Thanks NRA and your beloved supporters

[malaise]

Let's see if ReTHUGs have a rethink.
Just remember Gabby Giffords, all those kids at Sandy Hook and many others.

That is all

[HAB911]

1. Good guys with guns never seem to be around

when needed, wonder why?

[MichMary]

3. Um,

there was an armed security detail there with Scalise, and it was probably one of them who killed the shooter, so, yeah. If not for them, probably people would have been injured or killed.

[annabanana]

4. (thought shooter was in custody). . . .n/t

[MichMary]

5. I've read that he was dead. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Not dead. He is in custody.

[MichMary]

13. Good. We need to know why he did this. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Yup. I'm curious as hell.

[Lonestarblue]

24. They'll blame it on Democrats!

After all, we have protested and held rallies against Trump and Republicans in Congress. Never mind that the liar-in-chief has done nothing but stir hatred in this country. What could go wrong!

[KPN]

56. Yup "Democrat terrorism".

Get ready for it, we'll be hearing that shortly.

[joeybee12]

11. Wouldn't have been needed ifthe terrorist NRA

Hadn't bought congress and gins are so easily acquired

[DBoon]

41. Easier to buy guns than to buy gin

If the bad guys had martinis instead of firearms, we"d all be better off.

[pangaia]

44. ooppsss... :)))))

[Botany]

18. Sometimes they get shot too

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/12/kirkersville-ohio-shooting/319987001/

[mindfulNJ]

2. You KNOW

the NRA will say that there should have been MORE guns. Things will never change.

[Laurian]

7. No, it is not too soon.

Too late, really. The NRA promotes the proliferation of guns.

[FM123]

55. Agree. Not too soon.

[Hoyt]

8. Can't wait for the white wing gun love spin on this.

[titaniumsalute]

9. Nah. They love guns so much they don't care if THEY get shot

[ExciteBike66]

10. An armed society is a polite society...

unless you forget to carry while rounding the bases after hitting a home run! Scalise should have had his AR-15 strapped to his back while at the plate...

[NightWatcher]

14. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun in this case is a highly trained security detail.

Unfortunately most of us do not have security details, not even rank and file Congress critters.

[n2doc]

22. And they didn't stop him before he wounded several. n/t

[jmg257]

15. Yep - no where is safe anymore - carrying 'em if you got em!

Ironic.

Though not so easy while playing ball, that's for sure.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Drumpf just tweeted about Scalise

Link to tweet

TEXT
Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.

8:48 AM - 14 Jun 2017

[LovingA2andMI]

26. Yet.....

Cheeto took days to "Tweet" about the Stabbing in Seattle on a Train were two individual who bravely stood up to protect two Muslim African-American Women, where killed.

#FoodForThought

[raccoon]

33. THANK YOU. nt

[LovingA2andMI]

34. You're welcome...

[barbtries]

60. his priorities are fairly clear.

notice the words "gun" or "shot" do not appear anywhere in the tweet.

[chelsea0011]

39. "a true friend"......the only ones that matter?

[DBoon]

42. Trump prays?

Is that when he talks to himself?

[malaise]

57. One racist loves another

[JTFrog]

17. You think a guy who gave a speech at David Duke's EURO will have a change of heart about guns?

Yeah, I don't think so. And right now the rest of the R's are bragging that having guns (security detail) saved the day. "If Scalise hadn't been there...." Well, here is some speculation, maybe the shooter was looking for Scalise? How lucky would that make those who got shot?


That being said, I wish all those attacked and injured a speedy and full recovery.

[mcar]

19. Look for more legislation to allow guns everywhere

[katmondoo]

20. Carry your prayers with you and you will be safe from guns

[pangaia]

46. Just my thought as well

All those.. 'our prayers are with you," etc etc

One guy said he was 'blessed' not to be shot.

Well, shit.. how 'bout the guys who WERE shot? Does this mean they were NOT "blessed?"

What are they? The unwashed?

Makes one wonder, does it not?

And PS---- is it pronounced blessd, or BLESSid?


I need another coffee...

[stonecutter357]

21. I bet it was a legal purchase .

[Cryptoad]

40. No longer any such creature as "Illegal Purchase"

Gop has made it legal for all idiots to have guns and ammo. But it Seems its not enough ,,, GOP considering subsidizing gun and ammo for idiots so they can better armed....

[Initech]

25. They won't. I just saw Twitter. It's pretty ugly.

The republicans are already laying the blame game on us, except that it wasn't.

[RegexReader]

35. Shooter asked before starting if it was (D) or (R) practicing

and started shooting after being told it was Republicans.

Tack on the # of people beat by #antifa, Kathy Griffin's photo with Trump's head, and Shakespeare in the Park assassinating Trump.

The right has called this incident the opening shots of Civil War Part 2.0.

Don't laugh. Don't rejoice. Don't snicker. Don't feel smug. The right is now feeling justified in using any level of violence.
If this is an #antifa related individual, it is going be really really nasty.

[Initech]

37. No I'm scared as shit that this happened.

The right would use any excuse they could to lock us up and this may be what they need.

[SunSeeker]

27. K & R

[Baclava]

28. You missed the latest narrative

Congressman Details Hectic Moment Under Fire: We Were Sitting Ducks; Gun Saved Our Lives

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WWJ) – A Michigan representative who survived a gun attack during a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning in Virginia is detailing the harrowing moments the gunman opened fire.

Michigan Rep. Mike Bishop tells WWJ Newsradio 950 he was attending the practice around 5:30 a.m., just outside of Alexandria, when shots rang out. He said he and his colleagues were “sitting ducks.”

“As we were standing here this morning, a gunman walked up to the fence line and just began to shoot. I was standing at home plate and he was in the third base line,” Bishop said. “He had a rifle that was clearly meant for the job of taking people out, multiple casualties, and he had several rounds and magazines that he kept unloading and reloading.”

The shooting went on for roughly 10 minutes, with some accounts putting the number of shots fired around 100. Four people were injured, including two Capitol Hill police officers and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, of Louisiana. The suspect was also shot.

“The only reason why any of us walked out of this thing, by the grace of God, one of the folks here had a weapon to fire back and give us a moment to find cover.

We were inside the backstop and if we didn’t have that cover by a brave person who stood up and took a shot themselves, we would not have gotten out of there and every one of us would have been hit — every single one of us,” said Bishop. “He was coming around the fence line and he was looking for all of us who had found cover in different spots. But if we didn’t have return fire right there, he would have come up to each one of us and shot us point-blank.”

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/michigan-representative-ok-as-shots-fired-at-members-of-congress/

[bagelsforbreakfast]

31. He had a rifle that was clearly meant for the job of taking people out, multiple casualties....

Surprised they didn't ask for his autograph after he shot them.

[usaf-vet]

45. YA! Tell that to the kids who aren't covered in school halls and school corridors by trained guards.

They don't have security detail watching out for a handful of them. How many at baseball practice 12-20? How many kids in a typical school 1200+. According to reports 2 guard to cover what 20 congress members. That is one guard for 10 congressmen. The average school would need far more to offer then same protection.

As a gun owner. As an ex-military medic. As a hunter I believe there are too many guns in the hands of to many unqualified gun owners.

The NRA is only interested in keeping the money flowing to the gun manufactures so they in turn can finance political parties. I cancel my NRA membership after Columbine.

[pangaia]

48. The security guys were there only for Scalise, or whatever his name is..

Other than that, I'm with 'ya..

[TNLib]

29. The Chickens have come home to roost.

But I wonder if anyone of them will admit that giving the mentally ill access to guns and not access to mental health care is a serious public safety issue.

[raccoon]

30. A-fricking-men! Wish I could rec this more than once. nt

[dreamland]

32. Scalise is going to be the NRA's newest poster boy

What a gift to the NRA when they can now buy a famous spokesman who got shot and still be a supporter. Scalise will sell his soul to then because he was lucky enough to had the medical to save his.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. my sister has a radical idea, have blacks , mexicans liberals join en masse to soften this

terrorist org.

[lillypaddle]

38. Wonder how Scalise feels about assaut weapons

Wonder if it changes. Nah ....

[barbtries]

43. i don't think they will.

i've read more than twice that the shooter was wearing a blue shirt. you know what that means right. nah, i see no change in the republican approach to anything. they're on a roll and won't stop until the country dissolves.

[pangaia]

50. A BLUE shirt? maybe he was an umpire..

Sorry, couldn't resist.





RESIST!!!!!!!

[barbtries]

59. well i just read that he is a Bernie voter

who believes, as i think most of us on DU would agree, that trump is destroying the nation. so. there's that. a white liberal terrorist?

[pangaia]

61. right, I just saw that, also.

Boy will THAT ever get used as political ammo....

[barbtries]

62. i can almost see it already.

democratic terrorists! and every time white supremacists commit their crimes, "disturbed man with gun"

they're such hypocrites. everything i've read about the shooter says his politics were very close to my own. but i do not advocate violence under any circumstances and that is where we differ. too bad we live in a country where anyone can get a gun, walk around with it, and then just pull it out and start shooting whenever.

[pangaia]

63. My Unrep, Chris Fuckwad Collins is already using it..

[meow2u3]

47. NOW will the repukes tell the NRA where to go--and reinstate the assault weapons ban?

Now that a repuke was shot, will they finally say enough is enough? I doubt it.

[pangaia]

51. Surely you jest.

[workinclasszero]

49. Thanks NRA!

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[sandensea]

52. "Them's Obummer conspiracies!"

"He shot Gabby Giffords for sympathy, and them kids is ALIVE!!"

[Dopers_Greed]

53. This was a FALSE FLAG

Let's start harassing Rep. Scalise and his family

[malaise]

58. You mean the way they terrorized the parents of those young children at Sandy Hook

I don't plan to forget their response to those kids and their teachers and administrators or Gabby Giffords

[not fooled]

54. Apparently the shooter was stopped by

trained security personnel. That is NOT the same as arming every Tom, Dick, and Harry and letting them have at it in an active shooter situation.

So, the shooter was stopped by a gun IN THE HANDS OF A PROPERLY TRAINED (and licensed) PERSON. A big difference.