The 58-year-old man accused of pointing an AK-47 at former President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon has a prolific arrest record that spans several decades.
Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested shortly after the incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Authorities said Secret Service agents fired at him after seeing the muzzle of his AK-47 pointing through a chain-link fence one hole ahead of where Trump was playing.
Authorities are treating the episode as an apparent assassination attempt on Trump.
A background check on the name given by officials, Ryan Wesley Routh, revealed that he currently lives in Hawaii and has faced dozens of run-ins with police, stretching back to at least the 1990s.
Routh is a native of North Carolina, where his list of arrests includes simple drug possession, driving without a license, expired inspection and operating a vehicle with no insurance. In addition, the Greensboro News & Record reported in 2002 that Routh was arrested after barricading himself in his roofing company’s office during a three-hour standoff that followed a traffic stop in which he put his hand on a gun before fleeing.
Routh moved to Hawaii in 2017, records show. He has since launched another construction company in Hawaii that builds simple housing structures for homeless people, according to a LinkedIn page that appears to belong to Routh.
“This does not appear to be some random guy with an AK-47 walking outside Trump’s club,” an official said after the Sunday afternoon incident.
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Something doesnt seem right this guy is not an immigrant. He is not BLM. Why would he commit a crime?
Why is a guy with such a record able to buy an AK 47? Why is anyone able to buy an AK 47? Hmmm.
@crazykanoiy – a Glock pistol is no different than an AK-47 and with the right attachments, can be made into a rifle, but no one complains about that. I do agree that there’s no excuse for this guy being able to own any type of weapon with his criminal background.
AK47s are illegal in every state. Hmmm
@ pekak –
“Assault rifle” means a rifle firing an intermediate cartridge between pistol and full-power rifle, which can function as a machinegun or semi-automatically. You can own such guns in all states except CA, CT (allows fully automatic but not select fire), DE, HI, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NY, RI, WA, and WI.
No state law prohibiting sale or possession of assault weapons, but with the repeal of Colorado’s statewide firearm preemption law in 2021, local restrictions or prohibitions on assault weapons may exist. Denver ordinance bans assault weapons (Most semi-auto rifles with more than 21 round magazines).
States With ‘Assault Weapons’ Bans
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
Virginia law allows the possession of a machine gun for scientific purposes or for any purpose manifestly not aggressive or offensive. However, Virginia law requires every machine gun to be registered with the Department of State Police within 24 hours after its acquisition.
Are AK-47s legal in Utah?
Utah does not prohibit the possession or transfer of machine guns although a person under age 18 is prohibited from possessing a “fully automatic weapon,” which includes a machine gun.
Can you own an AK in Minnesota?
Assault-style weapon law? Persons 18 and older may purchase assault-style weapons with a permit to purchase (or permit to carry for persons 21 and older).
Crazy,
But he is a liberal which is part of the least common denominator
Coffee – shevacha liberal. He voted Trump in 2016 and supported Tulsi Gabbard.