Gunman Found Near White House "Only Going To Fire A Couple Of Rounds"

[Initech]

Source: MSNBC

A man who displayed a loaded weapon at a U.S. Secret Service police booth outside the White House told officers, “I was only going to fire a couple of shots if no one confronted me,” according to court documents.

Officers arrested Christopher Wade Briggs in the 700 block of Jackson Place NW Tuesday afternoon.

An officer in the police booth saw Briggs, who was not wearing a shirt, take a holstered semi-automatic .45-caliber handgun from a backpack and attach it to his belt, according to court documents. The officer called for backup to assist with the arrest.

The gun was loaded with 13 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber, according to court documents. A search of Briggs’s backpack found two more magazines filled with 13 rounds and 171 more rounds of .45-caliber, hollow-point ammunition. He also had two hunting knives with serrated edges -- one with a 7-inch blade and one with a 12-inch blade.

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No words to describe this insanity.

[irisblue]

1. My word....

dumbass. How can Americans be so stupid so often?

[jzodda]

2. You can be sure that this person is a Teabagger

n/t

[Initech]

3. Without question.

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. Without question. Never wrong yet. nt

[Laurian]

4. I wonder if he's a local or another nut who came to

Washington for this purpose. The article doesn't say much about him.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. Well, you know, 2A and all.

In the wet dreams of the NRA crowd, this is supposed to be just a typical, truly American, way to behave.

[indepat]

6. 22 states have vowed to let 'em stand their ground and

the Congress refuses to pass sensible gun-control laws giving us slaughter on the streets. In the meantime hundreds of billions of dollars are spent, a lot of it to eviscerate our constitutional freedoms, seemingly to best assure big brother doesn't get caught with his pants down and accused of not being tough on terra. A truly sad day in America.

[Caeser67]

8. I'm almost Positive He'll Be Charged With

Terrorism.

Not.

[BlueJazz]

9. "What the hell are you so pissed off about, Honey ? I was only going to slap you a couple of times"

Geez....

[Paladin]

10. Well there you go, Gun Enthusiasts. Open Carry strikes again.

Happy?

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. usual gun nut stupidities...these people need to be shunned

Don't engage or respond to their provocations and nonsenses. Ignore them utterly, except when we're destroying their insane gun culture. Fuck them. They're useless.

[matthews]

12. He was only going to fire a couple of rounds?

Then why so much ammo?

And why shirtless? Who'd he think he was? Rambo?

[jtuck004]

13. “I was only going to fire a couple of shots if no one confronted me,”...

THIS is why we have a constitutional right to legal counsel. Because some people just SUCK at crafting a defense for their actions.

[kestrel91316]

14. There is an up side to this. It's almost certain that he will now be barred from possessing guns,

at least for a time. Perhaps for life.

With any luck, he'll lose the right to vote, too.

[lonestarnot]

20. He should be barred period. His whole body barred.

[heaven05]

15. ????

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I am really getting disgusted with the backward, stupid, ignorant jackasses that populate this society. Enlightened, exceptional. BULLSHIT AMERIKKKA!!!!!!!!

[Initech]

17. ...

[DainBramaged]

16. Exercising they right to be stoopid.....

these folks make real hunters/casual gun owners look like clowns.......the few the proud the dumb

[Bjorn Against]

18. The "responsible gun owners" seem to be making the news a lot lately

[grantcart]

19. He was drawn to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after seeing a 'suspicious' looking person get out of

a big limousine apparently followed by several law enforcement types, and wanted to help find and secure this person.