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Frasier Balzov

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2. I want information about the gun.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 04:04 PM

Nov 2025

Trump's people are likely to treat the provenance of the gun and a thorough investigation of how the killer obtained it as prohibitively sensitive.

This crime is not about the gun, they will claim. This crime is about a vicious foreigner.

But the public policy implications of guns and ammunition in the hands of the public are very much at the center of the story of how the killer obtained it.

Keep pressing for proper inquiry into this.

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Shot in the head with a .357. DC national guard not likely to recover. [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2025 OP

No. It's a bad dude who shouldn't have been in the country issue WarGamer Nov 2025 #1

Easy access to guns facilitated the crime Coventina Nov 2025 #4

Using a gun that should not be on the streets, Bluetus Nov 2025 #8

He did something horrific, but he was vetted repeatedly. Nevilledog Nov 2025 #12

I would be interested in seeing his family and how they lived JI7 Nov 2025 #15

I blame pedonold for bringing them in DC for no reason other Justice matters. Nov 2025 #18

So the shooter is off the hook? Clarify. WarGamer Nov 2025 #19

I'm not "qualified" to read the sick mind of a sicko with a gun, but Justice matters. Nov 2025 #20

Oh, you! W_HAMILTON Nov 2025 #25

Agreed, and I'll take it a step further that he never should have been let in to begin with Polybius Nov 2025 #29

I can blame the shooter and the asshole con artist who put the guards somewhere they don't belong Quiet Em Nov 2025 #30

I want information about the gun. Frasier Balzov Nov 2025 #2

Might be inconvenient. Igel Nov 2025 #7

Doesn't matter where he got it. MichMan Nov 2025 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Nov 2025 #3

All because right wing assholes had to play political games with the guard. All those red state govs salivating Blues Heron Nov 2025 #5

A .357 revolver is so far down on the list of gun control targets NickB79 Nov 2025 #6

Did the shooter have a Concealed Carry Permit issued by DC police? MichMan Nov 2025 #9

We should dress Trump in camouflage, and put Emile Nov 2025 #10

Imagine finding enough camo cloth to cover that blob (and his layers of depends.) erronis Nov 2025 #13

1935 John Coktosten Nov 2025 #14

If it can kill then any gun is a "gun control issue". llmart Nov 2025 #16

I disagree John Coktosten Nov 2025 #17

I would guess that a .357 handgun is involved in more murders per year than any assault weapon is. MichMan Nov 2025 #21

Not sure John Coktosten Nov 2025 #22

So according to what stats I could find John Coktosten Nov 2025 #23

My point still stands MichMan Nov 2025 #24

Think I John Coktosten Nov 2025 #28

Where do you see that? 7th is 12 gauge. It's not top 10. 1% of all murders are .357mag. Rarely used. Melon Nov 2025 #31

In the chart of lethality by caliber 2010-2014 John Coktosten Nov 2025 #32

I see what you're saying John Coktosten Nov 2025 #33

The saddest thing is: THEY DID NOT NEED TO BE THERE. CousinIT Nov 2025 #26

Gun Control is a thing still? OC375 Nov 2025 #27