Fort Bragg soldier arrested for having assault rifle in mall. What is up with this?

Thanks for the info. You know, one really has to wonder what this soldier's motive actually were? If he wanted a photograph, you would think that one of his friends could of taken that for him with a cell phone camera or something? It just does not sound right?

Senior Chief... masterful use of the phrase "poor decision making"

I dunno. I'd probably ENJOY being his NCOIC, I'd have the opportunity to go all Gunny Hartman on his a$$ :)

Glamour Shots? O_o

Agree

I think your splitting hairs on the term assault rifle. This kid made a bad choice and is now paying for it. This does not change the fact that he was carrying a weapon through the mall be it a howitzer, or slingshot while from the sounds of it full battle dress.

LTC Yinon Weiss - This is silly semantics of the pro-gun lobby. The AR in AR-15 stands for BOTH Armilite Rifle company and Assault Rifle as the company used both in its early marketing. I enjoy the 2nd Amendment but the revisionist history to win at any cost is getting ridiculous. American Rifleman and Soldier of Fortune used the term assault pistol and assault rifle and firearm reviews in the 1070s and 80s. I wish the NRA would go back to just teaching marksmanship and firearm safety. They have destroyed too many good politicians and replaced them with far-out there kooks. Trying to discredit a story because the reporter/editor used the term "Assault Rifle" to distinguish it from a traditional hunting rifle is simply sophomoric and reminds me of the stupid stuff the liberals on campus complained about, only from the opposite direction and from older folks who should know better.

This is a red herring argument. It's a gun. He's carrying a gun into a public mall. It was a poor decision and he now faces the repercussions.

If you want to ban or confiscate a gun just call it an "Assault weapon" or better yet, an "Evil Assault Weapon" as if a center-fire rifle, with a detachable magazine, that shoots in semi-fire mode (one round per pull of the trigger), has "agency or free will" and thus can make moral decisions, so that it can be said to be Evil. Are kitchen knives "Evil Assault knives" because they are probably the most common instrument of edged weapons murders and stabbings that are committed using a knife in a domestic violence setting. Only a gun hating liberal (mostly Democrats)uses such terms to get a psychological advantage for their mostly unspoken position that America should be "gun free" like Europe is. How did that work out for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo Massacre? The Terrorists had no problem coming up with FULLY automatic AK-47 Machineguns with hundreds of rounds of ammunition (Actual and Real Assault Weapons strictly controlled in the US). Hilary Clinton has already said bringing back the 1994 Assault weapons gun ban that her husband got passed through congress and that he signed will be a major priority if she becomes President. Bernie Sanders, despite being a self-avowed socialist has not been the usual knee jerk liberal when it comes to guns, mainly as he explains, because he is from a rural state, where people enjoy their hunting rights and their gun rights (Vermont). For many, many years, Vermont, was the ONLY state that did not require a CCW to legally carry a concealed loaded handgun for most adults, without a disqualifying criminal conviction or any other legal disability (like mental health). No endorsement for Bernie Sanders or his politics EXCEPT it actually shows that one can be a socialist liberal, and not be the typical Knee Jerk, gun hating/gun banning liberal. FYI.