WATCH: Rittenhouse trial judge throws out gun possession charge
The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial dismissed one charge possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor against the defendant. Defense attorneys renewed a request to dismiss the possession charge, arguing that a portion of Wisconsin law limited the charge to shortbarreled shotgun or rifles. Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the charge after Assistant District Attorney James Kraus acknowledged that Rittenhouses rifle wasnt a shortbarreled weapon. But Kraus argued that reading the law in question to allow minors to carry any weapon except a shortbarrelled rifle or shortbarrelled shotgun would basically negate its prohibition on minors carrying weapons.
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