# Breaking news: Trump safe after shots fired near Palm Beach golf club 2024/09/15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news, trump\ **Created:** [September 15, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312 "2024-09-15T20:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/141 "2024-09-19T11:31:37Z")
Especially at **his** courses. It’s probably written in the club bylaws. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/142 "2024-09-19T18:10:30Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > > [@bobsmom101](#): > > > > Can any of you shed some light on why Routh had two backpacks filled with ceramic tiles hanging on the fence? Were they supposed to protect him from return fire? > > I was wondering too, found someone online saying the tiles are in fact for stopping bullets, suggesting the guy was planning on a shootout. No mention of whether these were plain old Home Depot bathroom tiles, or some sort of camouflage survivalist c Not addressing the use of the backpacks as armor, but pointing out that these regular rectangular objects hung on the fence may have tipped an agent to something funny up there… “What the hey…gimme the binoculars”! This guy was even more addled than we have guessed - at least he hadn’t clipped a red bicycle warning light to them… Dan ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/143 "2024-09-19T18:18:53Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > This guy was even more addled than we have guessed - at least he hadn’t clipped a red bicycle warning light to them… - He should have. The whole point of the light is so you won’t get hit. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/144 "2024-09-19T18:25:56Z")
Very nice! Dan ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/145 "2024-09-23T16:34:35Z")
Routh apparently offered $150,000 to anyone that can finish the job. Hopefully any would-be assassins consider the logistics of acquiring the reward money. > **[Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Wrote Chilling Letter About Plot, DOJ Says](https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/23/ryan-routh-letter-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/#continued)** > > Ryan Wesley Routh, the alleged would-be Trump assassin, revealed his lethal intentions in a letter he wrote prior to getting arrested ... according to the Justice Department. > Part of the note reads, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/146 "2024-09-23T16:37:45Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Hopefully any would-be assassins consider the logistics of acquiring the reward money. And can muster enough gumption. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/147 "2024-09-23T17:28:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Hopefully any would-be assassins consider the logistics of acquiring the reward money. > > And can muster enough gumption. What’s the dollar to gumption rate nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/148 "2024-09-23T17:28:32Z")
When did he write this? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/149 "2024-09-23T17:42:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And can muster enough gumption. I had plenty of gumptions but some of them wouldn’t muster, not even when the general came for an inspection. 😟 ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/150 "2024-09-23T18:56:03Z")
He wrote and put that note at a friend’s house “months ago”. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/151 "2024-09-23T18:56:31Z")
Wow. $150.000! “If you want to give Ringo less, it’s up to you.” ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/152 "2024-09-24T23:51:05Z")
The case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon. > **[Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/24/politics/ryan-routh-additional-charges-trump-assassination-attempt)** > > Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course for hours on end, armed with a rifle that he... ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/153 "2024-09-24T23:54:09Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > The case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon. I guess we’ll see how fast a criminal case can move when she feels like it. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/154 "2024-09-25T00:19:18Z")
I expect he’ll be drawn and quartered by the end of the week. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/155 "2024-09-25T00:57:50Z")
Of course it has. Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/156 "2024-09-25T01:00:30Z")
We will soon witness a judge encourage the prosecution to paint him as a democratic stooge who was part of a deep state operation to appear as a MAGA follower initially as a spy. And right before the election. It will move fast so they can nake political hay. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/157 "2024-09-25T01:03:43Z")
> **[FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child sexual...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-son-child-sexual-abuse-material-b4d59cdc786211b94ad6e795f714d1e7)** > > The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. > Oran Alexander Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home “in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation,” and found hundreds of files depicting child sexual abuse, an FBI agent said in court papers. > > Investigators who seized multiple electronic devices found videos sent to Oran Routh in July as well as chats from a messaging application commonly used by people who share child sexual abuse material, the FBI agent said. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/158 "2024-09-25T18:08:05Z")
Today I heard the guy from PA who took a shot at Trump called an “alleged assassin”. Um, ah, er, but … ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/159 "2024-09-25T18:16:45Z")
Sounds like that in the normal course of investigating people connected to the assassin that they came across information that they were obligated to report. Most likely he wanted to distance himself from his dad and gave them permission to examine his devices. The douchbag should have lawyered up, too bad. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312/160 "2024-09-25T23:20:28Z")
If the FBI was under trump’s thumb I’d assume all the child-porn evidence was planted. I predict that will be a very common police MO if he gets in. Since the FBI is still (mostly) honest, I guess the son is probably as much of a crazy douche as Dear Old Dad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312.md?page=9)