Suspect had a criminal record (MSNBC)

[senseandsensibility]

Does that keep you from purchasing a gun in FLA?

[getagrip_already]

1. Not at a gun show....

Biden tried to close that loophole but is tied up in the courts.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Wow

[uponit7771]

22. omfg

[SoFlaBro]

3. You can buy whatever the fuck you want in the Gunshine State.

[spanone]

4. So does the 'victim'.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Zing. . . . . nt

[Think. Again.]

11. 🏆

[LizBeth]

6. I am reading Trump 2016, Sanders and Stein, Did not like Biden, HRC, Harris and now Vivek Ramaswamy.

Have not even heard the last one.

[dem4decades]

7. was the guy standing his ground? Can't you shoot people in FLA if you claim that?

[blogslug]

8. If this is the same guy...

He should have never been allowed to own another gun, ever

https://greensboro.com/man-with-gun-barricades-self-inside-business/article_3006b4f9-9370-5b08-a54e-46c87faf6cbe.html

An armed man was arrested Monday morning after barricading himself in a business during a three-hour standoff, police said.

Ryan Routh, 36, was arrested without incident at 1 a.m. Monday at United Roofing, 1735 W. Lee St., Greensboro police said.Routh was pulled over about 10 p.m. Sunday during a traffic stop, police said. But he put his hand on a firearm and drove to United Roofing, where he remained barricaded inside, police said.

Routh was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction, referring to a fully automatic machine gun. He was also charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving while license revoked.

Also there's this: https://webapps.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0787176&searchLastName=Routh&searchFirstName=Ryan&searchDOBRange=0&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

[LizBeth]

9. The man I am seeing is a couple decades older..

[blogslug]

10. He was 36 in 2002

That story is from 2002

[LizBeth]

13. Oh, okay, my bad. Sorry and thank you

[blogslug]

14. All good

As crummy as news platforms are these days, it's kind of incredible to find an extant online article from 2002

I saw that story posted on Bluesky and I posted it here. Same with his NC arrest history.

[senseandsensibility]

12. I wonder if this is the same guy

Very interesting.

[senseandsensibility]

15. They just mentioned 100's of criminal charges, many of them out of North Carolina

on MSNBC. It was Tom Winter.

[PCIntern]

17. He seems nice

He’s a hostage now.

just in case

[LeftInTX]

18. He didn't serve time and he's currently a registered voter. Hence can likely own a firearm.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. We need real background checks

[LeftInTX]

19. He's a registered voter. So, he can legally own in most states.

[maxrandb]

20. Well, the supposed target also has a criminal record

He has been a firehouse and 24/7 Leaf Blower of violence and hate.

He has promoted, encouraged, facilitated, enabled, stoked and inflamed violence for the past 18 years.

He has turned political discord into the WWF, but the difference is that the WWF isn't real. If you scream about breaking a folding chair over someones teeth, don't act shocked when someone comes at you with a folding chair.

[sarisataka]

21. He cannot buy a gun in any state through a licensed dealer

nor legally from a private seller.