Trust the Brits to do your dirty work!

[Gob]

A Briton who tried to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas said he wanted to shoot the candidate, court papers say.

Michael Steven Sandford, 19, did not enter a plea when he appeared before a judge in Nevada and was remanded in custody until a hearing on 5 July.

According to the court papers, he went to the Trump rally on Saturday.

He reportedly tried to seize the gun from the police officer after saying he was seeking the candidate's autograph.

He said he had been planning to try and shoot Mr Trump for about a year but had decided to act now because he finally felt confident enough to do so, court papers say.

A federal judge found Mr Sandford to be a danger and risk of non-appearance, and he was ordered detained pending his preliminary hearing.

When asked about the arrest of Michael Sandford, a Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are providing assistance following an arrest of a British national in Las Vegas."

Earlier on Monday, Mr Trump fired his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who oversaw his triumph in the primary contests.

According to the court papers, Mr Sandford said he had never fired a gun before but went to a range in Las Vegas on 17 June to learn how to shoot.

At the rally he allegedly tried to grab the officer's weapon because it was in an unlocked position and therefore, he said, the easiest way to get a gun to shoot Mr Trump.

Court Documents say Mr Sandford acknowledged he knew he would only be able to fire one or two rounds, and expected to be killed during an attempt on Mr Trump's life.

[Joe Guy]

Trust the Brits to leave out an important part of the plan. Here in the U.S. we bring our own guns to an event where we plan to shoot somebody...

What was he thinking?

I plan to kill Donald Trump with a firearm. Let's see... I'll learn how to shoot a gun, then I'll go to his rally in Las Vegas and steal a gun from a police officer.

What a great idea! I'm off to a shooting then....

[Lord Jim]

A Briton who tried to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas said he wanted to shoot the candidate, court papers say.

I'm going to go way out on a limb and suggest that alcohol may have been involved here...

If Trump were to be assassinated, (which I am NOT advocating, and would NEVER support) it would never be successfully carried out by some drunken dork thinking they could pull it off by trying to grab a cop's gun out of its holster...

Given the security involved, it would have to be a Day Of The Jackal type thing, carried out by a professional, highly trained sniper...

[liberty]

Gob, I hope you are not implying that this guy is your typical Brit. If he is, it is a good thing that Brits are not allowed to own weapons.

Edited, I should have done this:

[Scooter]

Brits are not allowed to own weapons

Yet another piece of horseshit born of the village idiot's complete ignorance of any subject on which he speaks.

[liberty]

[Bicycle Bill]

Trust the Brits to leave out an important part of the plan.  Here in the U.S. we bring our own guns to an event where we plan to shoot somebody...

Kind of like Sirhan Sirhan did when he murdered Bobby Kennedy in 1968; or Arthur Bremer when he tried to eliminate George Wallace at an outdoor Maryland rally during the 1972 campaign; or John Hinckley Jr, who got close enough to President Reagan to put bullets into him, James Brady (his press secretary), and two other members of his security cadre in 1981.

If Trump were to be assassinated, (which I am NOT advocating, and would NEVER support) it would never be successfully carried out by some drunken dork thinking they could pull it off by trying to grab a cop's gun out of its holster...

Given the security involved, it would have to be a Day Of The Jackal type thing, carried out by a professional, highly trained sniper...

While that was a great plotline from a well-written novel which was made into an excellent movie (the first one starring Edward Fox, anyway) and something like that would have a higher level of success, see my reference to Sirhan Sirhan, Arthur Bremer, or John Hinckley above.  Much as I hate to say it, American politics have been shaped almost as much as by the bullet as it has by the ballot.

-"BB"-