Don’t take your guns to town, son

Published September 1, 2020 3:15pm ET



Your opinion of Kyle Rittenhouse is probably wrong, judging by the commentary on television, in print, and on social media.

The 17-year-old charged with two homicides in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was not a hero vigilante, nor was he a predatory white supremacist. He was, the evidence suggests, a foolish boy whose foolish decisions have taken two lives and ruined his own.

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