{"id":1016139,"date":"2021-11-15T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016139"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:14:43","slug":"august-2020-attorney-said-rittenhouse-legally-possessed-his-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/august-2020-attorney-said-rittenhouse-legally-possessed-his-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2020: Attorney Said Rittenhouse Legally Possessed His Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faugust-2020-attorney-said-rittenhouse-legally-possessed-his-gun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016139&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">On August 30, 2020, attorney John Pierce claimed his client, Kyle Rittenhouse, legally possessed the gun he used on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, days prior.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/30\/rittenhouse-lawyer-my-client-legally-possessed-a-rifle-in-wisconsin\/\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Breitbart News Sunday, \u201c<\/em>Wisconsin is an open carry state. You\u2019ve seen the video of what was going on in that city. It was a war zone, and Kyle had every right \u2014 just as much a right \u2014 to be there as the people that were trying to burn down that city, and he was attempting to protect property and attempting to be there to provide medical aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>He claimed Rittenhouse was chased and threatened by those whom he ultimately shot, stressing, \u201cIt\u2019s absolute 100 percent self-defense, and we\u2019re going to prove it if we have to. It was legal for him to possess that weapon in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pierce also noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>We\u2019re going to trial. We\u2019re going to win this case. If I\u2019m the prosecutor,&nbsp;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\u2019s a jury in this country that\u2019s going to look at these facts and is going to find him guilty for murder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, November 15, 2021, Judge Bruce Schroeder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2021\/11\/15\/watch-judge-dismisses-weapons-charge-against-kyle-rittenhouse\/\">dismissed<\/a> the weapons charge against Rittenhouse, siding with defense arguments that the charge was only applicable if Rittenhouse\u2019s firearm was a Short Barrel Rifle (SBR).<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse\u2019s gun was not an SBR.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 30, 2020, attorney John Pierce claimed his client, Kyle Rittenhouse, legally possessed the gun he used on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, days prior. 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