posted January 02, 2025 01:30 AM            

A Virginia man allegedly had a cache of weapons, a "go box" and used a photo of President Joe Biden for target practice, according to court documents filed by federal prosecutors this week.

Brad Spafford was charged earlier in the month on a gun violation, but in a detention memo filed on Monday, prosecutors in Virginia outlined something allegedly more alarming.

When FBI agents raided Spafford's home, they allegedly found 150 IEDs which were assessed by authorities as pipe bombs, with some marked "lethal," a "go-bag" in the event something happened, and more pipe bombs in his room "unsecured."

The court documents point out that Spafford had his two young children living in the house with him.

The government also found a jar with potentially explosive material kept in the fridge labeled "do not touch," documents said.

Spafford came on the government's radar in 2023 when a confidential source told investigators that he blew off parts of his hand while allegedly making a homemade IED in 2021, according to court documents.

The detention memo was filed to prevent Spafford from being released pending trial, which was granted, according to court records.

The Justice Department also found that he allegedly supported political assassinations.

"The defendant has used pictures of the President for target practice, expressed support for political assassinations, and recently sought qualifications in sniper-rifle shooting at a local range," prosecutors wrote. "His release poses an extreme danger to those he lives with, the general community, and also the pretrial officers who will be tasked with periodically inspecting his residence for firearms including dangerous and unstable explosives."

posted January 02, 2025 07:10 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
No one supports that. Yet you downplayed attempts on the life of President Trump. We’re not the same.

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I didn't downplay any attempt on his life. I was against him being assassinated. I do agree that we are definitely not the same, and I'm glad of it.

posted January 02, 2025 07:43 PM            

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Oh, but you did. You mocked the second attempt through mocking the first by saying something to the effect of “his ear is safe.” You also alluded that he had it coming by bringing it on himself.

Good old boy, huh? You do realize that Biden’s Justice Dept. is presently still in control, right? According to those clowns, there is no evidence that he planned on using any of those munitions to enact an attack. So blame your senile boy and the good old boys around him who propped him up for four years. Allow me to try to teach you something (an exercise in futility, no doubt). Target practice is just freedom of expression. Just like those Bozos who claim they are Hamas (that you support). However, Biden saying to put President Trump “in a bullseye” is a threat and a call to action for crazies who hear the message. So, get out of here with your warped sense of empathy and your two-faced hypocrisy.

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Oh, but I didn't. I wondered if he had PTSD, because he was falling asleep at his own convention. I said I didn't want him to be shot.

The second time, I was pointing out that in Florida, anyone else would have been left alone, because you're allowed to carry guns anywhere, just like in ****** up Ohio, where republicans put freedumbs over our personal safety. It's so much easier for people to get a gun in a lot of places now, because of republicans. there are people who also insist on carrying big guns in public, to make some stupid point. Go to chipotle, take a shotgun, because merrica.