Sniper nest at Palm Beach airport.

[DDZ]

Benny Johnson talks about the hunting stand/sniper nest found at the Palm Beech airport.  In the first part of the video it shows people talking about killing Trump. Its amazing how common and acceptable it has become to mention killing Trump. It goes beyond freedom of speech. How are these people not arrested?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0svD7hxt9EI

[Dee]

What I saw was described as a deer stand. Not sure if that is what it is, but it certainly looks like one. There's so much drama out there now, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[Mule 11]

I’d think if this were for assassination it would be more productive to stake it out especially when the President was coming. My 2 cents worth.

[ironglowz]

  Dunno..but Benny already said it is not a reasonable hunting area..  Plus, it doesn't look like any place I would place a tree stand!

  Add to that so many idiots suffering from TDS and threatening murder..doesn't hurt to be safe..

[GTS225]

Could it be a "sniper's nest"?.....Sure.  Could it also be an advantageous spot for a freelance photographer to get some photos to try to sell to a tabloid? (Think paparazzi) Again, yes.  While it may have been a bit foolish and stupid for a photog to do such a thing, it seems that stupidity is in great supply.

It bothers me some that so many are out there speculating the worst, when they have ZERO evidence that something is intended to be used for evil purposes.

Roger

[Dee]

And it could be some kid that put it up. Kids like trees to.

[Graybeard]

Fox said they had the guy and he had an AR in vehicle with him. Dunno how good their source is.

[Dee]

Saw where a guy was arrested in a Georgia airport and had an AR in his pickup. Family turned him in.

[ironglowz]

  Our president has been tried twice and shot once...we can't be TOO careful !  ..And our enemies would love for us to just shrug it off !

[DDZ]

It bothers me some that so many are out there speculating the worst, when they have ZERO evidence that something is intended to be used for evil purposes.

Roger

Well with two assassination attempts on Trump, and with all the people calling for Trumps death. Its easy to think in that direction. 

[JeffG]

I understand an abundance or caution, given the Administration's experiences. The grainy photo that they showed, made me lean toward the explanation of a hunter sneaking under the fence after a big buck on airport property. If most riflemen were to attempt a 600 yard shot at the President, it seems to me that the platform might be a little more current, and sophisticated.
Airports are known to hire animal control to prevent animal strikes with aircraft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVblxpF1MUg

[Dee]

I understand an abundance or caution, given the Administration's experiences. The grainy photo that they showed, made me lean toward the explanation of a hunter sneaking under the fence after a big buck on airport property. If most riflemen were to attempt a 600 yard shot at the President, it seems to me that the platform might be a little more current, and sophisticated.
Airports are known to hire animal control to prevent animal strikes with aircraft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVblxpF1MUg

Agreed, any light breeze will affect stability in a tree stand, much less a long distance shot.

[ironglowz]

I understand an abundance or caution, given the Administration's experiences. The grainy photo that they showed, made me lean toward the explanation of a hunter sneaking under the fence after a big buck on airport property. If most riflemen were to attempt a 600 yard shot at the President, it seems to me that the platform might be a little more current, and sophisticated.
Airports are known to hire animal control to prevent animal strikes with aircraft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVblxpF1MUg

  We agree on the abundance of caution. I am a bit puzzled by your mention of a 600 yard shot, however I see no mention buy Benny, as to what the potential range was.

  Are we to assume the stand was at 600 yards?  Then there was mention of how shaky a tree stand may be.... but hunters are collecting deer from stands regularly, and have been doing it for many years.  If they didn't work, nobody would be buying stands anymore.

   If you look at the photo offered by Benny, it looks like the stand is at least  partially mounted to a substantial limb..perhaps 10" in diameter.

  So far as a hunter sneaking into an airport trying for a buck; I cannot imagine any buck I would want to risk a federal charge, to bag any buck !

  Now, somebody may try that, if he is as dumb as the usual TDS sufferer, but I doubt many TDS magnets hunt deer.

 I suppose the stand could have been erected by some dipwad ! ...But with the risk involved, anybody with an IQ above single digits, wouldn't likely try such a venture.

[GTS225]

but hunters are collecting deer from stands regularly, and have been doing it for many years.  If they didn't work, nobody would be buying stands anymore.

This is a true statement, but they've been doing it at much shorter ranges, in the neighborhood of <150 yards.  (Bow, shotgun, and muzzle-loader hunters, anyway.)
Now, if that range of 600 yards is reasonably true, then I'd not want to try it.

How does ANYBODY know it's not just some remains of a tree house that was built 20 years ago, and the builder no longer even lives in the area?
After all, that pic isn't the best-detailed photo one could get.  You'd think secret service photo equipment could do better.

Roger

[Dee]

but hunters are collecting deer from stands regularly, and have been doing it for many years.  If they didn't work, nobody would be buying stands anymore.

This is a true statement, but they've been doing it at much shorter ranges, in the neighborhood of <150 yards.  (Bow, shotgun, and muzzle-loader hunters, anyway.)
Now, if that range of 600 yards is reasonably true, then I'd not want to try it.

How does ANYBODY know it's not just some remains of a tree house that was built 20 years ago, and the builder no longer even lives in the area?
After all, that pic isn't the best-detailed photo one could get.  You'd think secret service photo equipment could do better.

Roger

Agreed, and to think a slight breeze won't affect accuracy in a tree stand is very misleading.

[Dixie-Dude]

This is a small wooded area, about one block square with total development around it.  It was right next to airport property.  The wooded area is way too small for deer hunting.  It looked like to me the stand was in a large live oak tree.  Like someone said upstream, maybe a photographers stand, but with all the TDS syndrone wanting Trump dead, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a potential snipers nest.  Hopefully they can get DNA or fingerprints off the stand.  However if the person has never committed a crime his fingerprints and DNA are not on file.  Most of the mass killings in the last few years have been by liberals and trans people.  Oh, I read somewhere that about 90% of suicides are from trans or LBGTQ people.  So, it is a mental illness, not normal or natural. 

[DDZ]

Some guy labeled the Python Cowboy said the stand has been there around two years. He said it wouldn't be a hunting stand because there are no wild boars, or deer in the area.  If that's true, Wonder why our crack team of FBI agents haven't found it until now? 

[Graybeard]

he U.S. Secret Service uncovered a suspicious hunting stand with a direct line of sight to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport, officials told Fox News Digital.


The FBI is investigating after a hunting stand was found in direct line of sight to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport.

Agents found the stand on Thursday, and the FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery. FBI Director Kash Patel said the hunting stand has not yet been connected to any individual.

"Prior to the President’s return to West Palm Beach, USSS discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone," Patel told Fox News Digital. "No individuals were located at the scene. The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead, flying in resources to collect all evidence from the scene, and deploying our cell phone analytics capabilities."

Guglielmi said agents discovered the hunting stand during their "advance security preparations" prior to Trump's arrival in Palm Beach.

"There was no impact to any movements, and no individuals were present or involved at the location," Guglielmi told Fox News.
 




A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital the stand appeared to have been set up "months ago."

The investigation comes weeks after Ryan Routh was found guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump on a Palm Beach golf course from a sniper's nest he set up in bushes along a fence line.

RYAN ROUTH TRIAL CONTINUES AFTER AGENT TESTIFIES SUSPECT AIMED RIFLE AT HIM ON TRUMP’S GOLF COURSE

Routh, 59, was charged on five federal criminal counts, including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and multiple firearms offenses.

That alleged attempt came after a separate attempt where Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

[Graybeard]

It would take one hell of a wind to move that stand on such massive limbs that close to such a massive tree trunk. I've spent many a day in tree stands on far less massive limbs/trunks and not had enough wind movement to affect my shot.

But this appears at least to my eyes to be a place to sit only. Nothing to lean your back against and more importantly nothing to use as a prop or rest for the rifle. Looks to me far more like a bow stand than a rifle stand set up.

I'm betting it ultimately proves to be much ado about nothing.

[Land_Owner]

From above, with the water that has already crossed below the bridge, "an abundance of caution" is absolutely required even if the end result is "a lot of to do about nothing." I would like to see the owner step up, provided it is illegal tresspassing through hunting on airport land. Those of us that hunt fixed tree stands may miss bucks of a feather that don't stick together, settling in uncommon and to us "poor" bedding, breeding, or feeding locations.