Joseph Sean McVey, Arrested After Appearing with a Gun at NC Airport During President's Departure

Joseph Sean McVey, appears at North Carolina airport, armed with gun and police gear, as President Obama was leaving. Said he wanted to see the president.

Joseph Sean McVey, 23, of Coshocton, OH, was arrested and charged with going armed in terror of the public, for being at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed Sunday. He reportedly had a car equipped with police gear, including a siren and flashing lights. He also reportedly told the police he wanted to see President Obama. Sorry, but a misdemeanor for McVey's actions amounts to a slap in the face of the president. He was up to no good and he should be charged with a felony. President Obama and his wife spent a weekend vacation in Asheville and security was heightened at the airport because he was headed to a memorial service for 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in an explosion.

At about 2 p.m., airport police saw McVey get out of a maroon car with Ohio plates and that he had a sidearm, Smith said. Both airport police and the Secret Service questioned him and he was taken into custody. The suspect was nowhere near the president's plane, which had just departed, and was in a rental car return lot that is open to the public, Smith said.

His car was equipped with clear LED law enforcement-style strobe lights in the front and rear dash, Smith said. The car also had a mounted digital camera in the front window, four large antennas on the trunk lid, and under the steering wheel was a working siren box. Smith said McVey was not in law enforcement.

When McVey got out of the car, he was listening to a handheld scanner and radio that had a remote earpiece, Smith said. Police said he was monitoring local agencies and had formulas for rifle scopes on a note in his cup holder. Police did not immediately elaborate on what the formulas might mean and Smith was not available to comment late Sunday.

McVey gave authorities an Ohio driver's license, but a computer check failed to show the number was valid, police said. His hometown of Coshocton is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio. When Officer Kaleb Rice asked him what he was doing, McVey told him he heard the president was in town and wanted to see him. Source: Huffington Post

This is further proof that given the chance, a homegrown terrorist will harm the president. So, all the extremist rhetoric coming from some on the right, will only serve to agitate the fringe elements of our society. This seething anger is reminiscent of the climate that existed before John F. Kennedy was assassinated.