Kyle Rittenhouse Rifle to be Destroyed; Dominick Black Rifle Returned ~ VIDEO

AmmoLand ^ | January 30, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The legal disposition of the rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in self-defense, during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been settled.

Kevin Matheson, of Kenosha County Eye, was in court when Judge Schroeder validated the agreement, by all parties.

The rifle Kyle Rittenhouse fired on August 25, 2020, would be destroyed by the Wisconsin Crime Lab.

From wisconsincourts.gov:

Minutes: Case livestreamed. Clerk/T. Lema. ADA Thomas Binger appeared for the State. Atty Mark Richards appeared on behalf of deft. Atty Xavier Solis appeared on behalf of The Fightback Foundation. Atty Francine Felske appeared on behalf of Carriage Capital. ADA Binger reports the State has returned the the deft’s articles previously w/held to the deft except the firearm. Parties have reached a stipulation as to the firearm; firearm will be destroyed.

Rittenhouse is reported as saying all his property from that day would be thrown away, as the shootings should not be celebrated.

Kevin Matheson, from the Kenosha County Eye, communicated to this reporter:  Dominick Black’s rifle was said to have been returned to him.

Here are links to videos of what was going on in the courtroom when Judge Bruce Schroeder validated the arrangement.

Link to YouTube video on a stipulation to destroy the rifle

On the video of Rekieta Law, at about  1:24:00, the panel of lawyers discusses the disposition of the rifle Kyle used.

The rifle may not have been the focus of the lawyers’ attention. Instead, it appears most of the negotiation was centered on how to divvy up the two million in bond money to be returned.

From the kenoshacountyeye.com:

According to court records obtained today by the Kenosha County Eye, the $2,000,000 will be split three ways:

• $150,000 Ricky Schroeder (Conservative Activist & Actor)
• $925,000 Fight Back Foundation (Founded by Lyn Wood)
• $925,000 Richards & Dimmer, S.C.,

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I am reminded of an old Bill Mauldin cartoon from around 1969.
A criminal is walking away from a mob who is lynching a handgun. He says...”They let me go and lynched my gun!”

[stevio]

He was awesome under pressure.

[OSHA]

https://clip.cafe/the-outlaw-josey-wales-1976/i-didnt-surrender/

[marktwain]

I thought the rifle belonged to someone else, who let Kyle use it.

Dominick Black purchased the rifle, and had the strongest claim to it. He signed on to the destruction disposition.

He had a slight legal potential of being charged with a straw purchase if Kyle ended up with the rifle.

[GranTorino]

I have never had a weapon returned to me by authorities. Once they have it, they keep it.

[Socon-Econ]

Yep. He seems to be finally getting sound advice. Behaving like one who might have several multimillion dollar lawsuits in his future. GOOD CALL.
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When his civil cases get to trial, his destruction of the rifle will earn him no favor with a jury. If he is more concerned with his trial recovery than the bad message he’s sending about gun use, he can hide the gun away and then dispose of it in gun-favorable way AFTER the trial.

[Fido969]

Who should be alive, the criminals who chose to kill him and lost?

Strawman and non sequitur.

[Deaf Smith]

Back in 1995, I went to the Irving (Texas y'all) PD and retrieved a suicide handgun in behalf of a family.

I was then tasked to sell it.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Stupid move. He should auction it off. He could raise hund reds thousands of dollars for the victims of Kenosha riots.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Strategically speaking, if the rifle is destroyed it can no longer serve as evidence, either in a civil suit or in a malicious federal indictment. In exchange, somebody will be out some ‘C’ notes. No contest.

However, its real value is not in “the” rifle, but in “the make” of the rifle. Since the manufacturer won’t want to be directly involved, a retailer of that make of rifle can raise its price, hold raffles, etc., “with a portion of the proceeds going to (whoever)”.

[Bryanw92]

Not if it killed communists. Anything used to kill a communist is almost a holy relic.

[VanShuyten]

“… if the rifle is destroyed it can no longer serve as evidence…”

While I can understand that, I also know the reputation of crime labs and evidence lockers when it comes to maintaining firearms, and destroying it might not be a bad option.

[Skybird]

Keeping the side plate with the make, model and serial number from the lower receiver (machined to be just a simple flat piece of metal) and embedded in a block of Lucite might have been enough of a historical artifact for some type of use afterwards.