There are some places where you know you shouldn't go with a gun. There are signs up, and usually a lot of people with bigger guns than you who will shoot you if need be. It may be your right to bear arms, but it's your life that's forfeit if you push it.
It's safe to say that anything involving our national intelligence apparatus is going to be high on that list of places. I mean, I doubt the CIA would shrug at me walking around their campus in Langley with an AR slung over my shoulder.
So when I read about a Texas man being arrested for having seven guns in his vehicle when he entered such a campus, I assumed I'd learn he was up to no good. But let's look at what happened for a moment.
A Texas man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he drove onto the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s campus in St. Louis with seven guns inside his truck.
According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department probable cause statement, 42-year-old Christopher Cerro from Millican, Texas drove onto the NGA’s west campus on July 6 in a black Chevrolet Silverado at about 7:45 a.m. Authorities said he got through an initial security checkpoint marked with signs saying that unauthorized entry into the restricted area is prohibited and that firearms and ammo are banned on NGA property.
Investigators said Cerro then arrived at a second checkpoint, where he tried to enter the complex alongside NGA employees. After reportedly failing to produce proper identification, officers told him to get out of the vehicle, as well as asked if he had any guns on him or inside the truck.
Cerro said that he did, and what they found was interesting. Yes, he had seven firearms, but while there was a Springfield XD and a Sig Sauer AR-style rifle, there was also a Mauser in 9mm, a Selbstlader pistol, a Colt revolver chambered in .45, a "Winchester rifle," and a Bergara rifle.
In other words, it looks like a collector's collection, versus someone who is bringing a lot of guns to try and do something nefarious.
Plus, frankly, he complied with security officers at every step. If he was going to hurt people, why wouldn't he start there?
Honestly, a look at Google Maps makes me wonder if this guy was just lost, missed the first sign, and found out the hard way that he was at an intelligence agency's Saint Louis campus. I mean, I don't think "Department of War intelligence agency" and "Saint Louis" in the same sentence as a general rule, so it's not difficult to imagine someone who just happens to have at least part of his collection in his truck making a wrong turn or something and finding himself in a heap of trouble.
Or, conversely, he knew what he was doing and is going to get in a whole lot of trouble because of it. It's kind of difficult to say based on this information, obviously, and while I know what my gut is telling me, that same gut told me Taco Bell in the middle of the night wouldn't cause me problems sleeping afterward, so I'm not that trusting of it right now.
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