Would-Be Assassin’s Gun Had Filed Off Ser­i­al Num­ber, Was Banned From Own­ing Guns

The man who author­i­ties believe was going to try to assas­si­nate for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Sun­day was banned from own­ing firearms because of past crim­i­nal con­vic­tions.
Ryan Routh, 58, was arraigned in fed­er­al court on Mon­day on charges of pos­sess­ing a firearm with a filed-off ser­i­al num­ber and pos­sess­ing a firearm despite …