Current Events > NFGR donates over $50,000 to Kyle Rittenhouse

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The National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR) has donated more than $50,000 to the man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., following the shooting of Jacob Blake in August.

The gun rights group announced Thursday it is sending the check the result of more than 1,000 donations made the NFGR to benefit Kyle Rittenhouse to be deposited into Rittenhouses trust fund administered by one of his attorneys.

"I spoke with Kyle's mother this morning to let her know NFGR received over 1,000 donations amounting to over $50,000 from folks who support her son," said Dudley Brown, the foundations executive director, in a press release. The foundation is a nonprofit extension of the National Association for Gun Rights.

Rittenhouse, 17, remains in an Illinois jail, where he has been held since he was arrested days after the Aug. 25 shooting.

Wisconsin allows gun owners to openly carry in public, but a person under 18 cant legally possess or carry a firearm unless that person is hunting or target-practicing with an adult or in the military.

Rittenhouse, a former member of a police cadet program, told the conservative news outlet the Daily Caller earlier that day that he was in Kenosha to guard a business and to help if people got hurt, bringing a first-aid kit and his rifle.

Hours later, he allegedly shot and killed two people Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded a third, Gaige Grosskreutz, in a series of encounters that snowballed after Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag at Rittenhouse, according to a court complaint.

After the gunfire, Rittenhouse reportedly with his hands in the air walked toward police vehicles that kept going past him, even as a witness shouted, He just shot them," according to reports. Police Chief Daniel Miskinis has explained the response as officers were dealing with a chaotic scene at the time.

Rittenhouse later turned himself in, his lawyers said, and is now jailed on homicide charges.

While prosecutors call his conduct criminal, his lawyers say he defended himself against a mob trying to disarm and hurt him. They and other supporters portray him as a hero who stood up to lawlessness.

"We want Kyle to have the best defense possible, Brown said in the NFGR release. If he were getting a fair shake from prosecutors, he would be home with his family right now instead of spending weeks in a jail without bail.

The NFGR argued that video from that night shows Rittenhouse running for his life from an armed mob who were shouting, Beat him up!" and Get that dude!

"The left is doing everything in their power to portray a 17-year-old kid as the villain," Brown continued. "We believe Kyle acted legally and defended himself from a dangerous group of armed thugs whose clear intent was to cause permanent harm."

Rittenhouses extradition hearing, which was initially scheduled for the end of August, was postponed and scheduled for Sept. 25.

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/kenosha-shootings-suspect-donation-gun-rights-group
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He was a criminal who owned guns illegally, why would any gun rights group support him?
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No wonder people grift. Conservatives will line up and give you two months of their salary if you do anything that they think triggers the libs.

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hockeybub89 posted...

No wonder people grift. Conservatives will line up and give you two months of their salary if you do anything that they think triggers the libs.

In this case murder the libs
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I saw an article the other day where another one of those militia dudes was interviewed and he was saying how Kyle lied to him and the others there about his age and other shit.

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He should be charged for having an illegal firearm, but I dont think he should be charged for murder.

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Wagger_25 posted...

He should be charged for having an illegal firearm, but I dont think he should be charged for murder.

I think he should.

Illegally crossing state lines with firearms you don't own to enter a highly vioiltile situation where you shoot and kill a bunch of people?

How is that not murder? It's not like he was attacked on the way home from school. He was proverbally "Looking for trouble." Self-defense doesn't really enter into this unless there are some major facts about the case currently unknown.

I don't see how this kid isn't a murderer and I'm extraordinarily intelligent.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

I think he should.

Illegally crossing state lines with firearms you don't own to enter a highly vioiltile situation where you shoot and kill a bunch of people?

How is that not murder? It's not like he was attacked on the way home from school. He was proverbally "Looking for trouble." Self-defense doesn't really enter into this unless there are some major facts about the case currently unknown.

I don't see how this kid isn't a murderer and I'm extraordinarily intelligent.

why not? Is there a "looking for trouble" exception in the state laws for self-defense?

Fam_Fam posted...

why not? Is there a "looking for trouble" exception in the state laws for self-defense?

I believe so. The people he killed weren't armed right? If so it can definitely be argued he tried to start some shit just so he could "defend himself"

My opinion is that this kid crossed state lines with the sole intent of intimidating/harassing protestors, and was carrying an illegal firearm. He had every intention to shoot someone that day and I hope he rots for it.

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Hyperliterally no obviously.

But you're ponting out my wording in a vacuum and ignoring the context.

I can't break into your home, sit on your daughter's bed then shoot you and claim self-defense not murder when you come at me with a baseball bat.

Kyle's criminal actions are not compatible with Self Defense, he's not George Zimmerman, he's Travis McMichael
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MC_BatCommander posted...

The people he killed weren't armed right?

One threw a plastic bag of trash at him

And we all know even the mightiest soldiers will piss their pants at a bag of trash, so deadly force is the only logical response

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Even setting aside the actual incident, we're talking about someone who illegally owned this weapon and who illegally transported it across state lines to attend what he believed to be a riot

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eston posted...

Even setting aside the actual incident, we're talking about someone who illegally owned this weapon and who illegally transported it across state lines to attend what he believed to be a riot

Exactly.

Self-defense doesn't quite fit in here with the facts as we currently know them
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