[Pete]

MacDonald, who is also assigned to work as the city's "intelligence officer," as a liaison to the Secret Service, told Foster's that police have also encountered a situation where a protestor was armed with some type of firearm. It is unclear if the person has been arrested.

I saw on another thread that MSNBC was going crazy because there was a guy there with a carry permit and was carrying. Might be the same guy. I certainly hope he wasn't "arrested" if he has a permit.

[stuartcr]

If the guy was open carrying, while legal, it definitely put the secret service people at a disadvantage. What are they supposed to do? They have no idea what the guys intentions were, so they had to devote one eye towards him, while checking out all the others. I think it was thoughtless, and put the SS guys at a disadvantage. All that was needed was some wacko lib to yell out gun, and all hell could have broken out. Besides, it would have made quite a diversion for someone that really was a bad guy.

[SaraJohnson]

I doubt the police chief arrested him. He was lawfully carrying and had been checked out. MSNBC was wetting it’s collective pants because he was not arrested immediately. They do that in New Hampshire. :)