Georgia authorities shoot and kill "sovereign citizen" attempting to take over courthouse with assault rifle, bullet proof vest, and "buckets of homemade explosives."

Courtesy of Raw Story:

Authorities shot and killed a sovereign citizen Friday morning outside a Georgia courthouse after he brought weapons and explosives in an attempt to take over the building. 

nvestigators said Dennis Marx arrived at the Forsyth County Administration Building with an assault rifle, bulletproof vest, smoke grenades, and a gas mask. 

Marx also brought water and other supplies, ammunition, zip-tie restraints, and buckets of homemade explosives to the courthouse, said Sheriff Duane Piper. 

“He came here with the purpose of occupying the courthouse,” Piper said. 

He deployed stop sticks at the courthouse entrance to prevent other vehicles from driving closer and opened fire from his vehicle. 

Marx was met outside the courthouse by a deputy – who distracted and then fatally shot him through the windshield of the man’s SUV. 

The deputy, a 30-year veteran, was shot in the knee during the confrontation but was expected to recover. 

“It would be a guess to think how many lives he saved had he not engaged him right there,” Piper said. “Mr. Marx’s intention was to get inside that front door and to take hostages.”

According to a law enforcement official familiar with Dennis Marx he was a “sovereign citizen” well-known to local authorities, and that they were approaching his residence with caution for fear of booby traps and hidden explosives.

And of course these sovereign citizens types are the same people who the Tea Party and Sarah Palin pander to, and who Alaska terrorist Schaeffer Cox identified himself with.

Gee I wonder which 2nd Amendment protected gun wholesaler sold this lunatic an assault rifle, smoke grenades and stop sticks?

I mean who could predict that he would do something totally illegal and possibly homicidal with those?