Kyle Rittenhouse jokes about taking machine gun to Minneapolis

Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse returned to social media this month, continuing his gun rights advocacy.

Rittenhouse, who was previously acquitted of all homicide charges after fatally shooting two people in Wisconsin, announced his return to social media, crediting the late Charlie Kirk and the nonprofit organization Texas Gun Rights. He said he supports the grassroots organization and explained why he suspended his social media accounts in a Jan. 5 video.

“Five years ago, I was forced to defend my life,” Rittenhouse said in the video. “The simple truth is if I wasn’t defending myself I would have been killed. When I was on trial, it was never really about me, it was about your right to self-defense. By the grace of God I was acquitted,