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Revealed: MN Gun-Toter's Grocery Store Parking Lot Pepper Spray Case Records
Justin Elliott | October 6, 2009, 6:04PM
Josh Hendrickson
Remember the rash of right-wing protesters who showed up to Obama events in August and September armed -- sometimes to the teeth?
In the middle of September, the gun-toter du jour was Josh Hendrickson, who came to an Obama health care speech in Minneapolis with a Glock and a Kel Tec 380 in his back pocket. But Hendrickson was a little different from the other gun-toters: he showed up at the event just after getting out of jail for a pepper-spraying incident.
And based on court records we've obtained, that episode appears to have been an unfortunate flareup of Mall Cop Rage. It resulted in a fifth degree assault misdemeanor conviction.
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Gun-Toters
Secret Service Questioned Man With Guns Outside Obama Rally In Minnesota
Justin Elliott | September 15, 2009, 3:58PM
A Kel Tec 380 pistol
When 32-year-old Josh Hendrickson left his house for a protest outside President Obama's health care rally in Minneapolis Saturday, he considered whether to go armed.
When he typically goes out, he told the Star-Tribune, "I grab my wallet, my keys and my gun."
Make that two guns.
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