More Details Emerge On The Concealed Gun Arrest In NH Obama Town Hall

[RamboLiberal]

Some more details have emerged from the arrest of 62-year old Richard Terry Young, who was found with a gun concealed in his pickup truck near the site of President Obama's visit yesterday to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The Portsmouth Herald reports that Young, who was arrested several hours before Obama arrived, was initially detained for sneaking past the security perimeter. A search of his car found a .380 Kel Tec semi-automatic, hidden in a bag and with a round in the chamber. He was arrested on a charge of having a concealed weapon without a license.

That particular model of gun can be easily concealed, said arresting Officer Detective Lt. Corey MacDonald. "It can fit in the palm of my hand," said MacDonald, who added that the situation of the arrest "would have been very different if it was on his person."

It should be noted that under New Hampshire's laws, a person can of course transport a weapon in their car, but in this case the apparent crime was in it being hidden in the car -- as opposed to being in plain view on the seat -- and also being loaded.

Late Update: I just spoke with Detective Lt. MacDonald. Young was released on a personal recognizance bond of $30,000 -- meaning that he does not have to pay any money up front beyond the $40 bail commissioner's fee, but if he were to skip bail he would then be liable for the full amount. He has been charged with two misdemeanors by Portsmouth, relating to trespass in a secure area and the unlicensed concealed weapon, with no word yet on whether the Secret Service will pursue any federal charges.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/more-details-emerge-on-the-concealed-gun-arrest-in-new-hampshire.php

[BlooInBloo]

1. Sounds like more than enough for a grand jury to indict for a planned assassination to me.

[X_Digger]

4. Are you aware of any other details that lead you to think that?

This was at the bottom of the article..

"MacDonald did not view the matter as a clear and present danger.

"I would say I'm not allowed to comment on anything that he did or did not tell us, or whether or not he made a statement," said MacDonald. "But I can tell you that if I believed he had the intention right now of being a danger to either himself or somebody else, I would have recommended a high cash bail as opposed to a personal recognizance bail."

Sneaking past security & having a gun in your car = assassination attempt?!? (forgot.. a pocketknife, too.)

[BlooInBloo]

6. How about: grand juries need very little to indict, since indicting is basically their job.

Does that work for you?

[Howardx]

7. sneaking past PRESIDENTIAL security

accuracy counts

[X_Digger]

11. Right.. but.. that immediately screams assassin?

Was this guy a freeper? teabagger? birther? Skinhead crap on his myspace page? (well, prolly too old for that {myspace, not skinhead}.) Is there something that I'm missing?

For all we know, the guy has a prostate problem and was about to piss his pants. (Not likely, but just saying, why jump to the most wharrgarbl conclusion?)

[Howardx]

12. the assassin conclusion gets "jumped to"

due to recent news about the incredible increase in death threats the president gets.

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[nc4bo]

2. There's more I'm sure. I'll just wait for it. nt

[asdjrocky]

3. Notice the three names.

[RamboLiberal]

5. Yep that was my thought yesterday

:rofl:

[sharesunited]

8. That's to spare all the other Richard Youngs of the world the shame of being this guy.

[malaise]

9. Thanks

K & R