NC neighbors recall interactions with man charged in 'assassination attempt' of Trump

The man detained by Florida officers in the investigation into an assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump Sunday has ties to North Carolina. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, previously lived in Greensboro.

[carls.]

How do you barricade yourself in a building with a machine gun and not get a day in prison?

[DelEast]

How does someone end up on probation after being caught with a wmd? Why not fed prison for decades?

[douglasfoster]

We unknowingly pass by people each day that are on the edge of reality. Unfortunately

[elizabeths]

Should not have been on the streets!
Our justice system is horrendous!

[Cholin]

How does someone go from Trump to Bernie to Swamy? He seems to have gone from one pop candidate to another without any core ideology.

[MrMike]

So we just gonna ignore, 'possession of WMD'? lol

[MeMyself-yn]

I was wondering why there was food in his backpack, but now it turns out that he had camped out by the fence for 12 hours.

[elgnismi]

How many times do you have to be arrested before they keep you ? Seems like he should have been in a cell a long time ago.

[zerodoc]

Wait why does ABC have "assassination attempt" in quotation mark in their headline? Are they suggesting that this was not an assassination attempt?

[Cornelius]

Dude was all over the place, how do you go from supporting Trump to then Bernie Sanders and then Vivek?

[healthfadsfade]

You expect us to believe he swung from supporting Trump all the way to Bernie? That just doesn’t make any sense….

[neoscorin]

That testimony is very important. It shows that he was able and willing to imitate others at times and had anger issues. That might have been sign of mental illness.

[PeakUnlimited]

Blackrock- Assasination attempt 2. Why is this allowed to happen again ?

[stoneymcneal]

And the assassin’s adult son is all ‘he was a good dad and was never violent, but we lost touch years back.’ Ringing endorsement for the shooters mental state.

[scottwaldron]

If he's a convicted felon. Is it safe to assume that a red flag law, also wouldn't have stopped this attempt?

[THX..]

The weapon was an SKS which shares no parts with an AK47. It's design and construction are markedly different.

[Im_Still_Standingg]

Both shooters were in a Blackrock video. There are no coincidences!

[teakangel]

Have you ever in your lighty life seen such an obvious potted plant?

[colderbeer]

The media WILL NEVER in 100 years ever tell us the real truth about this

[philipjennings]

Was not an AK...it was an SKS... Jesus the media has a fixation on ARs...