[MtnClimber]

Perhaps we’ll find out — if nothing fatal happens to befall Mr. Routh while in custody — how exactly he learned Mr. Trump would be on the links that afternoon?

And where did the rifle come from? Who sighted in the scope?

[Red Badger]

He claims to have no money yet drives a big SUV and has all this expensive gear. Flies to Hawaii, Europe and Asia at will and talks to high government officials.

This stinks bigly.

He was supposed to die in the attempt like Crooks, but didn’t get off a single shot, then took off like a scared jackrabbit at the first sign of trouble........And he was volunteering to fight for Ukraine?

This is absolute idiocy...................

[DownInFlames]

I’m betting the government will pull another Oswald.

[struggle]

It was a modified SKS, so I’m guessing he got it cheap.

[marktwain]

And where did the rifle come from? Who sighted in the scope?

Only above 500 million firearms in the USA. About 1/3 are rifles.

He probably got it on the black market, because the serial number was removed.

It seems to be one of millions of SKS rifles imported surplus from China, Russia, and a couple of other places.

They are good, serviceable rifles, but not the first choice for sniping.

My brother has one in the same setup. The scope mounting is not optimum because the rifle was not designed with optics in mind.

I am told it is about a 3 minute of angle rifle, which is to say, about a 3 inch group at 100 yards.

My brother has plenty of rifles which will hold 1/2 inch at a hundred yards.

In WWII, the Garand had to hold 4 inch groups at a hundred yards to meet specifications. Of course, many would do much better.

[Candor7]

Routh is a world traveler, and he is retired on 36K a year. WHere did all his traveling money come from, he has been all over Eastern Europe and Ukraine, Pakistan and Afghanistan?Recruiting mercenaries there in those countries?

CIA cut out?

If so, he will not live long in jail unless DeSantis gets him remanded to a secure isolated jail in Florida.