Springfield, VA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Gun Owners of America (GOA) Senior Vice President Erich Pratt released the following statement on Kyle Rittenhouse’s citizen-involved shooting:
“Based upon publicly available video evidence, it appears that Kyle Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. And despite fake news media reports, it is clear that Kyle was not firing indiscriminately into a crowd.
“GOA has reached out to Rittenhouse’s attorneys and the Lake County Public Defender’s office, and we have our own attorneys and use of force experts looking into this case, as well. In the meantime, we demand fair treatment from the media, because up till now, their coverage has been horrific. With no evidence, they have labeled Kyle as a racist and a vigilante, but that just indicates how the media elites view all gun owners.
“More to the point, the media has given more favorable coverage to rioters and looters over the past several months than to gun owners who appear to be protecting their lives from violent attackers. The media excuses the violent torching of American cities as ‘mostly peaceful’ protests. And they now minimize the hatefulness of Kyle’s attackers, calling them mere ‘protestors.’
“But if Leftists want to question why Kyle Rittenhouse was in Kenosha, then they should begin by asking that question to the ‘protestors’ who have criminal records and who have come from out of town to terrorize business owners.
“The bottom line is this: every human being has a God-given right to protect themselves. And when a person’s life is under attack, the Constitution protects their ability to use firearms without ‘infringement’ in the defense of that life.”
Erich Pratt, or another GOA spokesperson, is available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.
COULD THIS HAVE BEEN AVOIDED? should this child have been there in the first place? why was the child in possession of a deadly weapon? what property was damaged? he wasn’t “protecting” anything if he was running away and fell. so who here is really spinning the truth to fit their agenda?
And the dead guys girlfriend cries for the media about her dead boyfriend… Well GEE, IF he wasn’t out rioting and didn’t attack an armed person he would still be with her. Antifa mentality on display. Cause havoc and destruction, then blame others for protecting themselves or their property from you… The BLM and Antifa mobsters do the poor poor pitiful me act EVERY time THEY get nailed.
They are holding a match dangerously close to a PATRIOT fuse they do NOT want to light…
Seems to me the rioters got what they asked for.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation being put out and a rush to judgement as each side tries to justify their own positions and reinforce their own biases.The whole truth is usually complicated and can take a long time to sort out. Even videos don’t show everything. But the name-calling and blaming seem to start right away. Not everyone who supports the BLM movement is Antifa; not everyone who opposes it is a racist Nazi. The right to protest peacefully is a cherished American birthright; there is no excuse violent looting and rioting, however. Such behavior delegitimizes the efforts… Read more »
It is criminal to arrest someone defending there community and yet they let the trash burn the city. There will come a time they won’t be able to arrest the defender as the crowd will turn on those doing the arresting and the justice system that supports the rioters who have killed and injured many.
I posted the link to the charging document in the comment section of the other thread: https://www.ammoland.com/2020/08/skirmish-kenosha-wi-leaves-two-protestors-dead-one-injured/#comment-2839634