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Eleanors38

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61. Reminds me of the Naval Yard killings when MSM reported...

Thu Aug 6, 2015, 02:04 PM

Aug 2015

the weapon was an AR 15. Reading through Google topics, it was AR 15, AR 15, one after another.

Later in the day came the report the weapon was a hoary Remington pump shotgun.

Google topics MSM corrected, MSM corrected, one after another.

When the media is so locked into a Narrative™ it's just too much to let go. But it's still good enough for this forum!

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Oh dear - another theater shooting - this time in Tennessee [View all] malaise Aug 2015 OP

I'll betcha I know the type of person who did it... jberryhill Aug 2015 #1

Apparently the only injury was by hatchet. HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #4

How many hands did this guy have? jberryhill Aug 2015 #42

They were showing "Mad Max, Fury Road" Warpy Aug 2015 #27

I'm so disgusted by this country. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #2

Jackass on M$NBComcast saying theaters must increase security - not one fugging word malaise Aug 2015 #3

Yes. We can't restrict our preciouses now, can we? Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #6

Great point on how they present the problem. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #9

He also carefully separated mentally ill persons and terrorists malaise Aug 2015 #12

Anything except the fact that millions and millions of guns in this country..... NCTraveler Aug 2015 #18

Sometimes yelling and screaming are necessary malaise Aug 2015 #19

Our elected politicians don't seem to care about making it harder for people B Calm Aug 2015 #23

Hatchets must be banned, I bet this was the work of some ICP asshole snooper2 Aug 2015 #25

How common are hatchet killings? tabasco Aug 2015 #31

Should a hatchet incident be the base for talking Gunz in GD? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #35

Apparently no one was killed by the hatchet jberryhill Aug 2015 #51

If we don't get some tough gun laws in this country, I think theaters are Cleita Aug 2015 #5

Then they win malaise Aug 2015 #7

Oh for sure, but these incidents have been going on for decades now and gun Cleita Aug 2015 #13

At the same time, though, I am sick of the pat-downs and searches everywhere alarimer Aug 2015 #10

Didn't James Holmes get into the Aurora theater through a back door? Deadshot Aug 2015 #11

Somebody must have let him in. those doors should have panic hardware which Cleita Aug 2015 #17

He bought a ticket then propped the door open csziggy Aug 2015 #38

The Georgia Aquarium has had metal detectors for years KamaAina Aug 2015 #14

Sad but true sub.theory Aug 2015 #24

There were 1.2 billion movie tickets sold last year jberryhill Aug 2015 #28

It takes only one bullet to kill you. A bullet that has no place in Cleita Aug 2015 #29

Or traffic accident jberryhill Aug 2015 #41

Not the same thing. You have to go out in traffic. Cleita Aug 2015 #45

I'm not suggesting you take a gun anywhere jberryhill Aug 2015 #46

Tell that to the families of the victims of the shootings just this year. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #48

So whether something is true, depends on how someone feels? jberryhill Aug 2015 #49

Agreed vankuria Aug 2015 #37

I live 6 miles from a Nuclear Plant... I ain't scared of NOTHING!! :-) Ghost in the Machine Aug 2015 #55

The day I have to pack heat to go to a movie theater... Initech Aug 2015 #43

Dueling had rules and formalities. This is just free for all. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #44

People like Mark Cuban own movie theaters(not saying that is bad). NCTraveler Aug 2015 #8

I hope so malaise Aug 2015 #16

Gun rights are now messing with corporate America on a weekly basis. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #20

Something's got to give malaise Aug 2015 #21

Unbelieveable! sub.theory Aug 2015 #15

Statistically it's not that bad but the media will frighten everyone malaise Aug 2015 #32

I feel like moving to a more civilized country olddots Aug 2015 #22

Dammit Aerows Aug 2015 #26

Standard response from the Gun Enthusiasts: Tough shit. Paladin Aug 2015 #30

The shooting was done by the cops, taking out a hatchet wielder.nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #33

Actually fifthoffive Aug 2015 #34

So noted. Probably SBC. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #36

H had an Airsoft replica pistol Crabby Appleton Aug 2015 #39

And he apparently has three hands jberryhill Aug 2015 #47

In his backpack, a "hoax bomb." Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #63

Suddenly my On Demand Offerings on my TV HipChick Aug 2015 #40

Except jberryhill Aug 2015 #50

This guy had an Airsoft, pepper spray, and a hatchet. Snobblevitch Aug 2015 #52

Apparently he opened fire with the Airsoft Warpy Aug 2015 #53

Initial reports said there was a gun battle between the dead guy and the cops. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #54

If it's AP, the weapon will be a .50 Browning aircraft machinegun. Or AR 15. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #60

They reported it was a pellet gun. Lint Head Aug 2015 #56

got awful quiet Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #57

Deal with the lying SWAT cops and the media malaise Aug 2015 #58

Or the normal Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #59

Reminds me of the Naval Yard killings when MSM reported... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #61

I saw that, they did not correct Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #62