There was a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump over the weekend. The would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh was purportedly ready to open fire on the former president as he was golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Luckily, Secret Service agents doing a security sweep a couple of holes ahead of Mr. Trump discovered this individual. One agent saw what he thought was the barrel of a gun near some of the foliage that lined the course, which led to shots being fired. Trump was escorted to safety. Routh fled and was later apprehended, though not before leaving his AK-style rifle with a scope and a GoPro at the scene.
NEW: Sheriff shares photo of rifle, GoPro and bags left behind be suspect in attempted Trump assassination pic.twitter.com/cCL1cmCbqS
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The first question is obvious: how long was this man on the FBI’s radar? (if at all). There’s a disturbing trend, especially concerning mass shootings, where authorities knew about the suspect and did nothing.
Second, how could Routh obtain a firearm when he had a rap sheet that could scale Everest? His criminal record is about 50 pages, some of which were reported in local media. One of his convictions related to the possession of a machine gun (via NBC News):
The man in custody in connection with what is being described as a second attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump was vocal about U.S. support for Ukraine and has a long criminal and civil court history, including a conviction for possessing a machine gun.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after shots were fired at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, three senior law enforcement sources said. In 2002, court records show, he was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction — the machine gun. […]
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At Last, a Company With Integrity in the Gold IRA Industry
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I’ve found a handful that I like and I’ve worked with some of them. By no means would I “unrecommend” them because, again, I vetted them out and found them to be above the fold. Unfortunately, it isn’t hard to be better than the rest when the rest are so darn awful.
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