Two dead, up to 20 injured in West Texas shooting; 1 suspect in custody

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  1. SiNNiK

    SiNNiK Well-Known Member

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    Quote me where I said the safety was off.
     
  2. SiNNiK

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    If I plan to go to a theater, which I don't, I would have secured my firearm in the vehicle before having arrived at the theater's parking lot so as to not be seen securing it in my vehicle while at the parking lot and running the risk of it getting stolen, or worse. It's not an unreasonable coarse of action.And while there are a lot of people who conceal carry here in Tx, we can't be literally everywhere at once.
     
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  3. Nonnie

    Nonnie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    When we go the theatre, our guns are locked up at home in a secure cabinet. Then we go to the theatre where the risk of a massacre never crossed our minds. I suppose all the alleged criminals are running about carrying them, whatever those alleged criminals are supposed to look like. Oh, forgot to say, this in the UK where we are responsible with firearms.
     
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    Death penalty imposed ... Shout out to the officers fine marksmanship. :thumbsup: A shallow unmarked grave in the desert is something I'd recommend too.
     
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    If you read what I was responding to eg from market house "And just yesterday the loser was probably considered a fine, responsible Murican gun owner...……………….."
    It might make more sense. Meaning one day a responsible gun owner the next a crazy...point being people think society has the ability to know who can and who should own guns based on their mental state
     
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    Editorial and opinion is not the same.
     
  7. Gary/Dubya

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    There has been legislation to deal with red flag and gun registration issues. tRump claims he supports this, but nothing is done. Sensible people want restrictions on assault type weapons and accessories.
     
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    A problem is, these maniacs have no fear of death or imprisonment. There needs to be public torturing of these people. Capture them alive, then make their lives a living hell for a few days before killing them.
     
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    Have you ever taken the high road? Torture isn't going to teach nutcases to stop the mass shootings.

    Do you realize how stupid it is to suggest cops try to take out mass shooters alive who outgun them? You live in a fantasy world, we're lucky they stop them as quickly as they do.
     
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    "An editorial is defined as a statement of opinion by a magazine or newspaper editor or a television or radio station."

    An editorial is defined as a statement of opinion by a magazine or newspaper editor or a television or radio station.
     
  11. PARTIZAN1

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    There are times that someone with a weapon is in the right place at exactly the right time and takes out the bad guy /terrorist. Of course there are no guarantees that any one action or any one law will be the solution to mass shootings. Banning all weapons besides being against our Constitutional rights is not practical and profoundly stupid. Arming everyone is stupid and would likely have horrible unintended consequences. As I always say- simple stupid solutions to complex problems are simply and stupidly wrong.
     
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    I agree that it was way too early for anyone even a talking head guest to opine as to who was responsible for the killings. Regardless of whether a network has a bent right or left I do not see how a network can be held responsible for what spi.ls out of the mouth of a guest talker. How is Fox responsible for Trump getting on Fox and spouting lies? How is MSNBC responsible for what spits from the mouth of that toddler AOC. Has Fox corrected or stopped Trump from spitting out lies? No more than MS BC stopped or corrected AOC from spitting out I nane stupidoties and extremist .eft wing nonsense.
     
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    I saw and heard the same video last night. That cleared up the fact that he was not inside the theater.
     
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    Was it CNN anchors saying it was White Nationlists or was it a guest or consultant? I will say that if I was an anchor on any network and a guest was claiming it was a White or Black Nationalist or a BLM or Antifa or Sons of the Confederacy responsible I would tell the guest to go get proof or stop opining. Do you you see what I am saying? There is a diference between a network anchor reporting something versus a guest or a consultant opining.
     
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    OK, Nonnie, then tell us what in your idyllic, liberal mind is the answer to the problem of people killing other people.

    Is it to call 911 and be put on hold, and then wait, and wait, and wait for a cop to show up (BY WHICH TIME YOU ARE PROBABLY DEAD)? And if they ever catch the guy who murdered you, they'll probably just let him go anyway....

    Example: Maybe you would prefer that we 'reason with' the criminals, and beg them not to shoot us... maybe sing them a verse or two of "Kumbaya"...? Make that suggestion to Kate Steinle's ghost, Nonnie. Oh, BTW, a California court overturned the conviction of her MURDERER a couple of days ago, on a technicality. Get a Ouija board and ask Kate's ghost if that makes her feel any better....

    upload_2019-9-1_8-53-37.jpeg . As an American citizen, it was all HER fault for being on a public street in the first place... right?
     
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    Texas sounds like Somalia...Gun nuts everywhere, No sensible laws or regulations...Glad a just fly over that **** hole
     
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    FACT:.....This terrorist was White, carrying a weapon of war to Kill Americans....Deal with it
     
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    Shooter wasn't Muslim......He was one of your kind
     
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    That Bumbleshooter festival in Seattle -- I'd advise them to rename that event.
     
  20. Pollycy

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    Oh, you're psychic...? The Texas authorities haven't released any personal information about this guy at all except that he was a caucasian, and approximately 30 years old. But you know all about him, right...? And you're not just talking 'out your ass', either... right? You probably know more about Somalia....
     
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    Wow. Sorry to hear that
     
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    Not half as glad as we are. Austin is full of people like you who landed.
     
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    Show some pride....Angry White man, Easily obtained Assault weapon....Texas.....Enough said...Thankfully they killed this white terrorist
     
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    Texas best seen at 35,000 Feet.......
     
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    Be sure and say hey as you go by.
     

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