http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/219...#ixzz2Qez2T5bp

Concerned marathoners? Sounds more like concerned xenophobic idiots to me.

Expect a lot more incidents like this over the coming weeks.

There is context to consider. A Saudi male coming to America and taking a photo holding a Golden firearm has some bad connotations behind it (I remember that Saddam has a couple of those). Perhaps if you Oberon came to Boston and took a photo of yourself brandishing that L85A2 (or perhaps a Ferguson Rifle), or if I came to the UK and took a photo brandishing an Armalite (since I have an Irish last name) it might not appear innocent in certain circumstances.

You certainly have the right to take such a photo and post it but if by some fluke you end up being questioned by the FBI you might have some explaining to do.

How do you know where the photo was taken?

I'm not better my self. I remember my first thought when I heard about the Oklahoma bombing...When will we be free of these Islamic terror...I was wrong

When this awful thing happened i Oslo, Norway my first thought was..not again, when will we be free...

I have learned my lesson, no more hesitated conclusion

Markus

It wouldn't appear innocent in most circumstances. We don't allow individuals access to Armalites...

So, guilty until proven innocent? :hmmm:

On top of all that "golden gun" looks like Sig Sauer P series to me maybe a 226 or 220 it is an older version as well it does not have the newer extractor so it is either an older model or a Turkish copy.

I agree with you the photo was likely taken in Saudi Arabia the wealthy love their golden guns.

I think xenophobia is flaring in relation to this Saudi kid and that only plays into the hands of Islamic terrorist groups sadly.What is also not mentioned is that a female Saudi national was also injured while attending the marathon with her family of course a female does not fit the bill so she got ignored.

I may be wrong but I have a gut feeling that this person was never of any interest to the authorities perhaps beyond some basic questioning if that even occured and that someone heard about him and decided to spread their agenda.The fact this information first came form some of the most unreliable media outlets furthers my suspension.

Oh aye, it's certainly possible that this is an Islamic militant of some sort, or a domestic nutjob, however starting some sort of facebook lynch mob on a report that's been denied by the Boston Police Department is not exactly helpful to the Boston Police or FBI who will have to expend resources protecting the individual in question from misguided well wishers. :nope:
I fully expect to see those pictures pasted into some note like 'This terrorist is reponsible for the Boston attacks but is being protected by the FBI because of Obamas government' or something like that on facebook before long.
Not an attack on TLAM, he's just copying and pasting what someone else has dug up in their 'righteous quest'.

If Facebook and his Mobile Phone are to believed it was taken in Revere Mass, on Sept 3rd 2012 (although he has returned from a trip to Saudi recently).

EDIT: I checked the photo to see if a location and time were imbedded and it contained no Metadata, which might be due to it being uploaded to Facebook I guess.

Massachusetts restricts ownership of handguns.

You are aware that news networks are currently saying that the government has officially stated that this kid was a spectator and not a suspect I hope.

I just report 'em, I don't make them up. :salute:

Did I ever say he was a suspect? I stated he was the Person of Interest the Boston Police had questioned at Brigham Hospital, he has a photo of himself with a fancy looking pistol and that his last name happened to be the same as someone from Saudi Arabia who was connected to AQ.

None of those things say that he did it, all they are is just plain simple facts.

You just seem to be building your case against him.The facts the way I see them are that the dude is Saudi he has a fairly common Saudi last name and he has a Facebook photo that shows him holding a handgun which you have no idea where the photo was taken.There is no proof what so ever that the BPD ever considered this person a POI.

Let us all keep an open mind....there are a great deal of parameters and possibilities to be taken into consideration.