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AP bulletin: five dead in TN shooting - gunman dead plus four Marines (Original Post) shenmue Jul 2015 OP
does this have to do with Jade Helm?... lame54 Jul 2015 #1
No idea shenmue Jul 2015 #2
I think unlikely. We should get an idea of motive MineralMan Jul 2015 #7
Don't know, it could be anything. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #3
That was the first thing I thought about. The people involved in the Jade Helm conspiracy are not jwirr Jul 2015 #4
The common thread in all these mass shooting is not people, but guns. -none Jul 2015 #5
People never listen....it's the guns not people, that's well known. ileus Jul 2015 #12
The Boston bombers and Timothy McVeigh did not use guns Democat Jul 2015 #18
You sited one case. -none Jul 2015 #19
Just tragic. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #6
If the shooter is brown...domestic terror. White...lone crazy guy NightWatcher Jul 2015 #8
He's been identified as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez 951-Riverside Jul 2015 #10
... YoungDemCA Jul 2015 #17
White or brown, he's a piece of inhuman filth aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #14
I guarantee it t is a teabagger driven nuts by Trump. AngryAmish Jul 2015 #9
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez seveneyes Jul 2015 #11
Is this a reference to the shooting at Fort Hood? philosslayer Jul 2015 #16
Wow. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #13
Really? Now that they've announced the shooter's name, MineralMan Jul 2015 #15

lame54

(35,316 posts)
1. does this have to do with Jade Helm?...
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:59 PM
Jul 2015

I know that it is not in Tennessee
but the ridiculous conspiracy hype is everywhere

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
7. I think unlikely. We should get an idea of motive
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:36 PM
Jul 2015

before too long, once the shooter is IDed. Speculation beforehand probably isn't useful, frankly.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
3. Don't know, it could be anything.
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:14 PM
Jul 2015

Lone gunman is dead. It'll be a bit to ID him and look through his computer for clues as to motive. I'm sure info will be released as soon as it's available.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
4. That was the first thing I thought about. The people involved in the Jade Helm conspiracy are not
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:31 PM
Jul 2015

all that bright.

-none

(1,884 posts)
5. The common thread in all these mass shooting is not people, but guns.
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:31 PM
Jul 2015

Banning firearms is known to not work, as they will just make some cosmetic changes to the banned gun, and then business as usual.
Anyone in the business of manufacturing or making firearms, needs to be federally registered.
What needs to be done, besides keeping track of all firearms, from manufacture to destruction, is to license the people that have and/or want any guns/firearms of any kind. Caught in public without a license/permit for the firearm(s) you have with you, risk losing all your firearms, a fine, and/or prison hard time. Or any combination of the forgoing. Each and every gun a person has, has to be individual registered to the person having possession and include the name of the real owner responsible.
Keep your unregistered stash in your hide-hole, so the gun grabbers can't get them? Fine, be careful to who you show your collection to. And don't forget to get them registered if you ever have to move. And also be able to answer the question as to why you have this stash of unregistered weapons in the first place. One gun, fairly easy. Ten guns, not so much.
We need to make it inconvenient for the gunners, instead of the general public, when the members of the public have to attend the funerals of their friends and love ones. To say nothing about the inconvenience of the people who have had lives cut short, because of those that fight tooth and nail against any meaningful weapons regulations.
Any state laws and regulation cannot work as long as any one state has lax weapons laws. Therefor the Federal Government has to impose uniform laws and regulations across all the states. Most guns cross state lines at some time between manufacture and sale to the first private owner. That is the hook the Federal Government has, if only it would use it.

Democat

(11,617 posts)
18. The Boston bombers and Timothy McVeigh did not use guns
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:08 PM
Jul 2015

Common threads in mass killings are extremism or mental illness.

If terrorists cannot get guns, they will kill with bombs or knives or airplanes.

There is a place for gun control arguments, but terrorism is not caused by guns.

-none

(1,884 posts)
19. You sited one case.
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:22 PM
Jul 2015
Common threads in mass killings are extremism or mental illness.

Using easily available guns. Make guns harder to get and these people will then have a harder time getting the guns they want too.
Most terrorism involves guns, because they are so easy to get and so deadly. Take away some of the tools the terrorists use and terrorism would decline. Anything other than guns, involves much more work and involves a bit more knowledge and research, than just point and shoot.

But whatever, you are deflecting for what I posted anyway.
 

philosslayer

(3,076 posts)
16. Is this a reference to the shooting at Fort Hood?
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:05 PM
Jul 2015

Nice snark attempt. That incident was classified by the FBI as workplace violence. This incident clearly is not.

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