'Why so serious?': Man wanting to 'get some anger out' busted near Trump National Golf Club with 'Joker-style' rifle, step stool and body armor, cops say

California cops caught a antheral adjacent Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles wielding an AR-style "Joker Rifle" — with the phrases, "Why truthful serious?" and "Let's enactment a grin connected that face" painted connected it — who claimed helium was successful the country to "get immoderate choler out," according to constabulary and prosecutors.

Sean Steiner, 36, of Arizona, is facing aggregate felony firearm charges aft being arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office connected March 29. A transgression ailment obtained by Law&Crime accuses him of possessing an "AR-7 Industries Joker Rifle" that helium painted to lucifer a artifact gun, according to the LA County District Attorney's Office.

Prosecutors and constabulary accidental that successful summation to the "assault weapon," Steiner besides had 2 loaded handguns, "large-capacity" magazines, other ammunition, and "rifle-rated assemblage armor" that helium was wearing that time on with gloves, a duffle bag, and "even a measurement stool."

The sheriff's bureau said successful a press release posted this week connected Facebook that "the firearm itself stood out" arsenic it was "painted successful greenish and purple with Joker-style phrases" from the movie "The Dark Knight" starring Heath Ledger arsenic the Joker.

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A "concerned citizen" spotted Steiner walking successful an country adjacent the Trump play people and notified authorities, according to police. Steiner was allegedly seen hiking done adjacent trails and moving done postulation connected Palos Verdes Drive South adjacent the Trump play course, per the sheriff's office.

Prosecutors corroborate successful the ailment that Steiner was carrying the loaded firearms "in a nationalist spot and connected a nationalist street." He is allegedly not the registered proprietor of the weapons, according to the complaint.

"[Steiner] admitted helium … fired 1 of the pistols adjacent the landslide country to 'get immoderate choler out,'" the sheriff's bureau said successful its property release. "Let that descend in."

Steiner is presently retired connected bond.