The editor of USA Today is drawing considerable attention after it calls on protesters to consider using their “Second Amendment-sanctioned guns“ to ”storm Wall Street and our nation’s capitals.” Ironic for a movement that has claimed to be so peaceful to attract someone who would make such a suggestion. And on top of that, it’s worth pointing out the letter is dated February 15, which means it’s over a week old. Jim Treacher explains why that is curious: It’s headline news when a Tea Party guy gets arrested for going to the airport and trying to check in an unloaded, registered weapon in a lockbox as part of his luggage.

But an Occupier publishes a letter in a national newspaper about “storming Wall Street” with guns, and I don’t find out about it until a week later. It’s not seen as a credible threat, despite the fact that Occupy’s rap sheet dwarfs that of the Tea Party.

So who exactly is Rich Latta? We did some digging and found a Rich Latta from Austin, TX that’s a regular reviewer on Amazon. In fact, he has 405 reviews posted, many of obscure music albums; he has a birthday coming up (April 5); and in his “Interests” section he lists his “personal obsession” as “exposing the fallicy [sic] and harm of deity-based religions.

Apparently some of the OWS got the memo because John Scott DeKuyper arrived for a Wednesday court hearing at the wrong building while carrying a Colt .45 pistol in his leather backpack, police and court officials said.

He was appearing in court for a charge stemming from an Oct. 15 scuffle with police during an Occupy protest. At the time, he tried to rip the badge off of NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito. He had spend time at Zucotti Park last fall.

The Occupiers attorney said he “merely forgot” about the unloaded gun in his pack, which also included a box of ammo.

If it turns out DeKuyper does have a permit in his home state, that could bring up an interesting debate: several people over the past few months have been arrested on weapons charges in NYC who were licensed to carry concealed in other states. Most notably, there has been an outcry of support for former Marine Ryan Jerome, a jeweler who brought his gun to the city for protection and tried to check it at the Empire State Building.

http://www.dnainfo.com/20120222/downtown/occupy-wall-street-marcher-brought-gun-courthouse#ixzz1nDPY9qTn

sources:theblaze