Further information on the rifle in question. Though this came from the FBI to the news outlets so who knows.
Assault rifle allegedly used by Ryan Wesley Routh in attempt to kill Trump revealed (nypost.com)
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I like how it says "The rifle has been modified with a detachable magazine, a modern stock and a scope to make it more accurate to shoot at long range." yet the scope is taped down. Sure "accurate", but whatever if this is the rifle that was used it tells us that the FBI is now involved with the evidence handling of the case and not the Florida officials anymore, and it tells us that getting information might be a bit harder then it should be.
There was that note the was released too talking about how Routh was offering 150,000 to anyone who completed what he was doing. Has this money been frozen yet, or is it still out there for others to try and grab? I mean with this cash rumored to be out there it's almost a certainty that others are going to try and assassinate Trump just for the money, not just because of politics.
Link to note story:
Ryan Wesley Routh penned chilling note targeting Donald Trump months before arrest: DOJ (nypost.com)
Assault rifle allegedly used by Ryan Wesley Routh in attempt to kill Trump revealed (nypost.com)
Quote:The alleged gunman accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course had 11 rounds loaded in his assault rifle, federal prosecutors said Monday — as they revealed the first close-up photo of the weapon.
The image of the Soviet-designed SKS rifle that was found stashed in Ryan Wesley Routh’s alleged sniper’s nest at the West Palm Beach golf course on Sept. 15 was included in a detention memo filed Monday.
The rifle has been modified with a detachable magazine, a modern stock and a scope to make it more accurate to shoot at long range.
The serial number on the rifle was “obliterated and unreadable,” prosecutors alleged.
Routh’s fingerprint was also allegedly found on the weapon, the court papers state.
I like how it says "The rifle has been modified with a detachable magazine, a modern stock and a scope to make it more accurate to shoot at long range." yet the scope is taped down. Sure "accurate", but whatever if this is the rifle that was used it tells us that the FBI is now involved with the evidence handling of the case and not the Florida officials anymore, and it tells us that getting information might be a bit harder then it should be.
There was that note the was released too talking about how Routh was offering 150,000 to anyone who completed what he was doing. Has this money been frozen yet, or is it still out there for others to try and grab? I mean with this cash rumored to be out there it's almost a certainty that others are going to try and assassinate Trump just for the money, not just because of politics.
Link to note story:
Ryan Wesley Routh penned chilling note targeting Donald Trump months before arrest: DOJ (nypost.com)
