Lafayette Theater Shooter: A Fan of Hitler, Neo-Nazis, and Anti-Government Conspiracy Theories

Another murderous far right extremist
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We saw reports on this almost immediately after the awful shootings in Lafayette, Louisiana, but held off until more facts could be ascertained. It’s now quite clear the shooter, John Russell Houser, was yet another angry far right anti-government loon who admired Adolph Hitler, Timothy McVeigh, white power groups, the Westboro Baptist Church and the “scientific racism” of Charles Murray’s “The Bell Curve.”

Houser posted comments at many right wing online forums, including Tea Party Nation and the New York chapter of Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn. As we’ve pointed out many times, the comments at right wing sites are now dominated by outright hate speech, predictions of violence and racism. How many more Housers are being created in this toxic stew?

There’s more information on his background of right wing extremism here: Lafayette Theater Shooter Fan of Hitler, Neo-Nazis, and Antigovernment Conspiracies.

And according to CNN, there is evidence that Houser’s rampage was not a spontaneous act:

Authorities searching Houser’s hotel room and vehicle found wigs, glasses and other apparent disguises. And he’d swapped out the license plates on his Lincoln Continental, parking it right outside an exit door to the Grand 16.

Yet, while he paused his barrage of bullets to head toward the exits, he never made it to the car.

Two police officers who happened to be at the theater made their way toward where “Trainwreck” was playing, as patrons rushed away from the carnage and their law enforcement colleagues on the outside rushed to get there.

“They heard a shot,” Craft said. “And upon entering the theater, the suspect was found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”

Edmonson said that the gunman got outside, saw police coming, and then returned to kill himself.

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161 comments
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Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:40:35am

Who else do we know that is a fan of the Bell Curve?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:41:21am

Lots more links in the comments downstairs to his other social media posts.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:41:26am

Chucky must be shitting his pants, and the floor, in rage.

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KingKenrod  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:42:31am

Have any wingnuts called him a liberal yet?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:43:34am

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

Chucky must be shitting his pants, and the floor, in rage.

Which reminds me, let’s go over to CCJ’s Twitter and see what….oh wait

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:44:00am

The fallout from the Hulk Hogan/Gawker trial has commenced.

WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan). WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.

The Hulkster better pray the trial goes his way, since the WWE just shitcanned his ass for what he said on the video. (It’s pretty bad)

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:44:10am

re: #4 KingKenrod

Have any wingnuts called him a liberal yet?

Give them time and I am certain they will.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:44:38am

re: #4 KingKenrod

Have any wingnuts called him a liberal yet?

It’s a false flag to distract from Planned Parenthood’s million dollar racket of harvesting baby organs.

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darthstar  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:46:07am

Hitler, neo-nazis, and anti-government conspiracies? Sounds like a liberal plant to me.

Yeah, we’re just trying to make all the other homicidal gun fuckers look bad.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:46:27am

re: #8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It’s a false flag to distract from Planned Parenthood’s million dollar racket of harvesting baby organs.

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I expect this to be Alex Jones line.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:46:43am

CROWDER TAKES CHUCKY’S PLACE AS STUPIDEST ASS ON TEH TWITTERS==>

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:46:56am

re: #10 HappyWarrior

I expect this to be Alex Jones line.

And Erick son of Erick has Planned Parenthood burned on his brain.

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darthstar  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:47:10am
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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:48:11am
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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:48:39am

Expect right wing blogs to do everything in their power to paint this guy as mentally ill. There’s no way they’re going to successfully make him out to be a leftist, not with his record. (But I’m sure Jim Hoft will still try.)

Right now they’re all ranting about “gun-free zones” and how dangerous they are.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:04am

re: #11 The Vicious Babushka

CROWDER TAKES CHUCKY’S PLACE AS STUPIDEST ASS ON TEH TWITTERS==>

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Uh so tell me how criminalizing abortion would prevent abortion? You want to play this stupid game, Stevie, I’ll play it too. No gun control won’t prevent tragedies like this but it will decrease them. After Australia had a huge mass shooting in the 90’s, they enacted some strict gun control measures. They haven’t had anything like that since. That’s not a coincidence. Gun control will never 100% prevent tragedies like this from happening but it will cut them down. Fucking hack.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:06am
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:06am

Gun Control would work the same way an Abortion Ban would work.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:12am

re: #13 darthstar
Want a Walnetto?

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:43am
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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:49:48am
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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:50:17am
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:50:38am

re: #16 HappyWarrior

Uh so tell me how criminalizing abortion would prevent abortion? You want to play this stupid game, Stevie, I’ll play it too. No gun control won’t prevent tragedies like this but it will decrease them. After Australia had a huge mass shooting in the 90’s, they enacted some strict gun control measures. They haven’t had anything like that since. That’s not a coincidence. Gun control will never 100% prevent tragedies like this from happening but it will cut them down. Fucking hack.

HURR HURR AUSTRALIA HAD A HOLE BUNCH OF GUN CRIME & THEN TEH GUBMIT CAME AND GENOCIDED EVERYBODY TO DEATH!!!!11!!!

Australians in a death camp==>

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:51:27am

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Expect right wing blogs to do everything in their power to paint this guy as mentally ill. There’s no way they’re going to successfully make him out to be a leftist, not with his record. (But I’m sure Jim Hoft will still try.)

Right now they’re all ranting about “gun-free zones” and how dangerous they are.

UPDATE 10 AM: Georgia official says shooting suspect spent time in mental institution

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:51:48am

re: #13 darthstar

Thought she’d be older.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:51:52am

re: #23 The Vicious Babushka

HURR HURR AUSTRALIA HAD A HOLE BUNCH OF GUN CRIME & THEN TEH GUBMIT CAME AND GENOCIDED EVERYBODY TO DEATH!!!!11!!!

Australians in a death camp==>

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SHARKK!

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:52:00am

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Expect right wing blogs to do everything in their power to paint this guy as mentally ill. There’s no way they’re going to successfully make him out to be a leftist, not with his record. (But I’m sure Jim Hoft will still try.)

Right now they’re all ranting about “gun-free zones” and how dangerous they are.

Because nothing says “Let’s have a shoot out here!” like a dark, crowded movie theater.

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Jenner7  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:52:56am

OT

But it’s already out there, isn’t it. That’s their game.

And more….

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darthstar  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:52:57am

This worked so well for John McCain.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:53:16am

re: #27 Aunty Entity Dragon

Because nothing says “Let’s have a shoot out here!” like a dark, crowded movie theater.

A dark, crowded movie theater and the second the bullets start flying. People are panicking. It’s tough as is for the police to put a stop to these. It’d be even tougher for the mythological good guys with guns. These people don’t live in reality.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:53:56am

re: #29 darthstar

This worked so well for John McCain.

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If he were actually doing it to act like a leader, I’d applaud this but I saw already that he put in a cheap attack on Obama so fuck Jindal.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:54:30am

re: #29 darthstar

He’s gotta stay in Louisiana and campaign for an end to gun free zones.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:55:02am

re: #29 darthstar

This worked so well for John McCain.

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He realized he was polling at about 0%

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:56:11am

re: #28 Jenner7

OT

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:56:12am

CCJ would have claimed John’s views were “interesting”.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:56:18am
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subterraneanhomesickalien  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:57:01am

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Expect right wing blogs to do everything in their power to paint this guy as mentally ill. There’s no way they’re going to successfully make him out to be a leftist, not with his record. (But I’m sure Jim Hoft will still try.)

Right now they’re all ranting about “gun-free zones” and how dangerous they are.

Don’t pretend these people have shame or integrity.

There blogs will run with a story that he was a leftist eventually, and then it will be sacrosanct truth to the fevered right wing masses.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:57:03am

re: #23 The Vicious Babushka

Look at what the government made Australians do after it took away their guns:

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Great White Snark  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:57:48am

Bury him in a confederate flag wrapped in a white flag.

Here lies a seditious traitor and murderer. Dead at his own cowardly hand.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:58:11am
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Jenner7  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:59:18am

OT again, sorry

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 9:59:56am

So many of the gun rights folks are convinced that only if there were more people with guns that it would prevent attacks like this.

So, that explains why police were killed in several notable high profile incidents in the past year (they’re good guys with guns, surrounded by other good guys with guns).

It also explains why when police get into shootouts and/or mass casualty incidents, they call on SWAT and ESU - because those are the guys with the tactics and methods to deal with deadly shooting incidents in ways that the beat cops don’t. The old saying in NY is that when you have a problem, you call the NYPD. When the NYPD runs into trouble, they call ESU. That’s what they do - and a bunch of gun humpers who fire at paper targets on the weekend are more of a threat to each other and everyone else around them than professionally trained law enforcement who train and practice these situations on a regular basis (though even that is widely varied depending on the size of the department or need).

Tactical cops like SWAT or ESU train specifically to deal with these situations. They learn to clear rooms, address and classify potential hostiles from civilians, secure rooms, and handle multiple assailants.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:00:45am

re: #40 Charles Johnson

He is self-described “very conservative”, so certainly I would agree that he is mentally ill.

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Kid A  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:00:55am

Wingnuts shopping on HWY 242 in Texas. One flag, of course, said “Heritage not hate,” another said “It’s a Southern thing, you wouldn’t understand.”

Idiots.

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subterraneanhomesickalien  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:02:07am

re: #44 Kid A

From looking at the gentleman in the picture it must also be a southern thing to be morbidly obese.

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darthstar  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:02:16am

Well played, Kenya.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:03:17am

re: #44 Kid A

Wingnuts shopping on HWY 242 in Texas. One flag, of course, said “Heritage not hate,” another said “It’s a Southern thing, you wouldn’t understand.”

Idiots.

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I understand it all right. I understand it the same way I understand bestiality and necrophilia.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:03:25am

re: #44 Kid A

Wingnuts shopping on HWY 242 in Texas. One flag, of course, said “Heritage not hate,” another said “It’s a Southern thing, you wouldn’t understand.”

Idiots.

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Reminds me of the “Jsrsey thing.” Well asses, I am a Southerner. I’ve lived here my whole life. And guess what it is a symbol of hate and treason. You can keep your individual flags even though I think you look like an ass but again your flag has no room on state property.

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Great White Snark  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:05:13am

re: #42 lawhawk

A little known detail In many departments- their credentials to actually be on an entry team expire. Much of a break from drills and you have to put in drill time or test to get back on entry duty. Coming back from vacation may mean you work the comm van not the door kicking.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:09:12am

If a murderer is Muslim, he’s a “terrorist.”

If a murderer is black, he’s a “violent thug.”

If a murderer is white, he’s a “mentally ill lone wolf.”

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BlueSpotinAL  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:10:01am

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

Chucky must be shitting his pants, and the floor, in rage.

Genius figures out twitter algorithm, stumped by twitter terms of service. LOL.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:10:22am

re: #50 Charles Johnson

If a murderer is Muslim, he’s a “terrorist.”

If a murderer is black, he’s a “violent thug.”

If a murderer is white, he’s a “mentally ill lone wolf.”

If a murderer is hispanic, he’s an “illegal alien.”

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:10:53am
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ObserverArt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:10:57am

re: #50 Charles Johnson

If a murderer is Muslim, he’s a “terrorist.”

If a murderer is black, he’s a “violent thug.”

If murderer is white, he’s a “mentally ill lone wolf.”

Are those Microsoft Word Templates?

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:10:59am

re: #3 The Vicious Babushka

Chucky must be shitting his pants, and the floor, in rage.

Well, to be fair, that’s pretty much a typical day for Chuckles.

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:13:47am

re: #54 ObserverArt

Are those Microsoft Word Templates?

Google complete.

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Kragar  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:14:17am
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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:14:41am

Jim Hoft is blaring that the theater is a “gun-free zone.”

SHOOTING Inside Louisiana Movie Theater - At Least 2 Dead, 6 Wounded => A Gun-Free Zone!

He links to this article for evidence: Gunman, 58, Opens Fire in Louisiana Movie Theater Killing Himself, 2 Others; 7 Injured | KTLA.

There isn’t a single word in the article about “gun-free zone.” Hoft just completely made this up out of nothing.

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blueraven  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:14:51am

re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth


It is a NYT headline. Chuck Todd was all over it on Morning Joe. Mission accomplished.

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:15:30am

re: #53 Aunty Entity Dragon

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Kilroy01  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:17:20am

re: #60 lawhawk

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:18:26am

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Louisiana State Police site:

R.S. 40:1379.3 (N) states that no concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:
A law enforcement office, station, or building;
A detention facility, prison, or jail;
A courthouse or courtroom, provided that a judge may carry such a weapon in his own courtroom;
A polling place;
A meeting place of the governing authority of a political subdivision;
The state capitol building;
Any portion of an airport facility where the carrying of firearms is prohibited under federal law, except that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, if the firearm is encased for shipment, for the purpose of checking such firearm as lawful baggage;
Any church, synagogue, mosque or similar place of worship; See RS 40:1379.3 (U)
A parade or demonstration for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity;
Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.
Any school “firearm free zone” as defined in R.S. 14:95.6.

There’s nothing about movie theaters being a gun-free zone (or in this case, a location where a person can bring a concealed weapon).

It would seem that right wing sites have invented this particular detail?

UPDATE:

The establishment itself has its own rules, and appears to have banned firearms from its premises.

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KGxvi  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:18:54am

re: #60 lawhawk

night vision googles! which will work just fine until a theater employee turns the lights on because people are screaming and running for their lives.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:19:43am
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BeachDem  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:20:36am
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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:21:20am

re: #60 lawhawk

@Scottishlizard1 @stebo5 @JesseRodriguez @DLoesch if everyone is carrying and firing, how exactly do you target the bad guy with the gun?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 24, 2015

It’s just like Call of Duty….if you shoot the wrong person, they just spawn on the other side of the building a few seconds later.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:21:55am

What I find hilarious about the effort to paint this guy as mentally ill is that, unlike Loughner or Holmes, it’s rather difficult to find something in this guy’s history to point to and say “See, he was definitely a liberal!” So either they’re saying that conservatism drives you crazy or that there’s something about conservatism that attracts crazies.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:21:56am

Here’s where right wingers are getting this “gun-free zone” talking point: thegrandtheatre.com

This is not a law. It’s the Grand Theaters’ policy:

OUR THEATRE PROHIBITS
• Outside food or drink
• Smoking including e-cigarettes
• Possession of firearms or weapons of any kind regardless of whether openly or concealed, with or without a permit

So right wingers now want to dictate to private companies how they can run their businesses, including demanding the “right” to carry loaded weapons into movie theaters.

These people are out of their freaking gourds.

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blueraven  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:22:05am

re: #41 Jenner7

OT again, sorry

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The church is not far from two other churches hit by gunfire this week. Bullet holes were also found at Bethel AME Church and James Island United Congregational Church on Central Park Road.

It’s too early to say if the incidents are related, Watson said.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:23:13am

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Here’s where right wingers are getting this “gun-free zone” talking point: thegrandtheatre.com

This is not a law. It’s the Grand Theaters’ policy:

So right wingers now want to dictate to private companies how they can run their businesses, including demanding the “right” to carry loaded weapons into movie theaters.

These people are out of their freaking gourds.

A private business should be allowed to turn away gay customers on religious grounds, but totally barred from prohibiting guns on the premises. Maybe the theater owner needs to say he has a religious objection to gun ownership.

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syphonblue  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:23:14am

Republicans invited the daughter of the guy who was murdered by an immigrant to speak before Congress this week.

I look forward to them inviting the families of all these people murdered with a right-wing white American citizen next week.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:23:40am
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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:24:06am

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Here’s where right wingers are getting this “gun-free zone” talking point: thegrandtheatre.com

This is not a law. It’s the Grand Theaters’ policy:

So right wingers now want to dictate to private companies how they can run their businesses, including demanding the “right” to carry loaded weapons into movie theaters.

These people are out of their freaking gourds.

No. You have that all wrong.

You can’t impose laws requiring businesses not to discriminate. Therefore, forcing a business that sells cakes to sell a cake to a gay couple is wrong, but you better allow gun carriers on your premises, even though state law allows businesses to set their own policies.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:24:29am

re: #44 Kid A

Wingnuts shopping on HWY 242 in Texas. One flag, of course, said “Heritage not hate,” another said “It’s a Southern thing, you wouldn’t understand.”

Idiots.

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If you wanna fly that flag as a private citizen, then it is your right. Perhaps you can make the case that it is part of your heritage. Or you are just being a racist asshole. It’s not illegal.

We have just decided that it has no place on government property outside of a museum, historical site or war cemetery.

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wrenchwench  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:25:30am

re: #50 Charles Johnson

If a murderer is white, he’s a “mentally ill lone wolf.”

We need a bunch of well-armed and well-armored veterinarians.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:26:14am

Alligators in Manhattan

How could I not share?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:26:29am

re: #73 lawhawk

No. You have that all wrong.

You can’t impose laws requiring businesses not to discriminate. Therefore, forcing a business that sells cakes to sell a cake to a gay couple is wrong, but you better allow gun carriers on your premises, even though state law allows businesses to set their own policies.

Ammosexuals are just born that way, you cannot discriminate against their identity.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:26:35am

re: #53 Aunty Entity Dragon

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And the other “good people with a gun” flashes.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:29:20am
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KGxvi  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:30:17am

re: #68 Charles Johnson

So right wingers now want to dictate to private companies how they can run their businesses, including demanding the “right” to carry loaded weapons into movie theaters.

don’t let the free markets! respeck mah propatah rites! bullshit fool you - they want to tell all kinds of businesses what they can and can’t do. that’s why the complained when businesses unilaterally stopped selling the confederate battle flag, it’s why they complain about Chuck being censored by twitter - hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more than a few that want to ban the sale of alcohol on Sundays.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:31:06am

@WalshFreedom is derping so deep that I’m afraid posting it may infect LGF. Check it out on your own if you dare.

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Kragar  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:31:14am
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:32:34am

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Jim Hoft is blaring that the theater is a “gun-free zone.”

SHOOTING Inside Louisiana Movie Theater - At Least 2 Dead, 6 Wounded => A Gun-Free Zone!

He links to this article for evidence: Gunman, 58, Opens Fire in Louisiana Movie Theater Killing Himself, 2 Others; 7 Injured | KTLA.

There isn’t a single word in the article about “gun-free zone.” Hoft just completely made this up out of nothing.

Dana “MuhGunz!!11!!” was the first to come up with GUN FREE ZONE last night.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:33:00am
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Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:33:33am

re: #81 Dr. Matt

@WalshFreedom is derping so deep that I’m afraid posting it may infect LGF. Check it out on your own if you dare.

I dared and read this gem.

Joe Walsh ‏@WalshFreedom 4h4 hours ago
Don’t be stupid libs. It’s not the gun or the knife. Only good people w weapons defeat evil & we need to get serious about mental health.

Can we start with Joe’s mental health?

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Kragar  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:34:24am
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Eventual Carrion  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:35:02am

re: #85 Iwouldprefernotto

I dared and read this gem.

Joe Walsh ‏@WalshFreedom 4h4 hours ago
Don’t be stupid libs. It’s not the gun or the knife. Only good people w weapons defeat evil & we need to get serious about mental health.

Can we start with Joe’s mental health?

Doesn’t he have a child support check to fill out or something?

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:35:07am

Dana said it first==>

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:36:04am

re: #86 Kragar

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Great idea, bulletproof movie seats. That way the shooter has something to use as protection as he continues his rampage. Wait, I know how we solve that, we make armor-piercing rounds legal for civilians. But wait, then the shooter will have them. Give me a sec, I’m sure we can come up with a way to solve that too…

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:36:40am
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Eventual Carrion  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:39:06am

re: #89 Targetpractice

Great idea, bulletproof movie seats. That way the shooter has something to use as protection as he continues his rampage. Wait, I know how we solve that, we make armor-piercing rounds legal for civilians. But wait, then the shooter will have them. Give me a sec, I’m sure we can come up with a way to solve that too…

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Handheld nuke is the answer.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:40:05am

re: #90 Aunty Entity Dragon

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Dana’s timeline is all about HURR HURR IF U ARE TALKING ABOUT TEH GUN CONTROL U R TEH GHOUL!!!!!
and
HURR HURR HE WASN’T SUPPOSED 2 HAV A GUN HE WAS TEH MENTALLY ILL SOME LUBRUL GAV HIM A ILLEAGLE GUN!!!!1!!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:40:48am

re: #91 Eventual Carrion

Handheld nuke is the answer.

powered armor suits

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:41:27am

re: #91 Eventual Carrion

Handheld nuke is the answer.

Nope. Powered armor.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:41:31am

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

Dana’s timeline is all about HURR HURR IF U ARE TALKING ABOUT TEH GUN CONTROL U R TEH GHOUL!!!!! and
HURR HURR HE WASN’T SUPPOSED 2 HAV A GUN HE WAS TEH MENTALLY ILL SOME LUBRUL GAV HIM A ILLEAGLE GUN!!!!1!!!!

Considering past cases, I’m going to guess he either A) bought the gun legally due to a loophole, B) had it given to him by a friend/family member/etc, or C) stole the guns from a legal gun owner.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:43:12am
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Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:43:50am

re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

powered armor suits

CAP troopers in power armor…

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:44:49am

WHOOP THERE IT IS

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mr.fusion  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:45:21am

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Here’s where right wingers are getting this “gun-free zone” talking point: thegrandtheatre.com

This is not a law. It’s the Grand Theaters’ policy:

So right wingers now want to dictate to private companies how they can run their businesses, including demanding the “right” to carry loaded weapons into movie theaters.

These people are out of their freaking gourds.

I was just thinking, Louisiana doesn’t seem like the kind of place that would have “gun free” zones, and Bobby Jindal doesn’t seem like the type of Governor that would encourage “gun free” zones.

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Kid A  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:46:43am

re: #45 subterraneanhomesickalien

From looking at the gentleman in the picture it must also be a southern thing to be morbidly obese.

It’s also a Southern thing to lead the nation in millions not having health insurance, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, poverty, incarceration, alcoholism, and dropping out of high school.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:47:17am

MOAR DERPS

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wrenchwench  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:48:11am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

The most predictable, stupidest man on the internet.

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BeachDem  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:49:48am

re: #79 Aunty Entity Dragon

[Embedded content]

My thinking is that a “pro-gun movie theater will:

A. Quickly go out of business, as people will avoid it like the plague

or

B. Attract ammosexuals by the dozens, leading to one of the most spectacular Darwin Award events ever

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:50:00am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

The man just can’t bring himself to admit that conservatives and right wingers are capable of doing anything evil. It’s like it’s ingrained in his head to do this. Really eat a piece of shit Jim and stop going no true conservative Scotsman everytime a wingnut asshole does something like this.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:50:23am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

Because Rusty Houser wanted the country to go bankrupt.

topix.com

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:50:35am

re: #103 BeachDem

My thinking is that a “pro-gun movie theater will:

A. Quickly go out of business, as people will avoid it like the plague

or

B. Attract ammosexuals by the dozens, leading to one of the most spectacular Darwin Award events ever

I myself would be in category A. Just as I would avoid a bar that would allow guns.

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makeitstop  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:51:13am

Is there such a thing as the Tu Quoque Fairy?

Because if there is, Hoft and Krissssssssstin are going to work the poor thing to death today.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:51:40am

SO MUCH STUPIDS
SO LITTLE TIME

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:51:54am

Jim Hoft would call Obama a Hitler supporter if Hitler and Obama’s time on earth intersected.

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Kragar  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:52:22am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:52:25am

re: #99 mr.fusion

I was just thinking, Louisiana doesn’t seem like the kind of place that would have “gun free” zones, and Bobby Jindal doesn’t seem like the type of Governor that would encourage “gun free” zones.

So in the Free Market World, it is the customer’s choice; if you feel safer in a theater knowing that there are people in the cinema who are armed and ready to defend you in the dark against an unseen assailant, then go to a gun-friendly cinema and ask to be seated next to a Good Guy with a Gun

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:52:42am

All these gun-fuckers seriously believe they could totally drop a shooter if they had their trusty AR-15 at the MegaPlex.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:53:39am

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

SO MUCH STUPIDS
SO LITTLE TIME

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Seeing isn’t really the issue. It’s hitting your target in a crowded theater where people are panicking due to a gunman. Really go ahead, you probably do know more about guns than me- big fucking deal- you don’t know about the reality of chaotic situations because you think this is a video game where you just pull out your gun and the bad guy is a red dot on the on screen radar and if you inadvertently kill the wrong person, you get to start again when the shooting begins.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:54:02am
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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:54:09am

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:54:35am

re: #99 mr.fusion

I was just thinking, Louisiana doesn’t seem like the kind of place that would have “gun free” zones, and Bobby Jindal doesn’t seem like the type of Governor that would encourage “gun free” zones.

They aren’t. They actively encourage gun sales, including a 2d Amendment sales tax holiday on firearms, ammo, and related items.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:55:12am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

The ENTIRE quote:

Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Houser View Post
1 Recognize a lost cause. It is too late.The US is oozing the puss of foolishness and perversion.
2 Find a positive way to exert your energies.I recommend laughing as often as possible.Here is something that is truly funny: since I accepted this it came to me that the president is doing exactly what Tim McVeigh did,only the president is much more effective.The way I see it,the faster he wrecks this nation, which in no way resembles what it’s founders envisioned,the faster working people with morals may re-assume command. ie I was for his re-election. I like his spending habits.etc……Truth and death always go hand in hand, and in our brave moments we can laugh. Whatever truth requires, I will accept.
3 Encourage whatever takes us forward. Right now, down is forward.

4 For the few who will understand this, it is my hope that you will see to one preparation for the coming downfall, which will be worse than a Mad Max scenario. That preparation is not storing up canned goods, munitions,etc, but to gather what will be necessary to put in your families food to insure a painless and certain death should the need arise.,if there are no cell phones,no TV,no power,gas,no stores,no police,etc.

5 If you are male, fight until the end, and enjoy it.People are good at what they enjoy, and your Maker would want it that way.

donotlink.com

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:55:29am

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

All these gun-fuckers seriously believe they could totally drop a shooter if they had their trusty AR-15 at the MegaPlex.

Which is laughable. The vast majority of these people’s experiences with guns are in controlled environments. Gun ranges are controlled as hell. Pointed out earlier but you have to wear earphones in the area. A gun range will never prepare you for the reality of a shooting. A soldier will say the same about his combat training, it may help but it won’t ever truly prepare you for reality. Why? Because reality isn’t a controlled scenario. It’s unpredictable.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:55:52am

re: #96 Aunty Entity Dragon

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:56:28am

re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth

The ENTIRE quote:

donotlink.com

Sounds like a liberal Obama supporter to me!

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:56:54am

re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth

The ENTIRE quote:

donotlink.com

Yeah he was “for” Obama because in his twisted logic Obama’s re-election would bring down the country. That’s not support. That’s frankly resembling Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos bullshit.

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BeachDem  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:57:15am

re: #89 Targetpractice

Great idea, bulletproof movie seats. That way the shooter has something to use as protection as he continues his rampage. Wait, I know how we solve that, we make armor-piercing rounds legal for civilians. But wait, then the shooter will have them. Give me a sec, I’m sure we can come up with a way to solve that too…

/////

Just about as sensible as bullet-proof backpacks for kids—so only their heads, chests, and sides are well exposed.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:58:35am

re: #101 The Vicious Babushka

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:59:10am

Bullet-proof popcorn boxes and drink cups, they are big enough for the whole family to hide behind!

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jaunte  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:59:34am

re: #119 No Country For Old Haters

Gun free zone

For some reason we haven’t had many shootings onboard aircraft.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 10:59:48am

And speaking of the brain fart of “bullet proof seating,” just who is gonna pay to rip out all the existing seats and replace them with seating capable of standing up to a rifle round? I’m guessing such would be another unfunded conservative mandate.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:00:35am

re: #125 jaunte

For some reason we haven’t had many shootings onboard aircraft.

That’s probably due to the idiots not wanting to shoot holes in the plane. That’s it - our solution to the gun violence problem is to overpressurize every building on the planet!

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Dr. Matt  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:01:41am

re: #125 jaunte

For some reason we haven’t had many shootings onboard aircraft.

Or NFL stadiums, or NHL arenas, or MLB ball parks, or NBA arenas.

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A Cranky One  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:01:41am

For all the folks claiming that a good guy with a gun could have stopped the shooter, I’d like to point out a news story from a couple of years ago.

Empire State building shooting

Man shoots his ex-boss, is confronted by police on the street (in daylight, shooter directly in front of the police). Man gets killed by police. NINE bystanders shot by police accidentally during the gunfight.

So: daylight, clear view of shooter, multiple trained “good guys with guns”. Yes the shooter was killed, but nine innocents were shot by the police accidentally. With good light and no panicked crowds.

And we’re supposed to believe an untrained person, in the dark with innocents running in panic could just “drop” the shooter.

It must hurt being that stupid.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:01:49am

re: #125 jaunte

For some reason we haven’t had many shootings onboard aircraft.

HURR HURR TEH AIRLINE CARRIERS IS TAKIN AWAY ARE 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!!! BOYCOTT ALL TEH AIRLINES!!!!!11!!!!

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BeachDem  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:01:55am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

Come on, you know nuance and/or irony (or multiple brain cells) is not DimJim’s strength. He would never get that the shooter was jonesing for an “end to this horrible country,” and that in his mind Obama would bring it on sooner rather than later.

That kind of thought process is WAY above DimJim’s pay grade.
/ (or is it?)

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:02:08am

re: #126 Targetpractice

And speaking of the brain fart of “bullet proof seating,” just who is gonna pay to rip out all the existing seats and replace them with seating capable of standing up to a rifle round? I’m guessing such would be another unfunded conservative mandate.

Seats that don’t protect the head, because they would block those behind them. And does nothing if someone starts shooting from the front of the theater before anyone has chance to duck.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:03:02am

re: #129 A Cranky One

I had a gun-lover (not quite a gun-fucker, but someone who clearly believes in the power of GUNZZZZ) ask me, when I used this line of logic on them, if I thought the same about the Colorado theater shooting. My answer was an instant and unequivocal “fuck yes”.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:05:30am

re: #129 A Cranky One

For all the folks claiming that a good guy with a gun could have stopped the shooter, I’d like to point out a news story from a couple of years ago.

Empire State building shooting

Man shoots his ex-boss, is confronted by police on the street (in daylight, shooter directly in front of the police). Man gets killed by police. NINE bystanders shot by police accidentally during the gunfight.

So: daylight, clear view of shooter, multiple trained “good guys with guns”. Yes the shooter was killed, but nine innocents were shot by the police accidentally. With good light and no panicked crowds.

And we’re supposed to believe an untrained person, in the dark with innocents running in panic could just “drop” the shooter.

It must hurt being that stupid.

It’s a fantasy situation that they have. Comes from watching too many action movies and reading too much NRA propaganda. I will even grant that they have good intentions but they’re just so wrong about the reality of these situations.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:05:46am

Repeat after me:

Lack of empathy is not mental illness; willingness to hurt others is not mental illness. Either, combined with a choice of targets, is not mental illness, it’s just a bullshit ethos.

Anxiety and depression do not, a priori, explain the justification system by which an individual arrives at using violence. At most, they are catalysts for bad decisions. Your inclination to inflict pain hen you’re sad or scared is you being a shit.

If your “delusions” are rote repetition of ideas from media sources, with no novel features, you’re not a delusional schizophrenic. You’re just an asshole and a rube.

If you’re angry and want to physically harm other people so they can understand why you’re angry, then you’re just a controlling fuckwit. And that’s not in the DSM.

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blueraven  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:05:51am

OK I admit it. I LOLed. Isn’t she supposed to be the smart one of the Fox blondes?

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Charles Johnson  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:05:53am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

Here’s what Houser wrote:

The way I see it,the faster he wrecks this nation, which in no way resembles what it’s founders envisioned,the faster working people with morals may re-assume command. ie I was for his re-election. I like his spending habits.etc

Sure, he was an “Obama supporter,” because he thought Obama would wreck the country and bring about a revolution.

Good grief, these freaking people.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:06:47am

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Here’s what Houser wrote:

Sure, he was an “Obama supporter,” because he thought Obama would wreck the country and bring about a revolution.

Good grief, these freaking people.

BUTBUTBUT LITERAL READING OF THE TEXT! DERP!!!!

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:06:50am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

Well, that settles it.

//

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:06:55am

re: #136 blueraven

OK I admit it. I LOLed. Isn’t she supposed to be the smart one of the Fox blondes?

[Embedded content]

Oh that will be fun. Maybe we’ll hear Rush’s insights on Trump calling McCain not a hero or on last night’s shooting and how this is all Obama’s fault. Oh and Greta is dense as they come.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:07:21am

re: #138 thedopefishlives

BUTBUTBUT LITERAL READING OF THE TEXT! DERP!!!!

just like the Bible

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thedopefishlives  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:07:32am

re: #141 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

just like the Bible

And the Constitution.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:08:09am

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Here’s what Houser wrote:

Sure, he was an “Obama supporter,” because he thought Obama would wreck the country and bring about a revolution.

Good grief, these freaking people.

He was for Obama the way some German communists were “for” Hitler in the sense that they thought his election would mean they’d get their revolution. Dim Jim doesn’t know a damn thing about nuance I’m convinced now. I think this is him being flat out dumb.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:08:20am

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Here’s what Houser wrote:

Sure, he was an “Obama supporter,” because he thought Obama would wreck the country and bring about a revolution.

Good grief, these freaking people.

Let’s see now, after 6 years of unemployment during the Bush regime, after the GM bailout I found a job and in the past 4 years I have bought/leased 3 new cars and taken 3 business-class vacations.

The horror, the utter horror.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:09:32am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

Let’s see now, after 6 years of unemployment during the Bush regime, after the GM bailout I found a job and in the past 4 years I have bought/leased 3 new cars and taken 3 business-class vacations.

The horror, the utter horror.

Union thug.//

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BeachDem  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:10:00am

re: #132 lawhawk

Seats that don’t protect the head, because they would block those behind them. And does nothing if someone starts shooting from the front of the theater before anyone has chance to duck.

Details. Details. You’re underestimating how awesome good guys with guns can be in all situations and against all odds.
////

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:11:47am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

Jobless rate is lowest in 41+ years. Unemployment continues showing improvement. Even automakers that declared bankruptcy are showing profits (and have repaid their TARP loans early).

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:12:06am

re: #129 A Cranky One

For all the folks claiming that a good guy with a gun could have stopped the shooter, I’d like to point out a news story from a couple of years ago.

Empire State building shooting

Man shoots his ex-boss, is confronted by police on the street (in daylight, shooter directly in front of the police). Man gets killed by police. NINE bystanders shot by police accidentally during the gunfight.

So: daylight, clear view of shooter, multiple trained “good guys with guns”. Yes the shooter was killed, but nine innocents were shot by the police accidentally. With good light and no panicked crowds.

And we’re supposed to believe an untrained person, in the dark with innocents running in panic could just “drop” the shooter.

It must hurt being that stupid.

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makeitstop  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:12:25am

Everybody take a breather if you’re so inclined, and watch the First Lady’s moves. It’s a few months old, but it just came across my FB feed.

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wrenchwench  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:13:49am

re: #136 blueraven

OK I admit it. I LOLed. Isn’t she supposed to be the smart one of the Fox blondes?

[Embedded content]

Her TV career started with the OJ Simpson trial. Downhill since then.

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lawhawk  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:14:24am
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Kragar  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:15:33am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:16:55am

re: #131 BeachDem

Come on, you know nuance and/or irony (or multiple brain cells) is not DimJim’s strength. He would never get that the shooter was jonesing for an “end to this horrible country,” and that in his mind Obama would bring it on sooner rather than later.

That kind of thought process is WAY above DimJim’s pay grade.
/ (or is it?)

No, but he knows that he has to keep spewing talking points because the situation as it exists is really bad news for his ideological cohorts.

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Targetpractice  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:17:00am

re: #132 lawhawk

Seats that don’t protect the head, because they would block those behind them. And does nothing if someone starts shooting from the front of the theater before anyone has chance to duck.

Ayep, this plan would have done nothing for those people in Aurora except provide the illusion of safety until Holmes began moving up the rows and firing at the now uncovered targets.

If anything, you’d actually make shootings worse, as now people would be given the false illusion of safety, making them think if they just cower behind the seats, they’ll be safe. All it will do is make gunmen pick higher vantage points or move around the “shield”.

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Nyet  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:17:42am

Those were some hectic couple of weeks, but finally I have some time to catch up with LGF.

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thedopefishlives  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:19:01am

re: #155 Nyet

Those were some hectic couple of weeks, but finally I have some time to catch up with LGF.

You were missed.

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:25:24am

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

Moving the goalposts, as usual.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:36:00am

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[Embedded content]

Tea Party-ers for Obama!

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:36:41am

re: #155 Nyet

Welcome back.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 24, 2015 • 11:50:07am

re: #146 BeachDem

Details. Details. You’re underestimating how awesome good guys with guns can be in all situations and against all odds.
////

Suburb Rambo!

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Jayleia  Jul 24, 2015 • 1:44:59pm

re: #129 A Cranky One

No, it doesn’t hurt to be that stupid.

But it should, dear god it should.


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