Armed man at Springfield Walmart says he was testing right to bear arms

Saturday, August 10, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Prosecutors on Friday filed a terrorist-threat charge against a 20-year-old man who said he walked into a Springfield store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional right to bear arms.

To continue reading
For more than 115 years, the Southeast Missourian has written the first draft of local history. We have aspired to enrich, entertain, educate and inform. Our core values have remained firm: truth, service, quality, integrity and community. Support our mission.