>Federal prosecutors also attempted to block Hutchins' request for bail on grounds he had shot firearms at a shooting range last week while in Vegas for the Bla

>Federal prosecutors also attempted to block Hutchins' request for bail on grounds he had shot firearms at a shooting range last week while in Vegas for the Black Hat and Defcon security gatherings. So that's pretty bullshit, huh? Thankfully the magistrate didn't buy it. Kind of a worrying attack on the exercise of a constitutionally protected right. Slippery slope from that to "Defendant should be denied bail because they've recently been tweeting anti-government slogans".