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2024-06-12 23:04:21 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C0479A2A3E632459A4188549BCA9B45435F9B4EECC9B97BE35B7C019A281A46
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Rittenhouse didn’t legally acquire the gun and had a straw man purchase it for him who plead guilty. https://abcnews.go.com/US/friend-bought-rifle-kyle-rittenhouse-plea-deal/story?id=82178053 The judge in WI dismissed the gun possession charges on a technicality (barrel too long). https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/us/kyle-rittenhouse-gun-charge.html OP points out the unequal legal treatment between jurisdictions
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