(10-13-2024, 09:45 PM)727Sky Wrote: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/10/...la-valley/
Trump assassination attempt at Coachella Valley rally thwarted when man with weapons arrested, Riverside sheriff says
I have my doubts that was an actual assassination attempt. I'd say it was just a not-overly-bright guy that either thought wrong or didn't think at all. Why on Earth would someone drive from Nevada to California with weapons that are "illegal" in California, and then go to a political rally where they know they're gonna be checked? That doesn't sound like a brilliant plan or a criminal mastermind to me.
Why would one try an assassination attempt with a shotgun instead of something he could snipe with, like a rifle? Shotgunsd are not typically small enough to conceal inside a crowd and don't have the range necessary to try to take out a target from outside a crowd.
I'm not really up on Cali laws, since I'm never going to set foot inside that state again, but I think what they call a "high capacity" magazine is anything that holds over 10 rounds there, which includes ALL modern pistols. The last pistol I owned that held less than 13+1 was an old broken down government issued Colt 1911 that was manufactured for WWII. It was a true dinosaur, and held only 7+1. I only owned it a couple of months before I was so disgusted that I just plain gave it away, didn't even charge a dime for it.
My current sidearm holds 17 rounds in the mag as standard, although I do have a few bigger mags - some 20 round and some 32 round, that might be classified as actual "high capacity" since they hold more than the standard 17 rounds. I did look for a 10 round magazine for it a few months ago when I thought I might have to fake some commie-compliance, but was unsuccessful. They don't make mags for it that hold less than 17 rounds.
So all he had was an unloaded shotgun and a pistol loaded with a "high capacity" (actually a standard capacity) magazine...
... and he told the cops at the checkpoint that he had them.
Nope, not criminal mastermind material there.
My guess is that this was just a standard California arrest, and they publicized it looking for "attaboys" after the bad press they've been getting of late. I'd say they're just trying to spin it up into something it ain't for the "attaboys".
That's not to say there aren't folks out there interested in killing Trump, because there are. Probably lots of 'em., and I do expect a few more genuine attempts as we get closer to election Day. I just think this particular one is a red herring, publicized for whatever reason.
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