Similar to NY definition of firearm under NY penal law.Because the left can't let go of charge #6 being thrown out! or understand why!!
Why Was Kyle Rittenhouse's Gun Charge Dismissed Before Closing Remarks?
Before closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial began on Monday, the presiding judge dropped a misdemeanor charge against the teen. But why? Judge Bruce Schroeder dropped the sixth charge — possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 — against Rittenhouse on Monday...news.yahoo.com
But Rittenhouse’s defense team dug up an exception to the prohibition on minors possessing dangerous weapons and Schroeder dismissed the count Monday — just hours before jurors began their deliberations.
Under Wisconsin law, anyone under 18 who possesses a dangerous weapon is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months behind bars. No one contested that Rittenhouse was 17 the night of the protest in August 2020, and bystander and surveillance video clearly shows him walking around with the rifle strapped to his chest before the shootings, which was the gun he used to shoot and kill Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wound Gaige Grosskreutz.
But Rittenhouse’s attorneys pointed out to the judge that a subsection of the Wisconsin law states the ban on minors possessing dangerous weapons applies to minors armed with rifles or shotguns, and only if those weapons are short-barreled.
Rittenhouse’s AR-15-style rifle was not short-barreled.
A short-barreled rifle would fall under the NFA also.
