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Baclava

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28. You missed the latest narrative
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:27 AM
Jun 2017

Congressman Details Hectic Moment Under Fire: We Were Sitting Ducks; Gun Saved Our Lives

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WWJ) – A Michigan representative who survived a gun attack during a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning in Virginia is detailing the harrowing moments the gunman opened fire.

Michigan Rep. Mike Bishop tells WWJ Newsradio 950 he was attending the practice around 5:30 a.m., just outside of Alexandria, when shots rang out. He said he and his colleagues were “sitting ducks.”

“As we were standing here this morning, a gunman walked up to the fence line and just began to shoot. I was standing at home plate and he was in the third base line,” Bishop said. “He had a rifle that was clearly meant for the job of taking people out, multiple casualties, and he had several rounds and magazines that he kept unloading and reloading.”

The shooting went on for roughly 10 minutes, with some accounts putting the number of shots fired around 100. Four people were injured, including two Capitol Hill police officers and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, of Louisiana. The suspect was also shot.

“The only reason why any of us walked out of this thing, by the grace of God, one of the folks here had a weapon to fire back and give us a moment to find cover.

We were inside the backstop and if we didn’t have that cover by a brave person who stood up and took a shot themselves, we would not have gotten out of there and every one of us would have been hit — every single one of us,” said Bishop. “He was coming around the fence line and he was looking for all of us who had found cover in different spots. But if we didn’t have return fire right there, he would have come up to each one of us and shot us point-blank.”

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/michigan-representative-ok-as-shots-fired-at-members-of-congress/

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Good guys with guns never seem to be around HAB911 Jun 2017 #1
Um, MichMary Jun 2017 #3
(thought shooter was in custody). . . .n/t annabanana Jun 2017 #4
I've read that he was dead. n/t MichMary Jun 2017 #5
Not dead. He is in custody. Baitball Blogger Jun 2017 #12
Good. We need to know why he did this. n/t MichMary Jun 2017 #13
Yup. I'm curious as hell. Baitball Blogger Jun 2017 #23
They'll blame it on Democrats! Lonestarblue Jun 2017 #24
Yup "Democrat terrorism". KPN Jun 2017 #56
Wouldn't have been needed ifthe terrorist NRA joeybee12 Jun 2017 #11
Easier to buy guns than to buy gin DBoon Jun 2017 #41
ooppsss... :))))) pangaia Jun 2017 #44
Sometimes they get shot too Botany Jun 2017 #18
You KNOW mindfulNJ Jun 2017 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #6
No, it is not too soon. Laurian Jun 2017 #7
Agree. Not too soon. FM123 Jun 2017 #55
Can't wait for the white wing gun love spin on this. Hoyt Jun 2017 #8
Nah. They love guns so much they don't care if THEY get shot titaniumsalute Jun 2017 #9
An armed society is a polite society... ExciteBike66 Jun 2017 #10
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun in this case is a highly trained security detail. NightWatcher Jun 2017 #14
And they didn't stop him before he wounded several. n/t n2doc Jun 2017 #22
Yep - no where is safe anymore - carrying 'em if you got em! jmg257 Jun 2017 #15
Drumpf just tweeted about Scalise BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #16
Yet..... LovingA2andMI Jun 2017 #26
THANK YOU. nt raccoon Jun 2017 #33
You're welcome... LovingA2andMI Jun 2017 #34
his priorities are fairly clear. barbtries Jun 2017 #60
"a true friend"......the only ones that matter? chelsea0011 Jun 2017 #39
Trump prays? DBoon Jun 2017 #42
One racist loves another malaise Jun 2017 #57
You think a guy who gave a speech at David Duke's EURO will have a change of heart about guns? JTFrog Jun 2017 #17
Look for more legislation to allow guns everywhere mcar Jun 2017 #19
Carry your prayers with you and you will be safe from guns katmondoo Jun 2017 #20
Just my thought as well pangaia Jun 2017 #46
I bet it was a legal purchase . stonecutter357 Jun 2017 #21
No longer any such creature as "Illegal Purchase" Cryptoad Jun 2017 #40
They won't. I just saw Twitter. It's pretty ugly. Initech Jun 2017 #25
Shooter asked before starting if it was (D) or (R) practicing RegexReader Jun 2017 #35
No I'm scared as shit that this happened. Initech Jun 2017 #37
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2017 #27
You missed the latest narrative Baclava Jun 2017 #28
He had a rifle that was clearly meant for the job of taking people out, multiple casualties.... bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #31
YA! Tell that to the kids who aren't covered in school halls and school corridors by trained guards. usaf-vet Jun 2017 #45
The security guys were there only for Scalise, or whatever his name is.. pangaia Jun 2017 #48
The Chickens have come home to roost. TNLib Jun 2017 #29
A-fricking-men! Wish I could rec this more than once. nt raccoon Jun 2017 #30
Scalise is going to be the NRA's newest poster boy dreamland Jun 2017 #32
my sister has a radical idea, have blacks , mexicans liberals join en masse to soften this AllaN01Bear Jun 2017 #36
Wonder how Scalise feels about assaut weapons lillypaddle Jun 2017 #38
i don't think they will. barbtries Jun 2017 #43
A BLUE shirt? maybe he was an umpire.. pangaia Jun 2017 #50
well i just read that he is a Bernie voter barbtries Jun 2017 #59
right, I just saw that, also. pangaia Jun 2017 #61
i can almost see it already. barbtries Jun 2017 #62
My Unrep, Chris Fuckwad Collins is already using it.. pangaia Jun 2017 #63
NOW will the repukes tell the NRA where to go--and reinstate the assault weapons ban? meow2u3 Jun 2017 #47
Surely you jest. pangaia Jun 2017 #51
Thanks NRA! workinclasszero Jun 2017 #49
"Them's Obummer conspiracies!" sandensea Jun 2017 #52
This was a FALSE FLAG Dopers_Greed Jun 2017 #53
You mean the way they terrorized the parents of those young children at Sandy Hook malaise Jun 2017 #58
Apparently the shooter was stopped by not fooled Jun 2017 #54
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