecution almost everywhere.

    Eventually these will come into play if the defense team aggressively pursues the use of them.

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  3. you can claim that he’s in the militia all you want, but I don’t think it’s going to overrule Wisconsin open-carry laws … & I believe that you have to be 18 to open-carry in that state

    … ain’t no lawyer, I could be wrong (any corrections/additions are quite welcome to cure my ignorance in this matter)

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  4. @ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ AUGUST 31, 2020 AT 5:29 PM

    In a state of civil unrest, wherein the authorities have as much as said: You are on your own, that cannot be a one way street. If you are on your own, then a ten year old arming up is reasonable. That is how it was in the days before civil govt was in place.

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  5. @JD ~ not disagreeing w/ you, but tell that to Kyle Rittenhouse

    this won’t end until one or the other is in total charge … & right now the commie-marxist know they’re real close …. real close!

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  6. @ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, I’ve now seen three different gun rights attorneys explain the Wisconsin Law. Two of them were on youtube and another was an interview clip I watched on FB.
    There is one part of the law that says at least 18, but then there is an exception in the law that as long as it isn’t a short barrel rifle or shotgun it’s legal at 16.

    I don’t have the links to them, but the two on youtube I’m sure can be found. I think there was some tweets as well outlining the exception clause in the law.
    Then there is this at the federal level:

    10 U.S. Code § 246 – Militia: composition and classes

    (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
    (b) The classes of the militia are—
    (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
    (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

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  7. @Old Racist White Woman ~ thank you for the info

    btw, isn’t an AR usually classified as a ‘short-barreled’ rifle? … it was one of the reasons stated in the Larryland ban on AR’s … the only one allowed is the long-barreled AR Colt 20″ barreled sporter model

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  8. To my knowledge an AR15 is only classified as a short barrel if the barrel is under 16″ or overall length under 26″. I could have been given wrong information, but I’ve been told it is illegal to own one with a barrel under 16″ without a tax stamp, but you can own an AR pistol.

    On edit I just looked up Wisconsin’s clarification of a short barrel rifle or shotgun. Rifle with barrel under 16″ and shotgun with barrel under 18″.

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