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Old 08-03-2010, 01:50 PM
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Manchester CT shooting spree.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38535909/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts?GT1=43001
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Old 08-03-2010, 01:52 PM
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Old 08-03-2010, 02:00 PM
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I never understand why people do things like this.

A similar incident occurred some years ago and that time it was less then a mile from my house

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Lottery_killings
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Old 08-03-2010, 02:17 PM
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I never understand why people do things like this.

Because they CAN.

Does that help you understand?
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Old 08-03-2010, 02:25 PM
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Man, it's a good thing we took the ban off assault rifles, ain't it?
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Old 08-03-2010, 03:17 PM
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Man, it's a good thing we took the ban off assault rifles, ain't it?
Makes no difference.

He could have done it with two model 1873 Colt peacemakers, or two Model 1882 Smith& Wesson pistols.

Or a sawed-off shotgun.

Or....well, you get the picture, he's nuts!!!!
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Old 08-03-2010, 05:01 PM
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Man, it's a good thing we took the ban off assault rifles, ain't it?
CT is still under the ban, although I don't see what that has to do with this. It has not been reported what rifle was used.

Tragedy, some crazy people out their.
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Old 08-03-2010, 02:30 PM
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Because they CAN.

Does that help you understand?
Or perhaps because......
"The union was bringing him in to meet with the company to remedy the problem," Hollis told the Hartford Courant. "He started shooting.""
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Old 08-03-2010, 02:40 PM
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It's nuts. Channel 3 is reporting 9 dead now in a breaking news text.

Thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families.
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Old 08-03-2010, 06:08 PM
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umm, let's not forget, assualt rifles, real assault rifles are always select fire. either single & full auto or single & burst. What the nimrods in the press call assault rifles are not. Since they look scary to the unititiated, therefore they must be deadlier. he could have the same effect with any number of self loading rifles. he would have (if he used a rifle at all) just had to reload a bit more, which in itself is not an issue if you are the only person with a gun.
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Old 08-03-2010, 06:24 PM
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umm, let's not forget, assualt rifles, real assault rifles are always select fire. either single & full auto or single & burst. What the nimrods in the press call assault rifles are not. Since they look scary to the unititiated, therefore they must be deadlier. he could have the same effect with any number of self loading rifles. he would have (if he used a rifle at all) just had to reload a bit more, which in itself is not an issue if you are the only person with a gun.
Does it really matter how the weapon is classifed?

crazy person + weapon = dead people
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Old 08-03-2010, 06:27 PM
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It's all a lie!

Omar Shariff Thorton can't be the perp, he's not an angry, white, tea party guy who listens to and was inspired to violence by Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and the right wing hate machine. Ask "me bucko"!

Any bets he was inspired after listening to Reverend Wright, Shirley Sherrod and Eric Holder? We know he "liked" Barack Obama!

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Old 08-04-2010, 02:48 PM
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Omar Shariff Thorton can't be the perp, he's not an angry, white, tea party guy who listens to and was inspired to violence by Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and the right wing hate machine. Ask "me bucko"!

Any bets he was inspired after listening to Reverend Wright, Shirley Sherrod and Eric Holder? We know he "liked" Barack Obama!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000705746941&ref=search
Actually he sounds a lot more like he may have been a disgruntled Obot to me - with a Muslim name.

He was fully-employed, yet it was reported that he claimed; "the MAN, was holding him down." -What a surprise.....

Sounds like a typical loser, to me....
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Old 08-04-2010, 03:06 PM
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Actually he sounds a lot more like he may have been a disgruntled Obot to me - with a Muslim name.

He was fully-employed, yet it was reported that he claimed; "the MAN, was holding him down." -What a surprise.....

Sounds like a typical loser, to me....
Sounds to me, exactly like a typical bus driver for the San Francisco MUNI, and member of the TWU (Transit Workers Union.)


That is just EXACTLY how they roll, I saw it for over 25 years in SF ...
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Old 08-04-2010, 03:25 PM
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He was fully-employed, yet it was reported that he claimed; "the MAN, was holding him down." -What a surprise.....

Sounds like a typical loser, to me....

Yeah, cry me a fricken river.
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