family research council shooter pleads guilty to three felonies - metal identification plates

Last summer, gunmen from an unarmed security guard at the home research council headquarters were on a mission aimed at what he believed was-
According to the newly disclosed court documents, Guy got a gun a few days before trying to implement a plan to kill "as many people as possible.
New details about Floyd Lee Coggins II appeared in the federal court on Wednesday, admitting that there was a politically motivated shooting at a conservative think tank in downtown Washington.
The 28-year-old admitted three felony charges: federal charges of transporting guns and ammunition across state linesC.
Accused of intentionally killing people and committing terrorist acts while armed.
A few days before shooting on August
Court documents showed that on the 15 th, Corkins purchased a semi-automatic pistol, changed it to "more effective" and was trained at the shooting range.
He made a list of four conservative groups and packed a 9mm SIG Sol pistol, two magazine clips and 50 rounds of ammunition in his backpack.
"If it weren't for heroic guards against Floyd Coggins, he could have succeeded in mass killings in the capital," the United StatesS.
Lawyer machmachen said in a statement.
"This case highlights the danger of entering high school.
Allows the killer to slaughter a mass magazine in the blink of an eye.
"Corkins's access to firearms took place in the context of a national gun control debate triggered by a mass shooting at a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut. , in December.
Corkins bought his weapon legally in Virginia.
The rights state did not consider major new gun restrictions in the aftermath of Newtown.
A state law enacted after the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 banned the sale of firearms to people whose judges thought the spirit was "flawed", but Corkins had no criminal record.
What is not clear is that
New town proposals elsewhere may prevent Corkins from buying.
Governor of Maryland.
Martin O'Malley (D)
He proposed a wide range of restrictions, but he did not propose measures like Virginia about mental illness.
Corkins told the judge on Wednesday that he was taking medication and receiving treatment for "severe depression" and that he wasgay-
Marriage positions at Family Research Council and fast
Food chainfil-
He designed a scheme that involved both.
Corkins, who volunteers at a gay community center in the northwest, told FBI agents that his goal was to target people against homosexuality --
Same-sex marriage and "choking chicks"fil-
According to the plea deal he signed on December, they had sandwiches on their faces . ".
He bought 15 chickens. fil-
The sandwich the day before was clearly a symbol of his antipathy to the fast-food owner
The food chain has recently openly opposed the same. sex marriage.
One detail that will surely rekindle the cultural war surrounding the shooting is that Corkins told FBI agents that he thought the Family Research Council was-
Gay people on the Southern Poverty Law Center website.
The day after the shooting, the chairman of the Family Research Committee, Tony Perkins, suggested that the center mark the group as a hate group, which gave Corkins a "license to carry out this violence ".
On Wednesday, Perkins said the news confirmed his previous remarks.
A spokesman for the center said the organization had never listed the address of the Family Research Committee on its website.
The legal center says Perkins's organization should be labeled as a "gay problem" because it claims that pedophile is a problem ".
"At the time of the shooting, conservative commentators also accused the media of reporting fewer gun crimes than others because the perpetrators were liberals.
The allegations surfaced again on Wednesday.
Court documents show how Corkins carried out his plan in an orderly manner.
He told FBI agents that he had been considering "committing similar acts of violence" for years ".
"He originally wanted to make a bomb, but did not have the patience to make it.
"Six days before the shooting, Corkins bought a pistol from Lanling Arsenal in Chantilly.
There, French TV France 2 happened to interview Corkins because he was holding a pistol and pointing to it, part of a story about how easy it was to buy a gun in the United States.
On the day of the shooting, Corkins told security that he was interviewed for the position of intern.
When Johnson asked for identification, he took out a gun from his backpack.
Coggins fired three shots and hit Johnson's left forearm.
Within seconds, Johnson dropped Coggins on the ground and took his weapon.
Johnson was in the hospital for about a week and put two metal plates on his arm to heal the bones.
At the scene, the police said they overheard Corkins say: "I don't like these people or what they represent. ”U. S.
District Judge Richard W.
Roberts told Cokins that he could face up to 30 years in prison for each of the two local charges and 10 years in prison for federal charges.
He is scheduled to be pronounced on April 29.