I hope the deputy will recover.

MADE IT LEGAL TO CARRY LOADED WEAPONS TO THE COURTHOUSE, probably one of the most volatile places anywhere. STUPID!!

Bomb Squad Sweeping Georgia Courthouse After Shooting
First published June 6th 2014, 10:59 am

A bomb squad was sweeping a Georgia courthouse after a gunman wearing a gas mask and a bulletproof vest shot a sheriff's deputy in the leg on Friday.

The suspect, identified as Dennis Marx, was shot multiple times and was killed by the sheriff's deputy while making a beeline for the Forsyth County courthouse, officials said. Marx was carrying a smoke grenade and other explosives, many of which were homemade, and was heavily armed when he approached the courthouse, authorities said at a press conference Friday.

Investigators believed his home was possibly booby-trapped and were trying to get in.

The sheriff's deputy is expected to survive.

Marx also had a spike strip to stop other cars from driving near him, officials said, and had multiple rounds of ammunition, zip ties, and water on him.

"He had been planning (the attack) for a while," Forsyth County sheriff Duane Piper said.

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Ann Shafer, who identified herself as the suspect's attorney, told 11 Alive that her client always dressed in paramilitary clothing whenever she met with him and said that he had made "veiled threats" recently.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/bomb-squad-sweeping-georgia-courthouse-after-shooting-n124591

Then it all would have been perfect!

Sheriff: Gunman planned assault at Ga. courthouse
By/Crimesider Staff/CBS/AP/June 6, 2014, 2:34 PM

CUMMING, Ga. - A man armed with guns, explosives and other supplies shot and wounded a deputy outside a Georgia courthouse and was equipped to take hostages once he got inside, officials said Friday.

The suspect, Dennis Marx, hadn't been living at his home for at least 10 days and may have booby-trapped it with explosives, authorities said. Bomb squads were checking both the home and the courthouse.

Marx was shot and killed at the scene, said Forsyth County Sheriff Duane Piper, who said the gunman had driven up to the courthouse and threw out smoke devices and homemade spike strips to prevent officers from reaching him. Both homemade and commercially made explosives were in his car, suggesting he had planned the assault for days, Piper said.

Marx also allegedly had water and other supplies, including zip ties that can be used to bind people's hands. Piper said the wounded deputy prevented others from getting hurt when he encountered Marx, though it was not clear if that deputy killed the suspect.

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheriff-gunman-planned-assault-at-georgia-courthouse/

JFYI...

like it's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Because it sounds all Constitution-y, or something.

Public service announcement to violent wingnut freaks: we already have words for violent individuals and groups who don't feel bound by United States laws. "Criminal," "felon," "homicide suspect," etc...

I'm so old I remember when the GOP was the "law-and-order" party. Now they're the armed-revolution party.

...to proclaim that Marx was a Communist. After all, the name....

...or worse, they'll claim he's a Democrat.

No corrections needed on the POX.

Did he think that he could overthrow the government by holding hostages in a Georgia courthouse?

Was he planning to kill a bunch of people and then himself? To what end? Doing so wouldn't in any way advance the sovereign citizen cause, so what's the point?

I tend to believe that actions like this are usually caused by mental illness.

news stations since it happened. The deputy who was shot is being hailed as a hero, which is rightfully so, as he prevented what could have been lot more deaths at the courthouse.

She had gone to pick up her son at daycare when she was told to evacuate the area.

Gunman intended to ram courthouse, attach bombs to hostages
By JEREMY REDMON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution June 7, 2014

ATLANTA — The heavily armed gunman who attempted to storm the Forsyth County courthouse in Georgia Friday planned to smash his SUV into the building and attach bombs to hostages.

Dennis Marx wore two sets of bulletproof vests. That initially made it difficult for sheriff's deputies to stop him before he was shot dead.

Marx rented a particular type of SUV - a Nissan Armada - he thought he would be able to drive up the steps of the courthouse and into the building. Found inside his vehicles were explosives made to physically link hostages together.

Forsyth Sheriff Duane Piper revealed those details Saturday during an interview at his office in Cumming, while hailing the bravery of his deputies and underscoring how their training kicked in.

"Between what he had with him, what he had on him, what he had in the vehicle and what he had at his house, he was coming there to take hostages," said Piper, who took office in January of last year. "He was coming there to occupy that courthouse and kill as many people as he could."

More:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/06/07/229692/gunman-intended-to-ram-courthouse.html?sp=/99/200/#storylink=cpy