A 49-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested near former President Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella on Saturday with a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday.

Deputies assigned to the rally contacted the driver of a black SUV at a checkpoint near the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive just before 5 p.m. Saturday, sheriff’s officials said.

They allegedly found the driver in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine. The driver was identified as Vem Miller, and was taken into custody and later booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm and possessing a high-capacity magazine.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    So the NRA is going to hold a press conference about how this man’s second amendment rights were infringed, right?

    Also, every time I see “Trump rally in Coachella,” for just a second I think, “why is he holding a rally at the music festival?”

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      16 hours ago

      Up until right now, I always thought Coachella was just the name of the festival, not a place - sort of like Burning Man.

      I’ve never been more confused by a headline in my life.