"Multiple casualties" in College Station, TX from shooting... suspect apprehended.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

Update from the City of College Station

12:55 p.m.

According to CSPD, the active shooter has been contained. Multiple casualties are involved, but there is no confirmation yet on the identity of any, or whether or not any are members of local law enforcement agencies.

College Station Police continue to work the area of Fidelity Street to ensure there aren’t any additional suspects involved.

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Update: Police have shooter in custody.

News 3 is en-route to an officer involved shooting in College Station.

Reports via police scanner say it's near Fidelity and Highland streets.

It appears that the shooter is shooting from a house with automatic weapons.

Scanner traffic indicates that at least two officers are down.
Details are limited at this time.

We have a crew headed to the scene and we will have more on this as details are made available.

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Shooting-in-Progress-Near-Welborn-and-Fidelity-Streets-in-College-Station-166000226.html?mobile=yes&device=iphone&device=android

[Whisp]

1. omg

[vaberella]

2. "I'm starting to think these shootings are coordinated to take down the NRA."

Why do I get the impression this shit is going to be said on right wing sites? My heart goes out to the victims and their families. I do support the second Amendment but there needs to be massive gun overhaul because this is out of control. It is becoming a once a month news event of another psycho having access to guns and mowing down innocent lives. The NRA needs to be taken down.

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. You get that impression because you made that bullshit up.

Making shit up and pre-attributing to another group is a sure sign of stupidity, as far as I'm concerned.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Read the whole post, if you follow RW postings

Varabella is not that far off. The tone is exactly that.

[jberryhill]

27. The wingers have been saying that since Aurora

They have it in their minds that the UN treaty on small arms will undermine the Second Amendment, and that these incidents are being orchestrated to make the America public receptive of that.

This is not some "made up" stuff. They've been on about this lunatic conspiracy for weeks now.

[chknltl]

94. I read the whole post, think it is accurate.

As I post this the news is just breaking on my radio.

There has been an NRA attempt to sway voters by painting President Obama as anti second amendment. The so called Fast and Furious 'scandal' perpetrated by the righties in congress and likely also perpetrated by the NRA is testament to this.

Outside of not using, (nor needing imo) a sarcasm smiley in her title, fellow DUer vaberella has it right.

[vaberella]

108. You think so. Really.

The right blamed Liberals for bringing racist signs and people saying racist things in order to bring down their movement. Even those on our side has done this. I have seen comments by freepers (posted by other DUers) that have said the above that I stated. It became a debate as to whether that kid was a right wing extremist or a left wing extremist. All in all he was a nut case. But the psots had people making comments like what I stated above. You can call it stupid. Fine. I'm not speaking falsehoods here.

[Major Nikon]

126. Is condensending replies aimed at other DUers your hobby or something?

If it is, you might want to consider something else, because yer kinda suckin' at this one.

Just sayin'

[CBGLuthier]

7. coordinated? What a shit thing to say while some of the bodies aren't even cold yet

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Go follow a few RW sites

Serious. It will make sense in the paranoia induced world of the RW

[vaberella]

109. you didn't read my full post. Whatever. n/t

[snooper2]

8. What do you do for a living?

You should talk to the FBI about a job!

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I will go check a few of the usual suspects

but a post in that line of thinking will not shock me in the least.

[Reasonable_Argument]

22. Crime is at an almost 40 year low

How does at fit into your theory?

[bongbong]

55. LOL

Didn't take long for the NRA Talking Points (AKA, Big Lies) to show up.

[vaberella]

105. What are you talking about? n/t

[Reasonable_Argument]

106. Was giving context to his assertion nt

[Hoyt]

128. Gun nut crime is not at 40 year low, neither are gun sales, gun toting, right wingers

promoting more guns, etc.

[randome]

24. Geeze. Quotes and everything and still people misunderstood you.

[vaberella]

104. It can't be helped it seems. I thought I made myself clear.

I don't they read my post, in full that is.

[datasuspect]

3. "the recent outbreak of mass murder . . . "

night of the living dead except the zombies are pasty white guys.

[zzaapp]

26. Pasty white guys !!!???? for real???!!!!

[datasuspect]

53. 10-4 good buddy

[zzaapp]

58. I hope that you are a pasty white guy yourself....

Otherwise....kinda racist.

[datasuspect]

59. no it isn't

YOU LIE!

[zzaapp]

60. night of the living dead except the zombies are pasty white guys.

Did I miss something?

[datasuspect]

70. yep

you sure did.

[zzaapp]

72. I can hardly wait for your next syllable

[datasuspect]

123. hang in there

[sadbear]

4. Very near Texas A&M campus.

I work on campus, but don't know a lot. We've been advised not to go near the area. I haven't left the building.

[Mr Dixon]

5. WOW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampage_(2009_film)

Saw this on netflix, madness

[msongs]

9. another gun owner using them for their intended purpose nt

[Son of Gob]

101. +1

[99Forever]

10. Another mass killer?

What did this one use?

A knife?

A car?

Or a swimming pool?

[Comrade_McKenzie]

12. New model of Nerf gun: "I Can't Believe It Doesn't Kill Better" nt

[madokie]

13. And they tell me that guns don't kill

I'm all for people owning a weapon for personal protection but some of these guns need not be in the hands of some of the crazies of this world. I have no idea as to what was used except reading that it was an automatic weapon.

[zzaapp]

29. or criminals

[madokie]

34. or criminals, yes

I realize a lot of good solid people own some of these so called assault rifles and I have only one concern with that and that is can they reassure me that they can and will keep those weapons out of the hands of the afore mentioned nuts.

[zzaapp]

35. It's a tough issue, no doubt about it.

My personal stance is that although I don't own a gun, I can respect others' right to own one.

[madokie]

51. Thats me also

I came home from my war and after buying and keeping a 22 rifle a few days I vowed to never own a gun again. It felt so wrong to me to hold that rifle to the point that I took it back to its previous owner and asked if they'd take it back. Luckily I was given my money back but either way I was leaving there without that gun as mine.

Its a personal thing with me. I could care less how someone else feels and how many guns they have because I feel it is their right and I'll stand with them until the end if need be but for me I'll stand with how I feel for myself.

Assault weapons in the hands of the general populace I'm against though. I'm not even sure that is what was used here in this incidence and it matters not if it was on how I feel towards this.
Peace

[zzaapp]

52. I agree.....I'm not big on assault weapons either.

BTW, thanks for your service.

[sadbear]

11. No fatalities reported

yet.

[Le Taz Hot]

14. This country has lost its fucking mind.

We keep electing politicians who cower against the NRA.

[sadbear]

17. Just wait until the statement from Rep. Bill Flores

He represents this district and he's an idiot of the first order. I'll post it when I see it.

[mfcorey1]

77. *1000000000

[liberallibral]

89. In Other News...

Over 40 people were shot in the city of Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend of this year, and that city has the strictest gun laws on the books...

Guess maybe it's time to STOP blaming the NRA!!!

[Le Taz Hot]

130. I didn't blame the NRA.

Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

[liberallibral]

141. Well - since we're moving to insults

Hmmm - I'm assuming reading comprehension isn't YOUR "strong suit" either, since you obviously can't even comprehend your own post..

You lose... Next?

[hack89]

96. Which is funny when you realize how small their membership is.

they represent a very small fraction of gun owners.

[Hoyt]

131. But their board includes G Norquist, John Bolton, and worse. They are pervasive and

promote a lot of right wing crud.

[hack89]

134. So there are no Democrats of similar stature that support gun control?

I see the problem.

[Hoyt]

136. Are you suggesting Democrats are like Grover Norquist, John Bolton, Teddy Nugent?

[hack89]

138. I am wondering who are the prominent and respected Democrats

that are willing to fight for gun control? What does it say when Ted Nugent is kicking your ass?

[Hoyt]

139. 'Kicking your ass." Am I mistaken as to where your loyalties are?

Do you also support NRA -- and it's Board's -- attempts to defeat Obama?

[hack89]

142. Of course not - I support and will vote for my president

I was of course referring to you and the other fringe gun grabbers who actually think they will accomplish anything. YOU are getting your ass kicked.

President Obama has the sense to avoid the issue beyond harmless platitudes. He wants to be reelected - why do you want him to pursue policies that will put a repuke in the White House?

[Hoyt]

143. At least I don't have to arm up to walk out the front door. I want what is good for society.

A bunch of greedy, bigoted right wing gun nuts is not in society's best interest.

[hack89]

144. Neither do I - I live in a safe town.

I shoot purely for recreation.

[sadbear]

147. Yeah, I live in a safe town, too.

Until today when one of my best friends was killed just by walking down the fucking street by a psycho with an arsenal of guns.

[hack89]

148. I lost a good friend last year to a drunk driver

I understand your both your anger and sadness.

You have my condolences.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Ah yes, our weekly mass shooting

ain't that great?

Oh wait, we all have a right to own a basooka, or a stinger (no, no really, just ask Scalia)

[Logical]

16. "Automatic Weapons"? I would bet this is not true.

[MineralMan]

21. You're almost certainly right. However, does that really make

any difference to the ones who were shot? Relevance matters.

[zzaapp]

30. Just ask Lizzie Borden's parents. Oh wait, that was an axe. sorry.

[morningfog]

61. What relevant and current refrences you use!

[zzaapp]

62. Thank you, compliment accepted.

[morningfog]

64. Zzaapp to ignore.

That is where are those who spout NRA/RW gun arguments. Bye!

[zzaapp]

66. LOLOLOL I DON"T OWN A GUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bongbong]

76. LOL

And that somehow disproves that you're posting NRA Talking Points?

[zzaapp]

78. WTF are you talking about????????!!!!!

[bongbong]

82. Calm down

Your emotion has seized your brain. Calm down, stroke your Precious, and come to your senses.

[zzaapp]

84. In...out......In....out...Ok....better. It's just that us pasty white

guys don't like to be accused of something so far fetched.

[liberallibral]

91. Hahaha!!! The 'gun control' folks won't like that one!!

[Logical]

46. Well, not to those shot. But the press lying pisses me off. Just like on any topic they should be...

accurate.

[MineralMan]

98. The press gets that one wrong all the time. All of the press.

Semi-auto/Automatic. It's a meaningless distinction when it comes to people getting shot, really. The reality is that it's really a given that any firearm used in such a circumstance is a semi-auto at best. Full auto firearms are not generally in the hands of the sick morons who shoot up a place like that.

Ever since the AWB was in force, people have been using the argument you're using to ridicule the press. Has it helped yet? No, it has not. Nor will it. The bottom line is that some asshole with a firearm shot a bunch of people. The exact nature of the firearm he used is not relevant to the situation. It wouldn't matter if he used an antique Colt revolver to do the job. The facts are that a bunch of people got shot.

When you can only talk about the nomenclature for the firearm used, you lose your argument immediately. Have you not noticed that?

I know the difference between the two classes of firearms. I also know that it doesn't matter a damned bit when it comes to crimes like this. Not even a little. In reality, the shooter probably would have shot fewer people with a full auto weapon. So, it's truly irrelevant.

Try a different argument next time - one that makes sense. You'll go farther with your defense of firearms that way. The minute you fixate on that distinction in the firearm used, you lose the argument, because it doesn't make a dime's worth of difference.

[Logical]

124. Calm down. You sound like Fox news when it comes to facts. Once again, how are you and your.....

anger going to stop shootings when guns are 100% legal to make, sell, purchase and possess.

I don't like it anymore than you do. But I am smart enough to realize posting bad information and getting mad will not solve the problem.

The issue with people like you is that you have lots of anger but no real solutions. Does nothing to help the victims.

[mike_c]

28. that's a rather scarlet fish, don't you think?

eom

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Not only that, semi auto fire

is more deadly, since it allows you to be more efficient.

Been watching our parallel site... and they did post something that they took from a forum, apparently this had to do with eviction.

[Junkdrawer]

112. Semi-Automatic + Rubber Band = 500 rounds/minute...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=991345

Bump-stocks, Tach Triggers, 100 round clips....

The old "It's just a scary hunting rifle" meme is no longer true.

[Hoyt]

129. Probably not - good reason to put our sights on semi-autos, the gun of choice for gun cultists.

[Logical]

132. I see your point, but what do you do with the 100 millions semis out there? And...

You know you will never be able to collect them.

[Hoyt]

137. Are you suggesting that those "law-abiding gun owners" you guys tout, aren't really law-abiding?

My guess is they aren't when it comes to their guns, but would like to hear your thoughts. They are just common criminals


Like my buddy Woody Guthrie sang, "Some will rob you with a six gun, some with a fountain pen."

[Logical]

145. No politician will propose banning gun ownership. n-t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. NOW can we have the conversation?

And you know what the conversation is.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Nope, if we do, we might to admit we have a gun problem

It is like a drunk... admitting they have a problem is not high in the priority list.

[zzaapp]

32. Isn't it more of a "criminal" problem? just sayin' nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. You should get the talking points right

if we have the lowest crime rate in 40 years, this is hardly a crime problem.

[zzaapp]

37. look.....I don't even OWN a gun so I don't have an axe to grind.

But if I did, I would point out that the crime rate has dropped partly because of the increasing number of CHL's issued.

"we have the lowest crime rate in 40 years" Talking point?? lol

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. You used an NRA talking point

which contradicts another of their lovely talking points.



We are well very familiar with them. Before this is over, it will be the... bad feds are gonna come and take my precious away.

[zzaapp]

44. I guess I'm not familiar with them.

[DanTex]

73. LOL. You sure seem to have them down.

Concealed carry reduces crime... check!
Guns don't kill people, people kill people... check!

Any other NRA talking points you've got in your repertoire?

[zzaapp]

74. yells at the top of his lungs "I DON"T OWN A GUN !!!!!"

[DanTex]

85. And that matters because...?

You are still repeating mindless gun lobby talking points pretty much verbatim, gun or no gun.

[zzaapp]

90. No I'm not.....I have no idea what NRA talking points are.

The statement about CHL's/crime rate issue is simply reflected by the statistics relevant to the state that I live in. I know it's not the only reason.....jeeez people !

[DanTex]

100. Sorry, not buying it.

There are very few people other than gun nuts and teabaggers who believe that concealed-carry laws reduce crime. It's certainly not supported by the statistics. The idea was pushed by a right-wing ideologue named John Lott, from the American Enterprise Institute. He did some research claiming that right-to-carry laws reduced crime. But then when non-right-wing researchers tried to replicate his work, they failed, and it turns out there were "errors" in John Lott's data, etc. Statistically, right-to-carry laws don't have much of an effect on crime, and the best evidence actually shows that they increase, rather than decrease crime. Studies have also shown higher gun ownership rates result in more homicide. And so on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

116. Dude....this guy is trollin' on a thread where three people are dead and many are wounded.

Everything you've just said is well informed, well researched and 100% correct.

In other words, our friend zzaapp isn't going to listen one bit. Probably not worth your time at this point.

[HangOnKids]

140. Thank You

I don't think it will be trollin' much longer. The "feigned outrage" is slipping.

[fifthoffive]

113. post hoc ergo propter hoc

Where's the proof these two stats are related?

If crime is generally down everywhere, how do you explain the reduction in crime in places without concealed carry laws?

You would need to show that crime is down in CC jurisdictions and up, unchanged, or down significantly less in places without CC laws.

Maybe you can, I've just never seen the study that shows this to be true.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. Yep. Criminals who weren't criminals until they legally obtained guns and used them.

That is quite a problem.

[zzaapp]

38. Huh?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. Yeah, "huh."

"Huh" as in "I'm going to keep on pretending that the only people who use guns in crimes are repeat offenders who've obtained their weapons illegally, na na na na I can't hear you."

[zzaapp]

40. I know you are...but what am I ????

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. SHM. nt

[zzaapp]

45. Ok, you got me...what's SHM?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

50. You're a smooth smoothie, you know.

[zzaapp]

54. I'm blushing.

[zzaapp]

31. Not the pubic hair thing again !

[Logical]

47. The only solution is to ban guns. And it will never happen in this country. n-t

[zzaapp]

56. I don't know.....

Have you ever seen the results of a mass knifing ??
Not pretty.

[LanternWaste]

67. I tend to make the presumption that there are usually many more solutions than simply one

I tend to make the presumption that there are usually many more solutions than simply one-- regardless of whether we're clever enough to see those solutions yet or not.

[Logical]

125. I would love to hear them. I bet I have thought more about this topic than anyone here. There....

is no easy solution. None at all I can see. And none that the American people will vote to implement. Much less any politician.

[uponit7771]

68. NRA: Yes we can have that conversation,..........when two people love each other......

The NRA is hurting a lot of people

[zzaapp]

71. ROTFLMAO !!!! Classic!

[vaberella]

110. I don't think so. MSNBC hasn't even reported on it.

So conversation failed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. Ok, Ok, went to Free Republic to check

Not as bad as this is a conspiracy to destroy the NRA... but close.

Soon this guy will be a member of the tea party and will be tied to Palin, Romney, Ryan...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2917991/posts

Now back to work... with the back country fires.

[bongbong]

80. Nice collection of videos

Did you get the URLs from guncite or nra.com?

[Ya Basta]

86. I think its unfortunate you find life & death situations something to laugh about

and for you information I got those links from youtube. Given your callous attitude about a subject as serious as someone thrust into a fight for their life. I doubt you're someone to be taken seriously.

Good day.

[bongbong]

97. House of straw

> I think its unfortunate you find life & death situations something to laugh about

You have a serious reading comprehension problem, and an ability to build Strawmen like crazy. Must be the guns talking.

I'm not laughing at the slaughter by the gun-nut, I'm laughing at how quickly the gun-religionists are posting NRA Talking Points. Every shooting, which the NRA is incrementally responsible for, saddens and angers me.

Got any more Strawmen that you're building?

[Ya Basta]

117. Strawmen?

Look if you wish to disagree, fine. But that's not what you're doing. You respond by laughing at a post which illustrates people who had to fight for their lives. Therefore its not a strawman for me to point out your callousness toward that because it doesn't fit into your false sense of reality in the real world.

Furthermore you seem to be the only one here familiar with NRA talking points. Then using that knowledge and the right-wing tactic of trying to conflate those who you disagree with. In this case as being a party with a group who uses gun politics to support the republican party.

To me you seem to be the one who's unable to hold a respectable conversation and the one using right-wing swift-boat tactics.

Very unfortunate.

[bongbong]

121. House of hey

> But that's not what you're doing. You respond by laughing at a post w

I see you're attempting another Strawman, but you'll have to do better than that. It's the same Strawman you already built!



> Furthermore you seem to be the only one here familiar with NRA talking points.

This Strawman is new, so you're progressing. Still just a Strawman, tho', and thus worthless.

Keep trying!

[HangOnKids]

149. A Jury Does Not Agree With Your NRA Love

At Mon Aug 13, 2012, 10:21 PM you sent an alert on the following post:

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1125160

REASON FOR ALERT:

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YOUR COMMENTS:

NRA talking point videos are cool on DU? Really?

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Mon Aug 13, 2012, 10:39 PM, and voted 4-2 to HIDE IT.

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Thank you.

It appears YOU are not to be taken seriously. Sorry you will not be replying soon. A Seagull post is perfect.

[DanTex]

83. Ya basta with the NRA talking points...

The claim that gun laws are useless because there a black market for guns will pop up has been disproven not just by one or two examples, but by every single wealthy nation other than the US. THe US has, by far, the highest homicide rate in the industrialized world, in large part because our gun laws are written by the gun lobby.

And, by the way, the US does not have exceptionally high rates of crime in general. Just homicides and shootings. It's the guns.

[hack89]

99. Yet we have cut gun deaths in half since 1992

and they continue to decline.

Is the issue that they are not declining fast enough for you?

[DanTex]

111. More NRA talking points, right on cue.

The US has about 30,000 gun deaths per year. The UK has about 50. Adjusted for population, that would be about 250 in the US. That's the issue.

[hack89]

114. So the decline is not fast enough? OK. nt

[Reasonable_Argument]

115. Calling something a talking point

Doesn't make it any less accurate and when I get home from work I'll happily post the overall crime statics from the UK to show you how foolish YOUR talking point is.

[DanTex]

118. It's actually irrelevant, not inaccurate. And it is an NRA talking point.

Yes, gun deaths have dropped, for many reasons: drop in crime, less gun ownership, improved emergency medicine. But we still have far higher rates of gun violence than any other wealthy nation. As you point out, we don't have higher crime rates across the board, just higher homicide and gun violence specifically. It's the guns.

[Reasonable_Argument]

120. So we have a higher incident number

Than a country who has very few firearms... What's your point? Remember, many of those "deaths" are legitimate uses of deadly force.

[bongbong]

122. Rare

> Remember, many of those "deaths" are legitimate uses of deadly force.

Ohhh, that's NRA Talking Point #21, a rare one. You win a prize!

[DanTex]

127. My point is that we have (tens of) thousands of needless deaths every year.

Oh, and legitimate self-defense shootings are exceedingly rare. It's just that every time one occurs, the gun nuts canonize the shooter and celebrate like it was Mardi Gras. But, statistically, self-defense accounts for a negligible fraction of the 30,000 gun deaths.

[Reasonable_Argument]

133. How many of those are suicides? nt

[DanTex]

135. Roughly: 20,000 suicides, 10,000 murders.

Since the "suicides don't count" talking point is surely coming next, I'll point out in advance that many studies have found that gun ownership significantly increases suicide risks, because guns provide an easy and lethal means of suicide. Most people who attempt suicide without a gun survive. Most who use a gun don't.

Anyway, regardless of whether suicide "counts", the death numbers alone, as enormous as they are, don't give a full picture of the damage to society from gun violence. There are also injuries, there is psychological trauma, there are crimes that are facilitated by guns, etc. In the "plus" category, there are some instances of self-defense with a gun, but they are rare, and there is no real evidence that owning or carrying a gun reduces risks from crime victimization. In fact, the evidence points in the opposite direction.

[bongbong]

57. NRA Talking Points

We'll get the same NRA Talking Points (AKA, Big Lies) posted for the next few days by the gun-relgionists.

They're getting boring, since now the parroting of those lies is happening on a weekly basis.

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. The problem they have is that we are calling the bullshit

as fast as it comes anymore.

(And where did I leave my precious?)

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[zzaapp]

92. no, the is a problem accusing for to not paying the attention.

[pinboy3niner]

65. BREAKING, CNN: An officer has died; suspect also dead. nt

[Reasonable_Argument]

69. Apparently they tried to evict this gentleman

And he decided he wasn't going to leave peacefully.

[NotThisTime]

81. The country has lost it's freaking mind....

May the officer RIP and his family stay strong. May the other shooting victims recover from their injuries. It's all so damn senseless.

[NMDemDist2]

107. maybe he should have sold his guns to pay his rent???

[sadbear]

75. The rumor I heard was that it was a constable who died.

Not that it makes any difference, except that constables are not not police officers in the everyday sense of the word.

[w8liftinglady]

79. right. They usually do serve eviction notices.

It's just sad.

[malaise]

87. He killed another cop - bravo NRA n/t

[luvspeas]

88. my own crazy conspiracy theory...

I think the neo-cons and the far right are somehow instigating these shootings so that Obama will be forced to institute some type of gun control before the election. This would galvanize the lowest common denominator in our society who are so gullible that they will come out in en mass to elect Dumney and Lyan. I believe this primarily because idiots like the Koch Brothers do not give one wit about human life.

[sadbear]

93. Not this time

Just another unhinged individual with easy access to firearms. But something's got to change. If this was about an eviction, then perhaps the guy thought he was just defending his "property" (even though it sounds like it wasn't his to defend.l) We've got a lot of problems in this country, and from my perspective, they're mostly right-wing in nature.

[nadinbrzezinski]

95. That be stochastic terrorism

and also a well known rumor in RW land.

[zappaman]

103. Well, you got the "crazy" part right. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

102. UPDATE: 3 killed in shooting near Texas A&M University

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 4:07 PM EDT, Mon August 13, 2012

(CNN) -- A Texas constable and two others were killed Monday in a shooting near Texas A&M University, police said.

Rhonda Seaton, a spokeswoman with the College Station police department, told CNN that the three people killed were the constable, the man authorities say opened fire on law enforcement officers and an unidentified civilian.

A few minutes earlier, Asst. Chief Scott McCollum, from the same police department, told reporters that at least four people -- two law enforcement officers and two civilians -- were shot in the incident, which occurred around noon just a few blocks from the Texas A&M campus.

The dead included Brian Bachman, the constable for Brazos County, according to McCollum.

A male civilian was also killed, the assistant police chief said.

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