Obviously this guy was just protecting himself but isn't everyone a law abiding citizen able to keep and bear arms until they committ a heinous crime? Was Adam Lanza a law abiding citizen until last week?
Maybe I'm as fuzzy on that definition as some of you are on the definition of assault weapons. You'd think all of this would be black and white.
We have an assault rifle problem in this country and who new the only way to fix that would be to put more of them in the law abiding citizens hands. Wow!
Nathaniel John Budd, 22, of Livingston is facing two felony charges of attempted deliberate homicide and one misdemeanor charge of carrying a switchblade knife.
Budd was arrested after a Dec. 1 incident in which prosecutors say he shot a woman after heated confrontations in a busy parking lot.
Budd has been in the Gallatin County jail on $100,000 bond, which Gallatin County District Court Judge Holly Brown continued. If Budd does post bail, he must wear a GPS monitor and must surrender all firearms and weapons.
According to charging documents:
Officers responded to Taco Bell, located at 2817 W. Main St., in the Gallatin Valley Mall parking lot, at 1:30 a.m. to a reported shooting. A woman had been shot twice, once through the right leg and once in her upper back.
Budd had fled in a silver Honda Civic. He was arrested without incident by officers on 19th Avenue on the Interstate 90 interchange. During a search of his pockets, officers found a knife.
The victims told investigators they were in the Gallatin Valley Mall parking lot, east of the Taco Bell entrance, waiting for traffic so they could pull into the drive-through window. Budd was in his car behind the two, honking his horn and revving his engine.
Both victims gestured out their windows for Budd to pass them. At one point, the woman left the car and swore at Budd, telling him to go around.
After the woman got back into the car, they pulled into the drive-through. Budd also pulled forward into the oncoming traffic lane, next to the passenger?s side of the victims.
The man and woman rolled down their windows. The woman told Budd he was supposed to go around and made an insulting statement about Budd?s vehicle, then rolled up her window. A moment later, Budd shot the woman, who was in the passenger seat.
Budd told investigators he had bought food and was sitting in his car eating when the victims? truck pulled up next to him and a woman opened the passenger door. However, Budd said he couldn't remember if she actually got out of the truck.
The woman started acting crazy and screaming, Budd said. He thought she had a knife in her hand. Budd saw the male driver lean over and look toward him, which he said made him fearful of a weapon. Both victims denied brandishing a weapon, but the man later told police he had a pocketknife.
Investigators found a shotgun, .45-caliber handgun magazines, ammunition, marijuana and a digital scale in Budd?s vehicle.
If convicted, Budd could face life in prison.
Maybe I'm as fuzzy on that definition as some of you are on the definition of assault weapons. You'd think all of this would be black and white.
We have an assault rifle problem in this country and who new the only way to fix that would be to put more of them in the law abiding citizens hands. Wow!
Nathaniel John Budd, 22, of Livingston is facing two felony charges of attempted deliberate homicide and one misdemeanor charge of carrying a switchblade knife.
Budd was arrested after a Dec. 1 incident in which prosecutors say he shot a woman after heated confrontations in a busy parking lot.
Budd has been in the Gallatin County jail on $100,000 bond, which Gallatin County District Court Judge Holly Brown continued. If Budd does post bail, he must wear a GPS monitor and must surrender all firearms and weapons.
According to charging documents:
Officers responded to Taco Bell, located at 2817 W. Main St., in the Gallatin Valley Mall parking lot, at 1:30 a.m. to a reported shooting. A woman had been shot twice, once through the right leg and once in her upper back.
Budd had fled in a silver Honda Civic. He was arrested without incident by officers on 19th Avenue on the Interstate 90 interchange. During a search of his pockets, officers found a knife.
The victims told investigators they were in the Gallatin Valley Mall parking lot, east of the Taco Bell entrance, waiting for traffic so they could pull into the drive-through window. Budd was in his car behind the two, honking his horn and revving his engine.
Both victims gestured out their windows for Budd to pass them. At one point, the woman left the car and swore at Budd, telling him to go around.
After the woman got back into the car, they pulled into the drive-through. Budd also pulled forward into the oncoming traffic lane, next to the passenger?s side of the victims.
The man and woman rolled down their windows. The woman told Budd he was supposed to go around and made an insulting statement about Budd?s vehicle, then rolled up her window. A moment later, Budd shot the woman, who was in the passenger seat.
Budd told investigators he had bought food and was sitting in his car eating when the victims? truck pulled up next to him and a woman opened the passenger door. However, Budd said he couldn't remember if she actually got out of the truck.
The woman started acting crazy and screaming, Budd said. He thought she had a knife in her hand. Budd saw the male driver lean over and look toward him, which he said made him fearful of a weapon. Both victims denied brandishing a weapon, but the man later told police he had a pocketknife.
Investigators found a shotgun, .45-caliber handgun magazines, ammunition, marijuana and a digital scale in Budd?s vehicle.
If convicted, Budd could face life in prison.
