'Gun lover informs me temple murders were "another staged incident for the abolishment of the 2ndA'

[onehandle]

Tweet from Roger Ebert:

Gun lover informs me temple murders were "another staged incident for the abolishment of the 2nd amendment."

https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/statuses/232544453309652993

[samsingh]

1. assholes

[smirkymonkey]

11. Yep, that's pretty much all I have to say about it too.

[freshwest]

2. This will be a continued refrain until the election, like the last time.

And the martial law, FEMA camps and microchipping everyone in the new commie world order, blah, blah.

What I wanna know is, when am I gonna get the socialist utopia I voted for? Where is it? Hiding under the table? Huh, huh?

[RZM]

3. A cigar is never a cigar to conspiracy theorists

Deserves about as much thought as most other wacky conspiracy theories. That is, approximately none.

[yawnmaster]

4. what he means is conspiracy nuts informed him... eom

[RKP5637]

5. Sounds like an Alex Jones headline. n/t

[spanone]

6. staged yes: by a white supremacist nazi who sadly killed innocent church going people in cold blood

unarmed church going people.

he was a fucking coward.

[newtonfigg]

7. Crap

You think these people can't sink any lower, they just keep surprising us!

[safeinOhio]

8. Just because you are paranoid,

It doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Tell that asshole the tinfoil hat goes on top of the hood,

not under it.

His incoming signals are getting distorted.

[TheLeftBank]

10. The truth will out...

The shooter has been identified as Wade Michael Page, a white supremacist neo-nazi skinhead, who played in a white power band whose main lyrics were advocating genocide against Jews. He had associations with the neo-Nazi National Alliance, which used to be the premier white supremacist hate group in the country. The National Alliance was formed and led by William Pierce, who wrote "The Turner Diaries," a hate book about a violent white revolution to overthrow the government and ultimately provoke a race war. There are reports that Page had a copy of the book in his apartment, but I haven't seen official confirmation yet. It should be remembered that, when he was arrested after the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh also had parts of The Turner Diaries in his getaway car.

Morris Dees' Southern Poverty Law Center has been keeping an eye on Page since 2000.

All that notwithstanding, expect the lunatic fringe to rave about (as onehandle pointed out) this was part of Obama's insidious plan to abolish the Second Amendment, or that this was an attack pulled off by Islamic militants to make it look like right-wing terrorism.

The Sikhs, a religious sect from India, have no connection whatsoever to Islam, but they have been frequently attacked since 2011 because they wear turbans and have long beards. IIRC, the first Sikh murdered after 9/11 was shot only four days after the World Trade Center tragedy.

[hifiguy]

12. Batshit insane.

That is all.

[marmar]

13. And somebody that loco is running around with guns?

[bbernardini]

14. This is the standard response from conspiracy theorists any time there is gun violence.

Gabby Giffords, Aurora, this one...a bunch of others that escape me, but they're always "staged incidents" so the government can take away all the guns.