Kyle Rittenhouse is seeking the return of the firearm he used to shoot three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020. The Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle was seized by Kenosha police officers after the shootings. Rittenhouse “is the lawful owner” of the gun, attorney Mark Richards said in a filing in Kenosha Circuit Court this week. Rittenhouse’s friend Dominick Black bought the gun when Rittenhouse was 17 but verbally agreed to hand it over to Rittenhouse when he turned 18. Rittenhouse is now 19. Wisconsin law allows any person who claims the right to possession of property seized by authorities to ask for its return in circuit court. Rittenhouse wants to make sure the gun “is properly destroyed,” Richards said. The lawyer said he previously asked Kenosha County assistant district attorneys Thomas Binger and Jim Kraus to authorize the release of Rittenhouse’s personal property, “however, this has not yet occurred.” …