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The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial dismissed one charge -- possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor -- against the defendant. Defense attorneys renewed a request to dismiss the possession charge, arguing that a portion of Wisconsin law limited the charge to short-barreled shotgun or rifles. Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the charge after Assistant District Attorney James Kraus acknowledged that Rittenhouse’s rifle wasn’t a short-barreled weapon. But Kraus argued that reading the law in question to allow minors to carry any weapon except a short-barrelled rifle or short-barrelled shotgun would basically negate its prohibition on minors carrying weapons.
