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I did a little bit of internet sleuthing based on the lazy reporting and limited information the mainstream media did on this guy...
http://www.google.com/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=?1358593608&sa=X&ei=zh77UKeoOIHoqAGP0oC4Ag&ved=0CAkQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNFgla-6PZFjGOEP4vWe1rqDlzKmbA
It took me a few minutes but I soon found his old myspace account. In it, Joseph Kelley poses with lots of pictures of him holding various guns and pointing them at the camera. The account hasn't been accessed in 3 years but gives a good look at the mindset of this kid. He isn't much different than many other nuts who went on to kill people with their beloved weapons. I couldn't verify anything about him being in the military and I have strong reservations that he ever was. The Marine Corps, which he stated he would like to join, has a minimum 4 year enlistment. He wasn't in the military as of 2009 and he claims to be a military veteran which means he isn't in the service now. If he was, I suspect he was either kicked out or got out early due to mental or physical disability.
Based on his own comments and pictures, this young man is obsessed with guns and killing. Most of the pictures hes posted have him holding or pointing guns, knives, hatchets, machetes, and, what appears to be some sort of zombie killing pike. He has an apparent obsession with killing and shooting as evidenced by his pictures, books and movies listed. He is not the kind of person I would feel comfortable with carrying a gun around in public or anywhere else. These pictures are not much different than the ones that show up in the media after a mass murderer goes on a killing spree. I hope the media follows up on what took me 20 minutes to find out about this guy.
His myspace name is G. I. Joe. Here is his profile from 2009. Someone with better computer knowledge than me should mirror the pages on the site in case they disappear after receiving scrutiny.
My name is joesph kelley.....im 6'1, i have black hair,brown eyes,and average build. I like guns......i own many of them, and hope to acquire many more in the future. My hobbies include; shooting guns, cleaning guns, reading about guns, holding guns, playing xbox along with paintball and airsoft. I also love to read books about various wars. At some point, i plan on going into the marines. All of that pretty much sums me up.....so message me if ud like to learn more, and btw OBAMA WILL FAIL! (But I hope he doesn't fuck us to badly when he does.)
Here is a link to his myspace account which appears to have been inactive since 2009:
http://www.myspace.com/464741593
Here are some pictures of Mr. Kelley fondling his guns:
Some more pictures of weapons with his own descriptions
"The machete that sits next to my bed at night"
The hatchet that sits on my window sill at night, it serves the same purpose as the machete"
"The oldschool AK-47 bayonnet that sits under my pillow at night. Betcha can't guess what thats for!"
"The three knives that I carry whenever I'm not in school."
"My nightstand at my grandparents."
"There are three big differences between GangstER and GangstA. The clothes are better, the gear is better, and you don't have to be a moron."
"AMD-65 rifle with 20+160 rounds, SIG P220 45 right thigh with 9+43 rounds, Springfield Armory XD .45 with 14+26 rounds."
He is carrying three guns with 272 rounds in this picture
Here is a video of him shooting what appears to be an semi-automatic assault rifle possibly an AK-47:
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/55272820
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)for all the world to see. creeps me out.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)No activity on it for 3 years.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Paranoid and armed to the teeth.
It's also pretty stupid to show people where you keep your weapons. The hatchet on the windowsill is also pretty dumb, it's a free weapon for anyone coming in that way.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Dope.
dawg
(10,624 posts)What is his problem? He must crap his pants every time he hears a twig break.
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)male friends either.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)betting he's taking photos of himself.
Algebra Palin
(34 posts)but then again, i've taken a photo striking the malcolm x -by the window- pose, so i can't talk.
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)No doubt bullied on the playground at 10 years old. He'll snap.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)Squinch
(51,004 posts)eShirl
(18,503 posts)Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)is somebody who has no idea about the forces he's dealing with.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)posterboy for the NRA
indepat
(20,899 posts)to proliferate like a freshly-fertilized field of weeds whenever the NRA whines.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)guns, military books) etc. He also has the magazine Firehouse.
I worked in the reloading industry back in the 90's and knew gun owners the world over.
We did see a lot of pics with people and their guns but mostly of them target shooting, showing them at their reloading equipment, and sometimes just a plain old pic of someone with a new gun.
This gun seems 'off' compared to most I ever dealt with.
It is not the guns he likes so much as how they make him feel and look.
I know people with a practical arsenal who keep them all locked up unless out hunting or target shooting, his items seem strewn about (which is his right of course, but it can tell you something about the person).
The last pic is worth looking at a little closer as well (the pet carrier and pet bed which does not seem to be in use at this time and other things....send the pics to criminal minds for a profile lol).
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)caught that too.
What's missing in his photo log is one titled "And here's the pile of small animals I tortured to death that sits under my bed at night."
senseandsensibility
(17,130 posts)Lol. Yeah, sure he does.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Jagoff gun nut.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)I bet the thought of going to war where your enemy also has weapons turned him off.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)He's a keeper!
I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of taking pictures of one's own unmade bed and putting them on the Internet. Do these gun nuts have parents? Were they raised in a flop house? I'm mystified. There always seems to be some unmade bed in the vicinity of the gun nut creeps.
Make your bed and straighten the place up. Dayum.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)beside the slightly askew unmade bed. Bet that place would light up like a Hong Kong disco under blue light and luminol.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)hmm
Squinch
(51,004 posts)Squinch
(51,004 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)lolly
(3,248 posts)The Marines will cure him of that habit. Just as soon as he joins up....
Logical
(22,457 posts)Mortos
(2,390 posts)Still trying to verify that he was ever in the military.
Robb
(39,665 posts)lolly
(3,248 posts)At least it seems that way to me.
On any internet forum, when someone pops up spouting NRA talking points, that person almost always provides a detailed biography about their experience in some sort of military or police unit.
Wonder how much of it is pure fantasy.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)No person in his or her right mind would do that. This proves it.
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)Mortos
(2,390 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)Mortos
(2,390 posts)This one is titled
Me...alone...like always
http://www.myspace.com/464741593/photos/albums/album/734113
Mortos
(2,390 posts)Hey, so folks call me G.I. Joe
'Cause of the camo I wear from my head to my toe.
I shoot from the shoulder, with a single point sling
Not twisted sideways like the guys with the bling.
I'm ready for zombies with the blades by my bed
One swing with my machete can remove a ghouls head.
When the shit hits the fan, my place is where you wanna go
But why should I let you into my AO?
If we've ever hung out, you know I can't sing
But look up seven lines, and you'll see whats my thing.
Around 12:00 every night I sleep in a King size bed
But at this rate, I'll be in it alone 'till I'm dead.
WOW! Something I suck at worse than blogging. Any unkind words I get from the readers of this are well deserved. Please my friends... HURT ME FOR THIS, I DESERVE IT!
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)Seriously? 'Cause in that one picture, what he appears to be wearing on his head is a pair of his tighty whiteys. This guy is the Grand Poobah of the Moonbat Lodge.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)probably one of the guys that thinks he needs his guns and knives to fend off all the people who will come to his house to steal his firewood, food and weapons. lulz
My interpretation:
when the shit hits the fan (inevitable social chaos-direct result of electing libs/black President)
my place is where you wanna go (because he has all that firewood in the pic & guns ya know)
But why should I let you into my ao? AO is military term for area of operation. For example 3rdSFG's AO is sub-saharan Africa, now this could be because he has read too many soldier of fortune magazine, or much scarier, is that in his militia group they have already broken down AOR and AO (areas of responsibility and area of operation). That is scary.
He then goes on to say he can't sing, guns are his thing, that he has a king size bed (which doesn't seem the case since his pic shows a nightstand in between two beds, probably twins), and that he doesn't have a girlfriend and probably won't ever have one.
Sadly, he is very lonely and probably easily manipulated. I hope he gets the help he needs.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)The one with the knives under the pillow, I believe is his parents house. The one with all the guns and ammo on the nightstand between the two twin beds is his room at Granny and Granpaws house. I am basing that on his own comments on pictures on his myspace photos.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Nice yard there. I don't think he bought that house, either.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)and there is no way they don't know what's up. In one video, an adult male off screen can be heard telling him how to clear the AK47 he just emptied into an outdoor target. Dad is probably the starting point of his gun obsession.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)"This is my girlfriend who sleeps next to me at night."
2theleft
(1,136 posts)Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)Robyn66
(1,675 posts)I am looking forward to laughing when you start saying how normal and well balanced this guy is. Because you know I for one feel INCREDIBLY safe knowing this guy has an arsenal at his house with his healthy respect for weapons. I especially like the picture that looks like he took a woman hostage. I think that one accentuates his responsible gun ownership the best, or maybe its the double barrel shot gun at the camera, I just cant choose.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)but the picture with the masked man holding the woman hostage is a paper target. And by shooting the "evil man" on the target he is living out his fantasy of being a hero with his gun. It is a recurring theme in his pictures and writings. He appears to have a gun fetish. He reveres them to the point of sexualizing them.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)Just like the phallic knife under his pillow...also in his bed.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)This kid really scares me now!
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)but in this case, I'm actually afraid for the safety of anybody that enters his home, so I'll just say what a dork.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)This is someone who should be part of the group who is too mentally unstable to own weapons.
I believe his trip to JC Penney could have ended in carnage if anyone would have rubbed him the wrong way. Too terrifying to think about, really.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Yep, I feel totally safe knowing that loner gun nuts have access to high powered military hardware. Thanks NRA!
As to Mr. Gun Nut, a word of advice. Most chicks, and really, people, for that matter, tend to get a little weirded out by somebody that sleeps next to a machete, an axe, a variety of guns, and three knives under their pillow. Were you to not do these things, you might find yourself a little more popular.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Mortos
(2,390 posts)Would let this guy get in the same building with them carrying his assault rifle and sidearm for an interview?
Could he walk in the front door of the NRA building like he did at JC Penney's?
Discuss.
bluerum
(6,109 posts)Squinch
(51,004 posts)ellennelle
(614 posts)you need to send all this info to the fbi.
now.
u4ic
(17,101 posts)LOL
samsingh
(17,601 posts)Berlin Expat
(950 posts)nutburger. He's got a gun fetish, big time.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)the twin beds in his bedroom - early american furniture with a DUST RUFFLE for god's sake.
It's what every young male who lives alone picks for his bedroom - right?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)"Maybe you were conceived with a weak sperm or somethin'. Maybe your dad was jackin' off and your mom sat on it at the last second."
Seems legit.
Oy.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Even though I imagine they know. Otoh, scaring him might be deadly. I hope he's being watched very carefully and covertly.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Response to Mortos (Original post)
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Berlin Expat
(950 posts)surprised if he did try to join the Marines, but he raised some red flags.
Mortos
(2,390 posts)that this guy was never completed basic training with any U.S. military service, but the media just believes him and moves on without checking his story.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)I would say sorry to all who find the "Precious" references insulting, but WTF else would you call it?
And this guy pulled his little stunt because he thinks he's the epitome of the "responsible gun owner." Because he thinks he has something to teach us all.
Good find Mortos.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I fully expect he will be either a mass killer or will be involved in some kind of firearms "accident" within the next 5 years. If he lived next to me I would be looking for a way out. Maybe he has an undersized penis or no one loved him as a child but something is wrong with this dude.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)JC Penney's stunt. Yikes.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)In honesty he reminds me of my uncle guy would sit around laughing his ass of and practically jerking it to full metal jacket.
malaise
(269,157 posts)The Secret Service should keep an eye on this moron
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)This guy seems to fit a scary profile. Not to say he will, but I think the autorities should be notified of the news article (which I'm sure they know about) and link his account for them so they can make sure there is no worry. What if the OP did link it and no one in authority knew and the guy went off. Newtown can not be duplicated, not again! What if we look back on this OP and say if we had only done something about it. Better to be safe than sorry.
Does anyone have contact info on the police where the JC Penney episode took place?
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)I bet he does a lot of writing by that light. Sweating.
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)Guns, the book.
Not to mention the 2 boxes of kleenex. Probably a chronic masturbater, which explains the book.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)"My porn stash"
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)straight out of central casting. yikes.
a kennedy
(29,706 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)I'd only ask him once to drop it. He is definitely one that needs his oil level checked.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)Before they are deleted. Just copy and paste each URL into their upload page.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)Good research, have you forwarded it to any media? I imagine they'd be interested!
and...why does he need so much Kleenex? Nevermind, don't wanna know!
NBachers
(17,136 posts)Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,573 posts)The blades by his bed.
Guns in his drawers.
The dress shirt/tie with gun combo.
(Although that scene is totally thrown off by the silver Dodge Caliber behind it.)
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,708 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)the DoJ would be all over him
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Agree with the others - notifying the local authorities about this may not be a bad idea. This dude is knitting with one needle.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)overcompensating perhaps?
jujukitty
(1 post)a Facebook poster is claiming this is just a typical, silly, young American boy whose hobby is guns. It's on the KSL-TV FB page, if anyone wants to be mind-boggled.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I mean seriously what the fuck.