Mr Rittenhouse wants the assault rifle destroyed to stop it becoming a political symbol.
Mr Rittenhouse was 17 when he shot dead two men - Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26 - and wounded a third with a semi-automatic rifle during civil unrest in Kenosha in August 2020.
He travelled to Kenosha from his home in Illinois after riots had erupted following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, leaving him paralysed.of two counts of homicide and one of attempted homicide after claiming self-defence and that he feared for his life.Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger holds Kyle Rittenhouse's gun during the trial
Mr Rittenhouse's legal team asked the court earlier this month to return the firearm so it could be destroyed. The court will be informed once the weapon has been destroyed, said Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger, according to CNN.
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