XPost: alt.law-enforcement, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.politics   
   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday said they suspended an officer who let a   
   man with a gun into the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.   
      
   The man, who was arrested Tuesday, was also able to enter the Library of   
   Congress with a firearm.   
      
   Follow live politics coverage here   
      
   In a statement, USCP said that they had received a lookout for a man on   
   Tuesday "with reported mental health issues and suicidal thoughts who was   
   believed to be armed and in the area."   
      
   "At approximately 2:15 p.m., the man was found leaving the Library of   
   Congress, after the tour, and walking towards his car. He was stopped,   
   searched, and arrested. A small 9mm handgun was discovered, concealed in   
   his waistband," the statement said.   
      
   USCP added that security video showed the man entering the Capitol Visitor   
   Center earlier in the day.   
      
   We’re looking to hear from federal government workers. If you’re willing   
   to talk with us, please email us at tips@nbcuni.com or contact us through   
   one of these methods.   
      
   "After the magnetometers sounded, an officer performed a secondary hand   
   search, and the man was let into the building. The officer is suspended   
   while the USCP’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting an   
   administrative investigation into the officer’s performance of that   
   search," their statement said.   
      
   Capitol Police made clear that no one was harmed in the incident and that   
   there "is no indication that the man was coming to harm the Congress."   
      
   Authorities identified the suspect as James Faber, 27 from Massachusetts.   
   His case is in the hands of the U.S. attorney's office.   
      
   The Carlisle, Massachusetts, Police Department said in a statement   
   Thursday that officers "responded to a call for a wellbeing check" for   
   Faber on Monday. The department issued an alert asking multiple states to   
   be on the lookout for the man after "newly discovered concerns" and   
   officers' determination that he had left the state.   
      
   The department noted that police officers suspended Faber's license to   
   carry in the state "and seized his firearms from his residence to ensure   
   the safety of the individual and the community."   
      
   Information about Faber's lawyer was not immediately available.   
      
   It is the second high-profile incident involving someone trying to bring   
   weapons into the Capitol this month.   
      
   In early January, a Washington, D.C., man with a machete and three knives   
   was arrested while trying to enter the Capitol to view former President   
   Jimmy Carter lying in state.   
      
   USCP said that it would conduct a "full review" of the incident and would   
   require a "mandatory refresher training on security screening, so this   
   never happens again."   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/us-capitol-police-suspend-   
   officer-gun-library-of-congress-rcna188991   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)