Gun Owners of America has just emailed me a message regarding Kyle:

[BillM]

I'm thinking we should wait for Dominick Black's trial, and see what happens there. It's HIS rifle, so far.

Bill

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Oh look, an actual valid post from the OP.

Even a blind squirrel...

 

[Tanis143]

I'm thinking we should wait for Dominick Black's trial, and see what happens there. It's HIS rifle, so far.

Bill

More than likely the charge of giving a dangerous weapon to a minor will be dropped, but he is on the hook for the straw purchase.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Wow an email. You’re sooo special

 

[AlongCameJones]

Yeah, his friend and Kyle both made the mistake of admitting to a straw man purchase. All they had to say was the guy gifted him the rifle and there would not have been any charges that would have stuck to his friend. His friend is now going to go down for a straw man purchase, which is a felony, and lose his own right to own firearms. They could also probably try to level charges against Kyle for it as well.

I just hate it whenever the 2nd A is felonized. It seems as the judge dropped some "weapons charge" in the Rittenhouse trial case anyway.

 

[AlongCameJones]

I'm thinking we should wait for Dominick Black's trial, and see what happens there. It's HIS rifle, so far.

Bill

So, the rifle was merely borrowed from Black to Rittenhouse? Is it a crime to even lend a rifle to a minor? Is it a crime if a 12-year-old boy borrows his dad's shotgun to go dove hunting?

 

[Jason Freeland]

So, the rifle was merely borrowed from Black to Rittenhouse? Is it a crime to even lend a rifle to a minor? Is it a crime if a 12-year-old boy borrows his dad's shotgun to go dove hunting?

I believe they admitted that Rittenhouse paid for the rifle and Black purchased it for him, since he was underage. Hence the strawman purchase.

 

[bigred1]

So, the rifle was merely borrowed from Black to Rittenhouse? Is it a crime to even lend a rifle to a minor? Is it a crime if a 12-year-old boy borrows his dad's shotgun to go dove hunting?

I suggest you read up on the situation/case.

 

[AlongCameJones]

I suggest you read up on the situation/case.

No, I have other better things to do with my time. However, whenever Gun Owners of America alerts me by email about "guns and the law", I believe them over most any other source.

 

[AlongCameJones]

I believe they admitted that Rittenhouse paid for the rifle and Black purchased it for him, since he was underage. Hence the strawman purchase.

It's a rifle, not a handgun. Underage boys get rifles and shotguns for Christmas all the time. Is there any crime there? Naturally, long guns given to children as presents weren't stolen. Stealing is a crime. Unless a stolen gun was involved, I see no crime here. Mr. Rittenhouse got a long gun as a present from a friend as far as I'm concerned.