Fox News is reporting that a routine traffic stop in Aurora, Colorado may have thwarted an assassination plot against Barack Obama;
Two rifles, including a sniper rifle, and methamphetamines were found in the car.
KCNC in Denver reported that Gartrell led police to a hotel in Glendale, where a second man, who police did not identify, tried to jump out a six-story window. He landed on an awning and took off, but broke his ankle. He was eventually taken into custody and a third man was also arrested.
The men may have ties to Sons of Silence, an outlaw biker group, and are believed to have connections with white supremacists.
I don’t want to take any credit away from the police, but I think Mother Nature had as much as anyone to undermine this plot, if indeed it turns out to be an attempt on the life of the presidential candidate. I mean, look at these guys, they look like they were born to be scooped up in an assassination plot. If a few thousand protesters couldn’t get in the Convention Center last night, what made these goobers think they could get near enough to get a clear shot at Obama?
According to news sources, the rifle was ranged at 750 yards – that’s a pretty tough shot for a meth-head to make. The police probably saved the lives of a few Secret Service guys, too.
Allahpundit heard it on the news last night.
Uh, so “sniper rifle” means bolt action rifle with a scope or something? You know, like a deer rifle? Oh, maybe it was chambered in a “armor piercing” .308 . Goddamn I’m tired of the PSH about guns in every freaking news report.