Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse

[onlinebiker]

Here's the law on minors and guns for Wisconsin:

Wisconsin generally prohibits the intentional transfer of any firearm to an individual under age 18.1

The state also generally prohibits the possession of a firearm by any person under age 18.2

These restrictions do not apply, however, when the firearm is being used by a person under age 18 when supervised by an adult during target practice or a course of instruction.3

Full text here, with additional links to the actual statutes.

Also, since he's an Illinoisan, here's the law for that state as well.

Illinois prohibits any person under age 18 from possessing a handgun.1 State law also prohibits any person from knowingly transferring a handgun to any person under age 18.2

However, Illinois also prohibits individuals from possessing firearms if they do not hold a FOID card,3 and prohibits any person from knowingly transferring a firearm to a person who does not hold a FOID card.4

You'll notice that none of these conditions for gun use apply to Rittenhouse, since he was under 18 and was not hunting in any legal sense of the word.

I stand corrected.

I assumed the law was the same in Wisconsin as Michigan and Illinois - allowing those under 18 to possess long guns (but not handguns).

One of those state by state things. Federal law does not prohibit underage ownership....