Lawyer Says WHCD Shooter ‘Not A Danger’ Because He Had The Wrong Gun

The suspected wannabe assassin who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend is “not a danger to anybody,” his lawyer argued in court on Wednesday.In a court filing, Cole Allen’s defense team argued that the gunman should be allowed to roam free as he awaits his trial, the New York Post reported. Allen’s lawyer also claimed that the suspect had no intention of carrying out a mass shooting since he was not carrying an automatic or semi-automatic weapon.“Mr. Allen has no criminal history — not even prior arrests, which alone would rebut the presumption of detention,” his defense team wrote, adding, “The government’s rhetoric about a ‘mass shooting’ is also unsupported by its own proffered facts. Mr. Allen was not alleged to be holding an automatic or even semi-automatic weapon that are the hallmarks of the modern-day mass shooting.”During a court hearing on Thursday, defense attorney Tezira Abe said Allen’s defense team was changing course and dropping its request to keep him out of detention “at this time.” Abe then asked the judge for Allen to be removed from his “safe cell,” where he’s remained isolated around the clock since being taken into custody. Allen, wearing an