A 49-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested near former President Donald Trump's rally in Coachella with a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine, officials say.

A 49-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested near former President Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella on Saturday with a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday.

Deputies assigned to the rally contacted the driver of a black SUV at a checkpoint near the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive just before 5 p.m. Saturday, sheriff’s officials said.

They allegedly found the driver in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine. The driver was identified as Vem Miller, and was taken into custody and later booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm and possessing a high-capacity magazine.

  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
    48·
    2 months ago

    I would be interested to see what information comes out on this one. A shotgun and handgun isn’t going to do shit for an assassination attempt. Unless you are Gavrilo Princip.

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      152·
      2 months ago

      I dunno, a homemade shotgun worked well enough on Shinzo Abe.

      • meco03211@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 months ago

        He also was able to get much closer to Abe because guns are illegal in Japan. This gave the assassin a number of avenues of cover. It was a makeshift weapon so didn’t really look like a gun, it wasn’t easy for security to identify it as a gun, and the lack of guns added to the sense of security allowing people to be closer to Abe.

    • slickgoat@lemmy.world
      123·
      2 months ago

      Handguns did the job on Ronald Reagan and almost for Gerald Ford.

      Leaving Abe Lincoln to one side, but if you are lucky and your security detail is a bit lax, a handgun can get the job done. I’m Australian, so we don’t see much of that sort of thing.

      • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
        71·
        2 months ago

        Lincoln completely different story. Doesn’t count.

        Garfield shot by a walk up, McKinley, Reagan; all same.

        Jackson one failed, T. Roosevelt one failed, F. D. Roosevelt one miss, Ford two (nothing chambered, to slow),

        Bush one shoe and some “cat like reflects.” Also a handkerchief almost got his ass.

        That is it. U.S. history over the last 248 years.

        A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said. He was released the same day on $5,000 bail.

        The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving an unregistered black SUV with a “homemade” license plate that was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference Sunday afternoon.

        I wonder how they spotted him?

        https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-arrest-coachella-california-282a384e3fae256352c685174a3a74f4

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

        • slickgoat@lemmy.world
          32·
          2 months ago

          You seem to be implying that handguns don’t count even though it has happened, or actual attempts, multiple times. Ok…?

          • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
            2·
            2 months ago

            I’m saying serious attempts in 2024 won’t be a close range weapon. Back in the 1800s or early 1900s it was an option. The wiki is a very interesting read. Hell Reagan almost died from a horrible shot that got luck.