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106. I presume he was barricaded inside a house?

Tue Aug 14, 2012, 09:53 PM

Aug 2012

That is not at all the purview of the average lawfully-armed-person-on-the-street.

You don't seem to know much about the average defensive shooting.

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Multiple people, officers, shot near Texas A&M University [View all] Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 OP

"Texas A&M's Code Maroon Alert system" jberryhill Aug 2012 #1

Police scanner: 2 officers shot near Texas A&M campus, suspect caught OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #2

Can we talk about gun control yet? LoisB Aug 2012 #3

Now is not the time. Le Taz Hot Aug 2012 #4

never heaven05 Aug 2012 #6

No. We just need MORE guns. If people there were armed, this would not have happened. AllyCat Aug 2012 #5

If only law-abiding Berlin Expat Aug 2012 #41

This argument is a non-starter. 7wo7rees Aug 2012 #81

Really? Equate Aug 2012 #90

don't ya know? guns have nothing to do with people getting shot. KG Aug 2012 #12

Guns don't kill people... Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #15

NO! NRA, the T-baggers and their puppets in Congress say NO!!!! wordpix Aug 2012 #16

"an armed society is a polite society," remember? progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #22

there is absolutely no connection Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #34

We just need to arm all college mascots! Pilotguy Aug 2012 #37

What is stopping us? hack89 Aug 2012 #45

Can we talk about a decimated healthcare system yet? Earth_First Aug 2012 #50

they had a shooting once in a coutry with strict gun laws DBoon Aug 2012 #75

A bit more than once 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #101

Which are often times in close proximity to a jurisdiction with lax gun laws. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #110

Seems then the counties they are in proximity to would have the same problems 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #111

More Gun Fun!!!!111 jpak Aug 2012 #7

"automatic weapons" Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #8

Why? He did it because he could. Because he had a gun. baldguy Aug 2012 #56

Obliterate Obamacare bucolic_frolic Aug 2012 #9

This country disgusts me. Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #10

Well, this is becoming distressingly routine (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #11

Yes, sadly it is. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #14

Gun Control, during an election year in this country????:( BlueNAlabama Aug 2012 #13

it would be great if this became an election issue but NO! The NRA and MSM won't have it wordpix Aug 2012 #17

Another Teabagger I bet AngryAmish Aug 2012 #18

There isn't much else in College Station nichomachus Aug 2012 #25

So is this now 3 weeks in a row? Javaman Aug 2012 #19

don't forget the guy here in my hometown of Westlake, Ohio who was arrested to the WCGreen Aug 2012 #28

You can't really put that in with the others RZM Aug 2012 #39

You say Patato I say Potato.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #69

Texas 'shooter' detained near A&M University campus dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #20

Freaky, that felt like someone stepped on my shadow HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #21

Does The Name Charles Whitman Come to Mind??? BlueNAlabama Aug 2012 #23

TAMU has a bell tower, I'm sort of glad this wasn't an on campus event. nt HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #31

The first thing I thought of. drm604 Aug 2012 #52

I'm just wondering .. when are the police department of this country going to weigh in on the gun BREMPRO Aug 2012 #24

more than 20,000,000 people own guns/rifles Did I Just Type This Aug 2012 #26

IBYM > 200,000,000 people slackmaster Aug 2012 #32

Right ChazInAz Aug 2012 #33

not being suggested "all the people of the entire U.S. should relenquish their right to bear arms" BREMPRO Aug 2012 #40

Let me handle this. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #46

I got this one. -..__... Aug 2012 #116

No, I don't think you did get it. I don't think you get it at all. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #117

A firearm is no more dangerous than a car Equate Aug 2012 #120

Okay, let's get this straight. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #121

Primary intended purpose? Equate Aug 2012 #122

Because one manufacturers a gun with that primary intended purpose. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #130

What difference does it make if the #1 murder weapon is a gun? Equate Aug 2012 #131

*Ahem* Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #132

"Ahem" Equate Aug 2012 #133

Legal gun owners? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #134

So what is your solution? Equate Aug 2012 #135

Ideally? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #136

" I don't see why...entire U.S. should relinquish their right to bear arms" - who has EVER proposed wordpix Aug 2012 #58

...like Janet Reno, Rep Bobby Rush, Rep Major Owens, Sen Dianne Feinstein, Sen Howard Metzenbaum? X_Digger Aug 2012 #72

Perfectly fine that some people want to completely ban guns. gtar100 Aug 2012 #82

wow, you're going back 20 years to find someone wordpix Aug 2012 #87

What, you think they've changed their minds? X_Digger Aug 2012 #91

There was never a ban on them before, and if they are "useless except for mass killing of people"... PavePusher Aug 2012 #60

so you have never heard of the "assault weapons ban" of 1994?? BREMPRO Aug 2012 #126

Point by point PavePusher Aug 2012 #129

R)= response BREMPRO Aug 2012 #137

I think the cops understand how few people are killed by rifles of any kind. hack89 Aug 2012 #73

While statistics support low shotgun and rifles use, both are equal to and exceed DUI killings. happyslug Aug 2012 #118

You have to look at Accidental Deaths to see the 418 cops killed in auto accidents hack89 Aug 2012 #119

Those are total Accidents, NOT DUI, but it show how low Rifles and Shotguns are used in crime. happyslug Aug 2012 #125

Police department have. the problem is Police OFFICERS do NOT agree with what the Department says happyslug Aug 2012 #115

So what now. We must contain our outrage to gun forum so this doesn't have to register on the upaloopa Aug 2012 #27

It will be pushed into the gungeon ASAP. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #38

Never freakin' ends Ishoutandscream2 Aug 2012 #29

Summer of heartbreak... summer of guns. It hit close to home this weekend for me. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #30

Armed Civilians Didn't Help When Whitman Was in the Tower at UT BlueNAlabama Aug 2012 #35

It most certainly did Equate Aug 2012 #66

Continued Efforts By Gun Militants...... Paladin Aug 2012 #84

Are you denying that armed civilians helped keep his head down Equate Aug 2012 #86

I Was In Austin That Day. Paladin Aug 2012 #95

Were you at the university that day? Equate Aug 2012 #96

Have A Nice Day, Yourself. Paladin Aug 2012 #98

I have nothing but kind thoughts for those innocent people Equate Aug 2012 #103

If only all those responsible, level-headed, mature college students kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #36

So 21 years olds can't be level headed and responsible? OK. nt hack89 Aug 2012 #42

At Texas A&M I seriously doubt many of them are. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #47

So New England college students are? It is a regional thing then? nt hack89 Aug 2012 #48

No, it's an A&M thing. gkhouston Aug 2012 #80

What Do You Say We Cut The Aggies A Little Slack, Right Now. Paladin Aug 2012 #85

2 killed near Texas A&M campus KeepItReal Aug 2012 #43

THey're now saying the shooter is also dead. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #44

The only description so far is male, mid 30s. Warpy Aug 2012 #54

Bachman was the deputy constable whose duty it was to serve the shooter with an eviction notice S_B_Jackson Aug 2012 #74

WTF? "Police had the shooting suspect in custody" wordpix Aug 2012 #59

Oh, dear Lord. Brigid Aug 2012 #49

300 Million Firearms Under Private Ownership in USA Moran1D4 Aug 2012 #51

And gun culture wants us to do nothing for another decade so there'll be 100 million more polluting Hoyt Aug 2012 #65

More Guns than People AndyTiedye Aug 2012 #79

Coverage from the local newspaper. TexasTowelie Aug 2012 #53

More blood on the hands of the gun worshipers. baldguy Aug 2012 #55

No matter how often you try to sell that vile, filthy fucking lie, PavePusher Aug 2012 #61

If you oppose any form of gun control - then yes, you are responsible. Deal with it. baldguy Aug 2012 #63

Firstly, who said I "oppose any form of gun control"? Another nasty invention of yours? PavePusher Aug 2012 #64

You think I'm being "nasty"? Just think of all the dead bodies gun worshipers are responsible for. baldguy Aug 2012 #71

OK, how about "those who think there are too many gun laws", or Doctor_J Aug 2012 #88

I certainly think there are some stupid, ineffective and useless gun laws that should be removed. PavePusher Aug 2012 #94

So what gun control measures are you for? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #92

I like the NICS system, think the reporting system should be stronger/better enforced/better funded. PavePusher Aug 2012 #93

And the real reason it isn't is because of the influence of your allies in the NRA. baldguy Aug 2012 #102

Be constructive or piss off. n/t PavePusher Aug 2012 #105

For all your claims of believing in personal responsibility baldguy Aug 2012 #107

"run away in blind adolescent terror"? PavePusher Aug 2012 #113

Abject denials do not absolve your responsibility. baldguy Aug 2012 #123

i don't know about that - if I buy a polluter's products or go to Chick Fil A, I'm helping the SOBs. Hoyt Aug 2012 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author PavePusher Aug 2012 #62

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #68

protected by the 1st amendment DBoon Aug 2012 #77

I don't mind gun worshipers having their own rites & sacraments. baldguy Aug 2012 #78

This post should NOT be hidden. FBaggins Aug 2012 #97

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Aug 2012 #57

Alleged College Station killer identified as Thomas Caffall Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/ar maddezmom Aug 2012 #70

here is the punch line DBoon Aug 2012 #76

predictable DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #83

+1000 - Faux News & this guy's "heroes" are dangerous propagandists wordpix Aug 2012 #89

The latest reports state that the shootout between Caffall and police lasted 30 minutes Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #99

What does CCW have to do with this shooting? Equate Aug 2012 #104

Where's All That Faith And Belief In Cops Now? Paladin Aug 2012 #108

What's your problem? Equate Aug 2012 #114

I presume he was barricaded inside a house? PavePusher Aug 2012 #106

Mainly because they are far and few between. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #109

Wrong on both counts, but I'm sure you know how to research this stuff for yourself.... PavePusher Aug 2012 #112

Another one? It is terrible, I don't even pay attention anymore. N/t adigal Aug 2012 #100

He shot a cop serving an eviction notice for foreclosure NickB79 Aug 2012 #124

He Shot An Innocent Person SoCalMusicLover Aug 2012 #127

He was being evicted from a rent house; not a foreclosure. Ilsa Aug 2012 #128