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madville

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1. So maybe a suicide mission

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2015, 09:47 PM

Aug 2015

Who knows what his actual plan was., suicide by cop is certainly possible.

I wonder if he had tried to purchase real firearms before and was turned down by NCIS?

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It wasn't a real gun [View all] sarisataka Aug 2015 OP

So maybe a suicide mission madville Aug 2015 #1

Good question sarisataka Aug 2015 #2

He needed help. He took the only solution he thought he had to end his torment. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #3

Agreed sarisataka Aug 2015 #4

This poor man was a genuine mental case malaise Aug 2015 #5

It would be useful to know sarisataka Aug 2015 #7

What is important here is that many more could have been killed had it been a real gun. kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #6

Precisely malaise Aug 2015 #8

I find it interesting sarisataka Aug 2015 #10

This seems to be the new MSM and Controller strategy to keep Gunz in the Newz: Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #11

Get back to us, the next time some psycho uses an axe to murder 20 school kids and their teachers. Paladin Aug 2015 #12

You heard about the Oklahoma mass murder, same day as the La. Shooting? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #13

5 people were stabbed to Death in Oklahoma. MicaelS Aug 2015 #15

No doubt and by all means... defend the NRA. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #16

It's possible to defend gun rights without directly supporting the NRA branford Aug 2015 #19

It's unfair for you to conflate... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #18

Theoretically true, but branford Aug 2015 #20

You've sort of changed the subject, but I see your point and... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #21

No. At this point, it does not matter. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #9

Noted suspect had "hoax explosive device." Just think how many would die...nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #14

We can thank Ronald Reagan for much of the massive murder sprees committed today. Rex Aug 2015 #17

I have never understood why ... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #22

"Police-assisted suicide" Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #23