‘No checks’ on man forbidden from posessing guns

An Indiana man arrested in California over the weekend with three assault rifles had been ordered by a judge in April to give up all his guns, but authorities in his home state said they had not made any surprise checks to confirm he was following the probation requirement.

James Wesley Howell was arrested early Sunday in Santa Monica, California, with the weapons and explosives in a car he apparently drove from Indiana.

He told police he was headed to a gay pride event in West Hollywood that attracts hundreds of thousands of people.