Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge

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By Spencer Ackerman Email Author December 14, 2011 | 2:57 pm | Categories: Bizarro, Terrorists, Guerillas, Pirates


Gary Brooks Faulkner became internationally famous last year after the Greeley, Colo. native packed up a sword and a pistol and went on a one-man hunt for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Pakistan. But now Faulkner has a new mission: get out of jail.

Since Sept. 1, Faulkner’s home has been the Weld County North Jail Complex in Greeley. The man the media once dubbed the “Rocky Mountain Rambo,” a former guest on The Late Show With David Letterman and The View, is unable to post a $10,000 bond.

And all because Faulkner defended himself.

Faulkner made headlines in June of last year when he was arrested by the Pakistani police in Chitral District carrying a pistol, a knife, night-vision goggles, a night-vision camera, religious literature on Christianity and a samurai sword. When he was questioned after his arrest, Faulkner — who receives dialysis for kidney problems — revealed he was on a solo quest to find and capture Osama bin Laden.

When he was returned to the States, Faulkner enjoyed brief celebrity. But after the Klieg lights cooled — and Navy SEALs finished Faulkner’s job for him — he began spending his days in the more pedestrian pursuit of managing an apartment complex in Greeley owned by his brother, Scott. That is, until the early-morning hours of May 6, according to a Greeley police affidavit exclusively obtained by Danger Room (.pdf), when he was pressed into action once again.

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1. He is a felon....owning a gun is against the law...he broke it, now he will pay the price