Man With Shotgun Arrested Near Capitol
http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0108/489148.html
About 1 p.m. Friday afternoon, U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man carrying a shotgun as he walked south on 1st Street, NW. Investigators say the man was openly carrying the weapon as he walked down the street. Officers drew their weapons and confronted the man; no shots were fired.
Investigators say they searched the man’s vehicle, which was found parked on North Capitol Street near D Street. Capitol Police say officers found “items of concern” in the pickup truck.
Police only described the suspect as an adult white male.
Police established a large perimeter around the scene. Investigators say it will be in place for some time
Wonder if he’s (possibly) angling for a lawsuit?...
Seriously. What if it’s someone who’s not out to harm anyone, but rather someone who very strongly believes in the “right to keep and bear arms”. And wants to take the question to the USSC?
He evidently wasn’t carrying “concealed” - he was openly carrying three weapons. He doesn’t have a handgun (which is banned in DC). Do DC laws prohibit weapons which are “concealed”?
Just a thought.
I mean it would be unusual, but the fact he was carrying openly at the one place in America he absolutely had to KNOW he would be arrested, sounds almost like he did this deliberately.
Utah plates.
Militant Mormon?