By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The trial for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin was pushed back Wednesday by seven months and could be delayed even longer. Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial was scheduled to begin March 29, but both sides told … Read more
From the Associated Press . . . Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and Kenosha County were negligent in their response to the unrest. Gaige Grosskreutz, who was seriously wounded, and the parents of … Read more
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that Kyle Rittenhouse used Covid stimulus money to pay for the rifle he used to defend himself from three attackers in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August. The Post found that Rittenhouse, who was too young to buy a rifle, had arranged for an adult friend to buy the weapon … Read more
It’s been reported that the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used during the Kenosha shootings was owned by a friend of his. That’s apparently not entirely true, but either way, that friend, 19-year-old Dominick Black, has been charged with two felony counts of giving a dangerous weapon to a person under the age of 18, causing death. … Read more
From the Associated Press: A visibly upset 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two demonstrators in Wisconsin told officers at his local police station in Illinois where to find an assault rifle he said he had used just two hours earlier to shoot several people, according to police records. Kyle Rittenhouse cycled through a range of … Read more
Lake County, Illinois prosecutor Michael Nerheim announced this evening that Kyle Rittenhouse will not face weapons charges relating to the August shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The rifle was apparently never in the state of Illinois. From the Chicago Tribune: An Antioch police investigation found that the Smith & Wesson .223 caliber rifle “was purchased, stored … Read more
Anthony Huber was “protesting” in Kenosha on August 25. He was also one of the (at least) four men who attacked Kyle Rittenhouse that night during rioting. Huber was the one who tried to cave Rittenhouse’s skull in with a skateboard. Rittenhouse shot Huber once in the chest, killing him. Now huber’s girlfriend, described as … Read more
Gaige Grosskreutz was the third person Kyle Rittenhouse shot that night in Kenosha last month. He was the one with a GLOCK in his hand who was shot in the arm while in the process of pointing it at Rittenhouse after charging him and initially putting his hands in the air. Grosskreutz sat down for … Read more
Kyle Rittenhouse is going to walk. This is my conclusion as I emerge, blinking in the light, from the rabbit hole I’ve been down all week of self-defense law, jury-instruction language, charging documents and online, frame-by-frame analysis of the videos of the tragic shootings in Kenosha during street protests on Aug. 25. Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old … Read more
The Truth About Guns provides news, reviews, and insights to help you stay informed on the latest trends in gun culture, legislation, and industry developments.