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Home Front: WoT
Police On Lookout For Suspicious (Middle Eastern) Men
2007-02-01
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Police are on the lookout for a man described as being of Middle Eastern descent who tried to gain access to a firearms plant. Rutherford County sheriff's deputies were called to the Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. plant Thursday, a day after a plant employee reported that a Middle Eastern-looking man had tried get inside the building.

Barrett Firearms makes .50-caliber rifles for the U.S. military, which has used them in combat since the 1991 Gulf war. The powerful gun is also sold to the general public. Critics have warned that the rifle could be used by terrorists to bring down commercial airliners or penetrate rail cars and storage plants holding hazardous materials.

The plant worker said the man had asked questions about the plant and began demanding access when the employee did not respond, sheriff's spokesman Dan Goodwin said in a news release issued Friday. The man was asked to leave after he became upset when the employee began to examine his pickup truck.
Any chance the employee got a name, license plate and photo with his cellphone camera?
The white truck was described as having dual rear tires and towing a white utility trailer. Two other men were in the truck, and there was luggage in the bed of the vehicle.

The sheriff's office was working with officials at Barrett Firearms and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to pursue any leads.
Posted by:BrerRabbit

#10  And I don't believe you could take down a commercial airliner with a single-shot rifle.

Not unless you were astronomically lucky and hit something vital. That's assuming what you hit has no backup.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2007-02-01 20:38  

#9  In Tennessee a trailer doesn't have to have a tag. I've run into that a couple of times while going into Virginia with my horse trailer. The guard might not have been able to see the truck tag. And I don't believe you could take down a commercial airliner with a single-shot rifle.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-02-01 18:30  

#8  "Suspects In Suspicious Incident Identified, Pose No Threat"
Police have identified the men who alarmed employees Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Company in Rutherford County last week.

The men showed up at the plant, located just south of Murfreesboro, wanting a tour. When an employee refused, they inquired about wanting to buy some metal.

From a gun plant? Right, sounds like FBI filtering to me.

Their presence sparked an investigation prompting the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to send out emails to gun shops around the state to be on the lookout for them.

According to police, the men are Armenian nationals in the United States legally. Officials said they don't pose any kind of security threat and have no previous criminal records.

Armenians? That might fool the locals but something smells like over done catfish but who knows.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-02-01 17:47  

#7  To bad the guard didn't have one of Ronnie's toys. Wish he'd shot the bastards.

Was wondering about the guard and the truck's plate numbers, then I remembered it was in Tennessee. That being said it was a pretty good description.

You can check the latest news here.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-02-01 17:43  

#6  Just in? Sounds like it would go all da way through.
Posted by: eLarson   2007-02-01 14:55  

#5  Ronnie is also a very well dressed outstanding American. He has done an outstanding job with his company. I would guess these fellows will be found rather quickly given the fuss they were making. Lucky they didn't get a .50 round in the engine block.
Posted by: remoteman   2007-02-01 14:30  

#4  The powerful gun is also sold to the general public. Critics have warned that the rifle could be used by terrorists to bring down commercial airliners or penetrate rail cars and storage plants holding hazardous materials.

The media never misses an opportunity to promote the gun-control agenda do they? What those two sentences have to do with the rest of the story is beyond my simple, un-nuanced reasoning.

BTW, Ronnie Barrett is an outstanding American.
Posted by: pyschohillbilly   2007-02-01 14:11  

#3  He had best hope Bubba didn't get a pix of him and post it down @ the local hangouts. Might be a hot time......(hope so)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-02-01 14:10  

#2  Could just be a liberal trying to drum up fear against firearms - and especially against Barrett.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-02-01 13:50  

#1  sounds like he was doing missionary work for the ROP
Posted by: PlanetDan   2007-02-01 12:59  

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