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This is Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, an Illinois resident who was just charged with first-degree murder of two people last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This teen, whose social media history is full of misogyny and white supremacy, had easy access to an AR-15.
In recent months, gun violence has broken out at protests against violence against Black Americans by police. In Albuquerque, a man was shot and wounded in June during a protest. In Portland, protests were escalated this weekend by white supremacists with rifles and handguns.
Armed insurrectionists and white supremacists are exploiting America’s dangerous and unpopular “open carry loophole,” which enables them to open carry military-style firearms in most states with little to no regulation. https://everytownresearch.org/report/covid-armed-protests/
Easy access to guns combined with racism, bigotry and misogyny is killing Americans and undermining democracy. Male supremacists used guns in 70% of domestic terror attacks and are responsible for the most deaths by domestic extremists. https://time.com/5647304/white-nationalist-terrorism-united-states/
