Before I write anything else, let me be clear. Wagshol is not some squeaky-clean, innocent angel. He wrote some vile racist and transphobic tweets. He also seemed to taunt the FBI in his tweets, which certainly isn’t the smartest thing in the world to do.
That being said, holding bigoted views is not the same things as acting on those views. Voicing his bigoted opinions, while disgusting, is not a criminal act. The First Amendment protects his right to voice his hate in the same way that it protects flag burning. No one has to like it, but it’s not a criminal act.
Wagshol may also have been caught in a few lies made on Facebook. According to Norwalk police Lt. Terry Blake:
A Facebook page for the younger Wagshol said he was a former U.S. Marine and worked at the Department of Homeland Security as a janitor. Blake said both of these statements on Facebook are untrue. (source)
Wagshol also admitted to purchasing four 30-round magazines at a Bass Pro Shop in New Hampshire to circumvent Connecticut law limiting magazines to ten rounds. Wagshol is now facing four felony counts for possessing those magazines.
Whether or not you support Connecticut’s ban on 30-round magazines, he will be found guilty under current CT law for possessing them.
Finally, Wagshol did admit to ordering a kit to build an AR. A lot of preppers and gun enthusiasts have done the exact same thing. That’s more than understandable with the government chomping at the bit to enact more gun control. Wagshol will likely be in legal trouble in CT for that too.
This kid was a legitimate nut case and whatever argument supporting potential future "Red Flag" laws, he certainly met all of them...............
The Feds didn't just stop at his front door, he invited them........
I’m not seeing much that says he’s a nutcase.
[[Wagshol may also have been caught in a few lies made on Facebook.]]
Hmmm, lies you say- gee- CNN must be downright mobsters then- when did it become a crime to lie on the internet? This isn’t directed at you but at the police who confiscated his guns based on these things-
Now- regarding his breaking the law- He hasn’t been tried yet for those couple of illegal activities- and the fact remains that guns were not his that were confiscated- As far as we know, he wasn’t barred yet from having guns in the house—
I’m not saying he shouldn’t be investigated based on some of the facts, but for lying? No- for taunting? No- (Unless he made direct threats to the FBI which it doesn’t say if he did or not)
The banned clips- ok- it sucks that that is a law, but it’s the law- The “AR”- is that a full auto? Or an AR-15 replica? Doesn’t say- I think only certain guns in the gun grabbing CT have been banned- but i dunno-
My comments mainly though are about the unconstitutionality of the red flag laws- and hte massive massive potential for abuse- see my last post-