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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES. The standards and guidelines were published on August 29, 2016.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

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