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In reply to the discussion: Fuck the NRA .... 50 dead. [View all]jtx
(68 posts)Reuters has a short reference to it being suspected Islamic attack.
"Asked if the FBI suspected the gunman might have had inclinations toward militant Islam, including a possible sympathy for Islamic State, Ronald Hopper, an assistant FBI agent in charge, told reporters: "We do have suggestions that the individual may have leanings toward that particular ideology. But right now we can't say definitively.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-nightclub-idUSKCN0YY08B
Here is a clip from CBS news:
"A U.S. intelligence source told CBS news senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Islamic terrorism is being investigated as a possible motive in the shooting due to several indicators including the style of the attack, which had similarities to the attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March. The gunman put up a protracted gun battle with police and was heavily armed, the source said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pulse-nightclub-shooting-orlando/
This is like the Paris attacks, you can make all of the gun laws you want to and it will not stop Islamic militants from being trained and armed with whatever they want.
In Paris and Belgium, the Islamic militants attacked with full auto AKs which are not legal for anyone in the EU. How did their gun laws not prevent that?
There is also indications that he had military training, which would explain the deadliness of the attack.
There was San Bernadino and now this, before that there was Fort Hood, Chattanooga, Boston, and there will more to come.
Focus on the threat.