What were the odds? KY soldier planning an attack on Fort Hood used the same gun store as Hasan.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

In this case the gun store alerted authorities of Abdo's purchase. Which may be the reason this attack was averted. However, what are the odds that a soldier from KY would drive all the way to Texas to purchase weapons to attack Fort Hood from the same gun store the previous attacker used?

Employees at Guns Galore, a popular Killeen firearms shop, alerted police to Abdo after he made a purchase there, officials said. Guns Galore is the same store where Maj. Nidal Hasan purchased the gun, ammunition and laser sights that witnesses testified he used during the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting massacre at the post.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2011/07/28/soldier_had_bombmaking_materia.html

[TheWraith]

1. Given that he was apparently planning a copycat attack on Ft Hood, the odds are probably pretty good

One might as well ask, why drive all the way to Fort Hood to kill some people?

[Old Troop]

2. Odds actually tell us that things can happen; they simply express

the degree of difficulty, if you will.

[Blue_Tires]

3. What is it about Ft. Hood that's attracting these folks?