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In reply to the discussion: At least 10 dead and 30 to 40 wounded [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)97. Lots of ways he could have killed more people.
He rigged his apartment with booby-trapped explosives, so he knows how to make a bomb. (Not difficulty. Afghanis and Iraqis make lots of them.) He could have made a bomb, carried it in in a backpack, left it in his seat.
Here are some other mass murders with far higher body counts and no guns:
1.) Oklahoma City Bombing-169
2.) Happyland Club Fire on March 25, 1990-87
3.) Bath School Bombing on May 18, 1927-45
4.) Jack Gilbert Graham, Bombed United Airlines Flight 629 on November 1, 1955-44
5.) Thomas G. Doty, Bombed Continental Airlines Flight 11 on May 22, 1962-44
It is quite easy to kill lots of folks, even without a gun.
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SkatmanRoth
Jul 2012
#265
I have no idea. Did someone say "gun nuts always rush to carry out massacres"?
Starboard Tack
Jul 2012
#217
"over the rights of people to be safe from lunatics with easy access to guns. "
HALO141
Jul 2012
#134
"Then explain to me how this fucking nut in Colorado could have killed all those people..."
HALO141
Jul 2012
#128
The talibanners can't wait for tragedies like this. Much easier to push their
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#188
I'll stop using the word "anti" as soon as they quit calling me a gun nut, deal? n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#249
Look at my tagline. Hmmm, seems to me a recent gun free zone was a target rich
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#257
Movie theaters aren't neccessarily gun free. I carry my concealed handgun to movies regularly.
rl6214
Jul 2012
#170
Shootings might be even less if we crack down on guns. This guy wouldn't have shot up this theatre
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#42
Holy crap. Does it fire heat seeking bullets and have a shoulder thing that goes up? n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#191
This could also be the act of a radical anti gun organization. Even UN sponsored.
Remmah2
Jul 2012
#24
Of course they probably knew he was armed. They've probably been introducing him to gun culture
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#45
So far the only ones taking advantage here are you anti's and restrictionists.
permatex
Jul 2012
#87
The blood isn't even dry and already people are making political hay out of this
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#122