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1. The suspected terrorist has been identified as Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is said to be twenty nine years old and was born in New York in the United States.
5. Mateen was a licensed concealed carrier and a licensed security guard in the state of Florida.
7. According to reports that indicate at least 50 people dead, that makes Mateen the deadlist mass shooter in US history and the deadliest terrorist since the 9/11 attacks.
8. Mateens father said that his son was angered by images of two men kissing.
9. An account associated with ISIS has tweeted a photo of Mateen while other accounts associated with Islamic extremism have tweeted support for the attack along with anti-gay rhetoric.
Anyone with immigrants in their immediate family, such as a wife or mother, should be detained immediately and questioned very thoroughly, and disqualified from running for president this year until we can figure this out:
MadBadger
(24,089 posts)Because that doesnt really fit with the profile
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Trump is also born in NY, so I would detain him for questioning until we get some answers.
MadBadger
(24,089 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)since I don't trust him to receive top secret intelligence
randr
(12,409 posts)This asswipe is merely a hate filled homophobic freak with access to weapons.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)it is likely a hate crime, but we don't know if there were political motives too
King_David
(14,851 posts)With ties to ISIS.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)while they focus repeatedly on the muslim and immigrant angle.
King_David
(14,851 posts)He killed 50 People because of his religion and hate.
The same Islamist homophobic murderers, push gay people off buildings and stone them to death in Islamic state and in other countries such as Iran.
Recently in Gaza , Hamas killed one of their own commanders because he was Gay.
This hatred of Gays by Islamic radicals and fundamentalists must be wiped out .
randr
(12,409 posts)Warpy
(111,162 posts)into a frothing, self righteous frenzy.
No civilian should have access to a Bushmaster. Hell, the semi auto handguns ought to be off the street, too.
Gun humpers will always say it's not the gun's fault.
The guns this guy (and too many other like him) had free access to made it far too easy.
Can you imagine what would have happened if he hadn't been alone?
6chars
(3,967 posts)What is a terrorist if not this?
randr
(12,409 posts)I hope gay clubs are full to capacity tonight.
I do not intend to dismiss terrorism as a very real threat, I personally equate wife beaters and homophobes with what we call terrorists.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Toxic masculinity, smh.
At first, the marriage was normal, she said, but then he became abusive.
He was not a stable person, said the ex-wife, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety in the wake of the mass shooting. He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasnt finished or something like that.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)2. Numerous media sources are indicating that Mateen had ties to Islamic terrorism and may have been investigated by the FBI in the past and/or been on the terror watch list.
3. Mateen shot a police officer during the SWAT raid that ended the incident. The officers kevlar helmet likely saved his life.
4. Mateens parents are immigrants According to CBS:
Mateen was born to Afghan parents in 1986. CBS News reports Mateen has no apparent criminal history and that authorities are investigating whether he had ties to Islamic terrorism.
6. Mateen was registered as a Democrat for voting purposes.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)and immigrant/muslim ones. So I showed the other ones.