<p>The man who authorities believe was going to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday was banned from owning firearms because of past criminal convictions.</p>
<p>Ryan Routh, 58, was arraigned in federal court on Monday on charges of possessing a firearm with a filed-off serial number and possessing a firearm despite being a felon.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/suspected-trump-gunman-had-rifle-with-scratched-off-serial-number-85a2cebb">reported</a> that the serial number was &#8220;at least partially obliterated&#8221; on the weapon, thus making it difficult to determine where he obtained it.</p>
<p>Secret Service opened fire on Routh after spotting him with an AK-47-style rifle 300-500 yards away from Trump.</p>
<p>Federal Election Commission (FEC) records indicate that Routh donated exclusively to Democrats from 2019-2020 when he lived in Hawaii.</p>
<p>The small-dollar donations, sent through the Democrats’ fundraising platform ActBlue, were earmarked for Democrat presidential candidates Beto O’Rourke, Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer, Tulsi Gabbard, and Elizabeth Warren.</p>
<p>A truck that was parked outside Routh&#8217;s home in North Carolina displayed a Biden-Harris <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/us-news/home-of-suspected-would-be-trump-assassin-ryan-wesley-routh-is-raided-by-authorities/">bumper sticker</a>.</p>
<p>Routh reportedly had numerous run-ins with the law while living in North Carolina.</p>
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<p>FOX8 WGHP <a href="https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/trump-shooting-attempt-suspect-had-lengthy-criminal-history-in-north-carolina-records-show/">reported</a> that Routh’s criminal record dates back to 2002 when “he barricaded himself inside a business with a gun in Greensboro.”</p>
<p>NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ryan-routh-custody-trump-golf-club-incident-rcna171225">reported</a> that he was convicted of possessing weapon of mass destruction — in this case a fully automatic machine gun — in 2002.</p>
<p>“Records also show convictions for carrying a concealed weapon, possession of stolen property and hit-and-run,” the report said. “In those cases, which included misdemeanor convictions for violations such as resisting an officer and driving on a suspended license, the defendant received a suspended sentence and parole or probation.”</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-kamalas-rhetoric-causing-me-to-be-shot-at-would-be-assassin-acted-on-it?topStoryPosition=1">responded</a> to the assassination attempt by saying that Routh “believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it.”</p>
<p>“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out,” he continued. “These are people that want to destroy our country. It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat.”</p>
<p>Trump said that Democrats and the media incite attempts on his life through a “combination” of actions they take against him, including extreme rhetoric, lies, and lawfare.</p>
<p>“These are the things that dangerous fools, like the shooter, listen to — that is the rhetoric they listen to, and the same with the first one,” he said, later adding: “The media is made up of fools that will spew [Democrats’] garbage and spew their sick philosophies and will protect them at all costs, and they can’t believe they get away with it. Democrats are totally protected by the media.”</p>

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