As Valiant News reported yesterday, an armed man was arrested near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday after making threats against the Justice’s life.
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court confirmed in a statement that the man was arrested, stating that “at approximately 1:50 a.m. today, a man was arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s residence. The man was armed and made threats against Justice Kavanaugh. He was transported to Montgomery County Police 2nd District.”
The FBI later said in its criminal complaint that Nicholas John Roske wanted to kill the conservative Justice because of the possibility that Kavanaugh would vote in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade, and because he was upset about the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Following his arrest Roske “told the detective that he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion,” according to the FBI’s probable cause statement.
In addition to his pro-abortion concerns, the crazed leftist would-be assassin was upset with the “recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas” and “believed the Justice he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws.”
The statement further reveals that he “had purchased a Glock pistol and other items for the purpose of breaking into the Justice’s residence and killing the Justice as well as himself.”
Someone was arrested for trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh earlier and tonight there are protesters outside of his home.
Enforce 18 USC § 1507
Lock them up.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 9, 2022
Seeing as though the state of Maryland has intensive and strict gun control laws, specifically with regards to purchasing, owning, and carrying firearms, it appears that those laws failed to prevent Roske from obtaining a firearm and attempting to kill a Supreme Court Justice as police claim.
For instance, if an individual sought to purchase a handgun in the state, he or she would first have to have their digital fingerprints taken at a Maryland fingerprint processing center.
From there, the individual would be required to submit those digital fingerprints to the Maryland State Police.
After submitting the digital fingerprints to the police, the individual would then have to submit an application to the Maryland State Police for a Maryland Handgun Qualification License.
Once the aforementioned steps are completed, that person would then be required to complete a 16-hour Firearms Safety Training Course and receive a handgun qualification license card that would later require verification by a firearms dealer.
Then, the person would need to complete their application to purchase the handgun, have that application submitted by a firearms dealer to the Maryland State Police, and wait approximately one full week for the application to be approved, before the individual can buy the actual firearm and take it home.
Even assuming Roske went through this process during his very brief time in Maryland, among other gun control laws in Maryland is a magazine capacity limit of ten rounds — about seven rounds less than a standard magazine for a Glock 17, of which Roske was found with two upon his arrest.
No information about the ammunition capacity of the handgun police say Roske brought to Kavanaugh’s home has been released.
While details are still minimal in the case, it would seem that the Glock 17 police say he brought to Kavanaugh’s home for his ill-fated murder suicide plot was illegal, unless the would-be assassin took extensive measures to ensure he was acting within the bounds of the law.
Finally, Maryland and California do not have reciprocity laws that would allow a California resident to legally carry a handgun in Maryland.
Still, Roske has not been charged with violating any gun laws. His only charge, at press time, is attempted murder.
Ironically, none of Maryland’s restrictive gun laws prevented the armed man from getting as close to Kavanaugh’s home as his sidewalk. According to the affidavit, Roske stopped walking when he saw two officers standing outside Kavanaugh’s home, and later called the police to turn himself in, apparently after realizing the home was protected by men with guns.
This story is developing and Valiant News will continue to investigate whether Roske’s handgun was purchased, carried, or owned legally in accordance with Maryland’s strict gun control laws that are designed to prevent gun violence.
