Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has a history of legal troubles, including a three-hour standoff with police in 2002 that led to his conviction for possessing a “weapon of mass destruction,” as shown in online records. Routh, 58, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly pointing a gun at the former President at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
More than 20 years before the alleged assassination attempt, Routh was involved in a three-hour standoff with police officers at a Greensboro business, according to an earlier report. On December 15, 2002, at around 10 p.m., 36-year-old Routh was stopped by police during a traffic stop, according to multiple reports.
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He reportedly reached for a firearm and drove to United Roofing, the business he owned, where he then barricaded himself inside, according to a report from the Greensboro News and Recorder.
Routh was eventually taken into custody around 1 a.m. …