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In reply to the discussion: Cole Thomas Allen did not shoot anyone [View all]ChazInAz
(3,026 posts)59. "Give 'em that old razzle dazzle!"
"They both went for the gun!"
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With all the witnesses present, including an officer who was shot in the vest and survived to give his account,
sop
Monday
#8
They will have tested his guns to see if they had been fired recently. They do know.
flashman13
Monday
#41
I've read the affidavit several times, but I still find it peculiarly unclear on that important point.
sop
Monday
#13
The Heller case struck down the DC handgun ban in 2008...but carrying did break some laws
lostnfound
Yesterday
#44
Perhaps the SS agent was struck by a round fired at Allen by another officer as he ran past the checkpoint?
sop
Monday
#21
I read that his family had warned secret service about him a day or two before the event.
Autumn
22 hrs ago
#54
He took guns across state lines and planned to use them in a crime
questionseverything
Yesterday
#42
If he fired the shotgun then the officer would have had to go to the hospital...
Historic NY
Monday
#26
Once again, we see how many people understand the process of legal prosecution, and how many simply do not.
WhiskeyGrinder
Yesterday
#48
No one with any degree of intelligence believes anything the peodpres' peoples say.
efhmc
21 hrs ago
#56
I know nothing about guns but if one wants to take out a lot of people why not use an automatic weapon of some sort?
efhmc
18 hrs ago
#67
This is one of many reasons I would like to see Mark Kelly as the 2028 nominee
AdamGG
17 hrs ago
#68