The cops already told the Secret Service that the guy was carrying legally and was a fair distance aware from the president.
The USSS scouts the routes and views the nearby buildings trying to cover your sniper scenario.
Once again, I am discussing relative risk. A man with a handgun 100 yards away is very unlikely to hit what he is aiming at. A man with a scoped rifle 200 yards away has a very high chance of hitting a target. So the greater risk is from long guns at a greater distance. If security concerns are paramount over rights, using your 'logic', the SS should be allowed to search homes and make sure all guns are removed from private residences along the entire path of the motorcade.
What I am doing is showing just how absurd the arguments are here, from a security viewpoint, about someone engaging in open carry that far away from the president. There are much greater security risks, and the last three assasination attempts have been via illegal concealed carry.
I am amazed that you continue to show such a misunderstanding or lack of support on such a straight forward issue as presidential security.
I am amazed that you continue to show your ignorance of both the law in NH, the actual situation on the ground, and an abject ignorance of the relative risk of a handgun that far away from the president.
I can see you as USSS saying, gee we're sorry the president got shot, but we were following New Hampshire law. And besides, the last time we saw the guy he was a hundred yards away. How DID he then get so close? Opps!
A man with a handgun is MOBILE, remember yesterday some idiot tried to sneak into the building? So don't tell me how far away he was. The USSS has the responsibility to determine their own security perimeter, not wannabes on the internet.
And I am amazed at your misguided criticism of security concerns. Yesterday I took you and your friend to the woodshed on this issue and someone ran crying to the moderator. So the mod chastized me to lighten up. So I'm out. Declare victory and move on.