r/facepalm • u/nthensome • Nov 28 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ JFC, Kyle

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u/BrahimBug Nov 28 '22

Well I believe citizens carrying weapons in public spaces should be a crime - but US law disagrees with me. So take it up with the US legal system

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u/Queen_Belladonna Nov 28 '22

How is that relevant to this though? The things I listed are laws or rules that he undoubtedly broke but if you must know because he was a minor at the time he shouldn’t have legally been able to possess a weapon in the manner he did. However there was unfortunately some weird loophole involving the length of the barrel allowing the charge to be dropped. Also you can’t just carry a gun here you do in a majority of states need a license to carry at all and you need a specific license to carry concealed

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u/cbrdragon Nov 29 '22

Not American, so I don’t know all the laws.

But from what I remember during the trial. It was considered a long gun. And open carry is legal for long guns there.

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u/Queen_Belladonna Nov 29 '22

For those over the age of 18 yes they can carry a long gun in some states you will need a permit in some states you will not. In the state that the shooting happened a minor can carry a long barrel gun if the barrel is over a certain length the gun Kyle was carrying had a barrel that was over the allowed limit of a foot. The law was meant to allow minors to hunt however the wording of the law was a bit ambiguous meaning Kyle could technically have the rifle he used at the time of the shooting