https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/11/fact-check-kyle-rittenhouse-did-not-cross-state-lines-with-an-ar-15.html

Did Kyle Rittenhouse cross state lines with an AR-15? No, that claim is misleading. The gun he used in the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was "purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin," the Lake County Illinois State's Attorney's Office said in a statement. A friend testified during Rittenhouse's 2021 trial that he purchased the gun used in the shooting in Wisconsin, The New York Times reported. Court records obtained by The Washington Post showed that the rifle used in the shooting in Wisconsin went from Wisconsin to Illinois and then back but it was in the trunk of a car driven by Rittenhouse's friend and was not in Rittenhouse's possession while he was in Illinois.

Rittenhouse did not "cross state lines" with the weapon as the tweet claims. Dominick David Black, Rittenhouse's friend, bought the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle for 17-year-old Rittenhouse in Wisconsin, The Washington Post reported. The rifle was reportedly purchased in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, with Rittenhouse's money and stored by Black's stepfather in Wisconsin. Rittenhouse lived in Antioch, Illinois, but attended the protest in Wisconsin. Black's stepfather gave Rittenhouse the gun to take to the protest.

While Rittenhouse used the weapon in the shootings, he did not have possession of the rifle in Illinois, The Washington Post reported: