Local Reporter Had Gun In Trunk At West Point Before Obama's Speech

"The official also told TPM that the reporter...had applied for press credentials to cover the speech but was denied."

Maybe that's why he was asked to leave, and it had nothing to do with the gun in his trunk?

I guess the lack-of-invitation meme has gotten old this past week, so the gun-in-the-trunk angle had to be played up.

Correlation does not imply causation. Has everyone forgotten this?

You know, I may not have all the story here but I'm confused. First the SS lets gun holders anywhere Obama speaks - NO PROBLEM. Then the Secret Service gets caught letting riff raff in to a state dinner. (I wonder if they hadn't posted on face book would anyone had known?.) So now they decide to finally shape up and do their jobs, or at least until the MSM turns their attention elsewhere.

Forrest: Or, maybe you're a troll. Who can tell? After all, just because you are correlated with posting trollish remarks doesn't imply that said remarks were caused by trollishness.

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Reporter Had Gun In Trunk At West Point Before Obama's Speech

uuuh... nothing

A hunting rifle in a trunk vs guns meant for shooting people on your person

A reporter vs wackos

Because the gun might have gun off from his trunk, fired a homing bullet and hit the president. Talk about a non-story.

You know how people have the right to own a car but that doesn't mean you can park in the middle of a highway?

Can we not say people have the right to bear arms but not within a fucking mile radius of the president? Protecting the democratically elected president's safety is actually pro-constitution. Let's crack down on this nonsense asap.

You really wasted space on this? This is not news. Please try not to knee-jerk the meaningless, we have had enough of that with Bush.

Really? This is headline stuff?

Bernanke's second confirmation, Obama's job summit, countless other issues that you could be discussing.

But the reporter that left his rifle in the trunk of his car is the story that takes up the most prominant spot on the main page of TPM?

I mean I was as shocked and appalled as anyone of the people bringing firearms to Obama's speeches over the summer but this... this is a joke.

NON-STORY.

I wish TPM could have access to every Secret Service report ever and post those as their top stories on the front page, each and every one. It's just that cool, and newsworthy! Thanks muckrakers for informing me so.

I rarely log into TPM to comment, but man this "news" is completely full of fail. Leave this knee-jerk crap to lesser sites, please.

Wow, how did we get to rifle? I don't see that in the story. He had a gun for hunting is what I read. Some of us hunt with shotguns which, depending on ammo, are not nearly as lethal, and scary as a rifle. Is that why we're using rifle? Or did I miss that in the story.

Personally this time of year I have a shotgun in my truck a lot of the time. As someone who works with schools I have to take special care to ensure that I don't have it with me on district visists. I can see how this guy would have forgotten that it was there.

OMG people taking this stupid terrorist nonsense WAY too seriously.

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Inquiring minds want to know...

Who was this "reporter" and for whom does he report?

World Nut Daily?

ΑssFactsMax?

PHOCKS?

Anyone know who this reporter is? What local paper or TV station did he work for? Was he a proud, mustache-snufflin' memmer of the NRA? Had he written about Obama before? I mean, was he even a real reporter?