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niyad

(132,129 posts)
29. which of the 14 are missing from this list?
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:15 PM
Jun 2015


— Killeen, Texas, October 16, 1991: A man shoots dead 23 people in a restaurant and then kills himself.

— Jonesboro, Arkansas, March 28, 1998: Two boys aged 11 and 13 kill four students and a teacher after pulling a fire alarm and opening fire from nearby woods when people streamed out of their school. Ten other children were hurt.

— Littleton, Colorado, April 20, 1999: Two teenaged boys shoot and kill 12 fellow classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School before killing themselves.

— Atlanta, Georgia, July 29, 1999: A stock market trader goes on a day-long shooting rampage, killing 12 people, including his wife and two children, before taking his own life.

View gallery– Red Lake, Minnesota, March 21, 2005: A teenaged boy kills two people at his grandfather’s home on an Indian reservation and then goes to his local high school where he kills seven others before committing suicide.

— Blacksburg, Virginia, April 16, 2007: A student goes on a rampage at Virginia Tech University, killing 32 people before committing suicide.

— Covina, California, December 24, 2008: A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit opens fire at a family party and then sets fire to the house. Nine people are killed. The gunman commits suicide.

— Binghamton, New York, April 3, 2009. A gunman shoots dead 13 people at a civic center for immigrants.

— Fort Hood, Texas, November 5, 2009. US army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan opens fire at his military base, killing 13 people and wounding 42, before being overcome by police.

View gallery– Oikos, California, April 2, 2012: A male nursing student methodically kills seven people at a Christian university.

— Aurora, Colorado, July 20, 2012: A man kills 12 people when he opens fire at a movie theater showing a late-night premiere of a Batman film in a suburb of Denver.

— Oak Creek, Wisconsin, August 5, 2012: A white supremacist and US army veteran fatally shoots six people and wounds four others at a Sikh temple before taking his own life.

— Newtown, Connecticut, December 14 2012: A young man kills 26 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook elementary school. He also fatally shoots his mother. He commits suicide.

— Miami, Florida, July 26, 2013: A gunman kills six people in a shooting rampage at an apartment building, taking two people hostage before being killed by police after a lengthy standoff.

— Washington DC, September 16, 2013: At least 12 people die in a mass shooting at a naval base in Washington DC, with the gunman being fatally shot by police.

— Charleston, South Carolina, June 17, 2015: A white gunman kills at least nine people at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Dylann Roof, 21, believed to be a white supremacist, is arrested the next day.

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Kicking AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1
thank you. niyad Jun 2015 #2
... napkinz Jun 2015 #3
thank you for those! niyad Jun 2015 #4
thank you for this thread napkinz Jun 2015 #5
Now on MSNBC having a conversation about this with discussion of Boston mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #6
Gun owners are terrorists. PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #7
One hundred and twenty million terrorists? Sure. Flatulo Jun 2015 #20
And how many people vote fascist? PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #25
If someone uses a firearm to defend their own life Flatulo Jun 2015 #26
Gee. A blue linky to one of your own posts. Where have I seen that before? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #33
Anyone who hesitates for a moment to call Roof a terrorist daredtowork Jun 2015 #8
most excellent points. niyad Jun 2015 #9
Damn right he's a terrorist! n/t RoccoR5955 Jun 2015 #10
It's important to call this what it was. Terrorism. TDale313 Jun 2015 #11
This pedantic labeling detracts from the issue. Beausoir Jun 2015 #12
So think about it, you're using words.... daleanime Jun 2015 #15
"Pedantic labeling" is how our very history is recorded -and it matters greatly..... bettyellen Jun 2015 #17
It isn't pedantic, nor does it detract from the issue, if anything, it explains it. Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #23
are you blaming obama for this? niyad Jun 2015 #27
which of the 14 are missing from this list? niyad Jun 2015 #29
Yes,and maybe we should wake up tothefact that the word"terrorism" actually is used as a propaganda kath Jun 2015 #30
Refusal to call Charleston Shootings Terrorism Shows rocktivity Jun 2015 #35
Roof told the people who weren't shot to tell others for the explicit REASON to terrorize other... uponit7771 Jun 2015 #13
K&R. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #14
but he's not a Muslim!!1!11! U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #16
K&R. Well said. Overseas Jun 2015 #18
Saw this today. Lobo27 Jun 2015 #19
Sick, twisted little TERRORIST fuck. Raster Jun 2015 #21
KKK : Fanatical Christian :: ISIS : Fanatical Muslim Pauldg47 Jun 2015 #22
Bonafide terrorist. nt. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #24
welcome to du niyad Jun 2015 #28
actually, after some reading the past couple of days, I think the term should be used a lot LESS kath Jun 2015 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #32
3-2-1... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #34
looks like I missed some fun! niyad Jun 2015 #36
. . . niyad Jun 2015 #37
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