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
    50·
    25 days 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
      162·
      25 days ago

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

      • meco03211@lemmy.world
        13·
        25 days 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·
      25 days 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·
        25 days 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·
          25 days 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·
            25 days 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.