Authorities arrest man with loaded gun at checkpoint near Trump's weekend rally in California

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 Saturday 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 Sunday news conference.



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[RLaraMoore]

released on bail!????
That's insane.

[saramurillo-garcia]

5, 000 bail??😲🤬😲 are you serious!!!! WTH !!

[kimpeats]

WTF? Released on bail?! I can't believe this..

[jtpalooki]

Can’t believe all the anti 2nd amendment comments here!..

[fishergc]

Just plain dumb if you want somebody seriously gone do it from a distance... Where is your brain at everybody has one.

[ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER]

"unregistered vehicle" ....no victim, not a real crime
''fake license again, no victim, not a real crime.
"and loaded again... no victim, not a real also protected by the constitution, so REALY not a crime.

yep, thats "an assassination way that could be ANYTHING else, nope, just like sarcasm couldnt be a thing that exists either.

[LawrenceMemphis]

Who was the Judge that let him go?!??!??

[МаксимНестеров-уц]

Davis Melissa Rodriguez Brenda Allen Ruth

[Joe_Fauci]

Vote Trump and ask dems this “so men cant have an opinion on abortion because they don’t have a uterus, but can become a woman without one?”

[NaNError]

guess republicans don't like A2 right???

[robertoconsuegra]

Conspiracy theories 😅😅 getting pretty old man😅😅😅

[chrisramirez]

No politcal violence....harris 2024 non felon wonderful powerful woman for president....trump needs 2 b accountable 4 his crimes n lies....ask stromy