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A man attempting to steal bicycle tires was arrested for carrying a loaded firearm in public Wednesday morning, according to a police statement posted on Nextdoor.
Mountain View dispatchers received a call just after 7 a.m. on Sept. 27, reporting that a man was trying to remove tires off of bicycles parked outside an apartment complex on the 2400 block of El Camino Real, police said.
Police officers on route to the building spotted a man matching the description on the corner of Latham Street and Rengstorff Avenue. They apprehended the suspect, detained him and searched his backpack, police said.
The suspect, a 36-year-old transient, was carrying a loaded gun that had its serial numbers removed. Officers also discovered methamphetamine and burglary tools inside the backpack, police said.
The man was arrested on suspicion of misappropriation of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, possession of a controlled substance, carrying a loaded firearm in public and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was booked into Santa Clara County jail, police said.
He was likely steeling wheels with tires on them and not tires; getting the tire off the wheel is a bit more effort. That’s because many people lock the frame and back wheel, but not the front wheel.
ah / USA 2nd Amendment / “A well regulated Militia” / felon in passionate possession of a loaded firearm — not what original Congressional 12 Amendments framers had in mind?
US National Archives: Bill of Rights page
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/bill-of-rights