Kyle Rittenhouse

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I was never prepared for the obstacles and trials that I would be facing at such a young age in my life. I never realized what it truly meant that we are not in control and only God is until I was a sitting duck waiting for other people to decide whether I would spend the rest of my life in jail or they would come to the right and true conclusion: I acted in self-defense. My only hope and comfort was to pray and give my heavy yoke to God. I put my faith in God and trusted His plan would prevail. The book of James was what I clung to during this time. I am thankful I am now able to share my story of feeling defeated and helpless, confused as to why God would allow this trial in my life, and the beautiful hope that God has to offer through hard times and the lessons I learned.

Although the Second Amendment is what saved my life, the First Amendment allows me to share my story and spread awareness in hopes to prevent my situation from occurring to someone else. I love the First Amendment because it allows everyone to speak up for themselves, their beliefs, values, and morals. I was brutally lied about by the media, and the First Amendment gave me the freedom to combat the lies and rumors with truth. I would be honored to be given the privilege of using our First Amendment right to speak at your event about why our freedom of speech should be protected at all costs, the way it has allowed for me to change people’s minds about who I am after they were told lies, and the violation of my own First Amendment right as well as the censorship of those who supported me.

The right to defend your life from someone attacking you should not be a disagreement argued by the left and the right. Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, Libertarian, etc. are all protected by the God-given right to self-defense. My attorney for trial, Mark Richards had opposing political views as me on almost every issue, but self-defense is not and should not be perceived as a political issue and we agreed fully on that. I would love to be given the opportunity to speak at your event on why Self-Defense and the Second Amendment should be supported and protected by both political parties.