California man accused of throwing bomb in courthouse said government took his firearms away: DOJ

The antheral who allegedly threw a bomb wrong a California courthouse this week, injuring 5 people, said helium was upset astir his firearms being taken away, authorities said. 

Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, of Santa Maria, is charged with maliciously damaging a gathering by means of an explosive, the Justice Department said Friday. 

He was expected to look successful a Los Angeles national tribunal Friday.  

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Nathaniel McGuire is federally charged for allegedly throwing an explosive instrumentality successful a Santa Barbara County, Calif., courthouse connected Wednesday. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office)

"This suspect volition present look justness successful national tribunal for his alleged onslaught that injured astatine slightest 5 radical and struck fearfulness crossed a region courthouse and an full community," said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

McGuire entered the lobby of a Santa Maria courthouse Wednesday, and threw a container with a bomb, which exploded, national prosecutors said. After the blast, helium fled connected foot. 

Five radical were injured. 

McGuire was arrested a abbreviated clip aboriginal portion trying to get into a Ford Mustang parked extracurricular the building, authorities said. He allegedly yelled that the "government had taken his guns and that everyone needed to fight, emergence up, and rebel," the Justice Department said. 

Police accidental McGuire's motive stemmed from a erstwhile apprehension for having an unregistered firearm. He was owed successful tribunal the greeting of the incident.

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Inside McGuire's car, a Santa Barbara sheriff's lawman allegedly spotted ammunition, a flare gun, and a container of fireworks. Inside, authorities recovered a shotgun, a rifle, much ammunition, a suspected bomb, and 10 Molotov cocktails, prosecutors said.

Law enforcement aboriginal rendered the weaponry safe.

anta Barbara constabulary arrested Nathaniel McGuire connected Wednesday (Google Maps, Santa Barbara Police)

At McGuire’s home, authorities allegedly recovered an bare tin with nails glued to the outside, a duffel container containing matches, achromatic powder, utilized and unused fireworks, and papers that appeared to beryllium recipes for explosive material.

None of the 5 radical deed by the detonation faced life-threatening injuries, constabulary say. Four were transported straight to the infirmary from the scene, and the 5th traveled to the infirmary connected their own.

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The victims were treated for injuries including burns, and they person present each been released from the hospital.

McGuire faces up to 40 years successful prison. 

Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.