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Gunman 'randomly' opens fire on Laclede Gas workers in St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | April 20, 2017 | Post-Dispatch Staff reporters

Posted on 04/20/2017 11:38:51 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment

A gunman "randomly" opened fire Thursday morning on Laclede Gas employees working in the city's Hamilton Heights neighborhood, killing two before shooting and killing himself, police and a witness said.

The shooting was reported about 11:16 a.m. in the 5900 block of Minerva Avenue, on the western edge of the city.

Police said two Laclede Gas workers, one in his 20s and the other in his 50s, were fatally injured when the gunman "randomly" fired at them, according to St. Louis Police Capt. Mary Warnecke. The gunman then killed himself, though that appears to have been at a different location.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; missouri; secondamendment
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To: Huebolt

I want no less than to be able to walk into a gun store in NYC and buy what I want by 2020.

It’s not a city decision. It’s not a state decision. It’s not a FED decision.

The decision was made a LONG time ago!


41 posted on 04/20/2017 7:25:52 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

If the media says “RANDOM”.....it isn’t random.


42 posted on 04/20/2017 7:52:19 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Huebolt
why should vets get to enjoy the constitution and no one else?

lets face it....there are a lot of looney vets out there....many loons join the service, stay loons, and come out as looney or more....

it doesn't make me feel safer to know that ONLY these people get a free pass to carry.

43 posted on 04/20/2017 8:47:17 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lepton

That sucks. I thought it was a co-worker....so sad...


44 posted on 04/20/2017 9:16:14 PM PDT by thatdewd (I'm tired of watching stupid people do stupid things stupidly.)
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To: Blue Jays

When attacked in a totally surprise fashion one can hope they miss with the first shot.


45 posted on 04/21/2017 2:52:10 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: lurk
Rough week for utility workers.

Utility workers are helping to destroy the planet, especially when fossil fuels are involved. They are fair game.

/sarcasm

46 posted on 04/21/2017 3:09:37 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Seruzawa; Grampa Dave

I was one of four or five out of sixty in my company who qualified with a Garand at 200 yards in boot camp in 1962. We spent one day at the range, forty rounds for practice and then forty rounds to qualify. I had never fired a rifle other than a bolt action, seven shot, Remington Scoremaster .22 but I put fifteen out of sixteen in the bullseye at 200 yards firing prone and rapid fire. The one guy who outshot me was a fellow from New Jersey with coke bottle lenses and a genius IQ who looked like anything but a shooter. He said he learned by going to an NRA range with his father on weekends.


47 posted on 04/21/2017 4:15:45 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism regardless of the race of the racist)
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To: House Atreides

Connects with recent shootings...

(1) Gunman kills several persons while shouting ‘god is great’ in Arabic, AKA: ‘Allahu Akbar’ (not my current tagline)
[For further reference see; Nation of Islam and Prison Recruitment]’

(2) Gunman says he wants to kill as many ‘white people’ as he can.

Threads can be found on FR.


48 posted on 04/21/2017 5:44:01 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When will we hear of a shooting where the gunman shouts 'YHWH is Great"?)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“NOTE” my current tagline


49 posted on 04/21/2017 5:45:34 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When will we hear of a shooting where the gunman shouts 'YHWH is Great"?)
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To: Grampa Dave

i was a brown water sailor in nam 2 50 cal.foeward and aft 1depth charge tommy gun and 45. side arms and plastic explosives just for starters.


50 posted on 04/21/2017 6:49:27 AM PDT by old gringo (a wise monkey never monkeys with another monkeys monkey.)
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To: old gringo

Thanks for your service, and you would be/are better with guns than I was.

My comparison was with most white hats I knew.


51 posted on 04/21/2017 7:13:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don't bother with fake news about Trump on MMS/FAUX. FR has Trump's Tweets and his real news daily!)
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To: Grampa Dave

thanks for the thank you.


52 posted on 04/21/2017 7:16:34 AM PDT by old gringo (a wise monkey never monkeys with another monkeys monkey.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states. A driver’s license works in every state, so it’s common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving – which is a privilege, not a right – then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.

President Donald Trump

Time to make it happen sir

53 posted on 04/21/2017 7:30:55 AM PDT by datricker (Democratic Party - aborting their voter base since 1973)
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To: Grampa Dave
"Some of us in the Navy knew/know how to use a weapon properly. :) I will admit that many sailors should never be near a loaded weapon. For that reason, I was very glad that our main protectors were US Marines."

My thoughts, exactly. However, when I was Navy, we had to qualify on shotguns,M-16's, and 1911.45's yearly off the fantail. Still, my biggest respect goes out to infantry Marines and Army. They are the guys always in the suck. Marines are my favorite branch. Of course there are SEALs and Air Force ground spotters that are as capable, but they are few as compared to the grunts.

Plus, Coast Guard rescue divers are no slouches either. They may not face bullets or ied's, but they jump into the freezing waters in angry seas of the north Pacific to risk their lives for dumb asses who don't know when to head to port. They go through very intense training after boot and lose a swimmer every so often. The movie, The Guardian, gives a glimpse into the SAR unit training and rescues. Think about being a rescue diver jumping out by yourself of a perfectly safe helo into the the churning maelstorm below.

The above said, I give kudos to every specialty in the Armed Services from office clerk to SEAL. All have done their duty if honorably discharged.

54 posted on 04/21/2017 8:08:56 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: MarMema

All right wise one, is it north of Forest Park?

How far north of that area do you like to walk around?


55 posted on 04/21/2017 8:35:45 AM PDT by old-ager
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To: riverrunner

Ambush is only half the problem.

The other half, and the one we can do something about, is being ready, and thinking that way.

There were two workers. They could have had a plan if they had the right mindset.


56 posted on 04/21/2017 8:37:20 AM PDT by old-ager
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To: dsc

> carry ... ping list

I’m in


57 posted on 04/21/2017 8:39:10 AM PDT by old-ager
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To: old-ager

I was suggesting that some younger, more reliable individual would establish it.

I’m afraid that I’m just not up to it.


58 posted on 04/21/2017 9:09:06 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: old-ager

“The other half, and the one we can do something about, is being ready, and thinking that way.”

I really wish I could get my kids on board with that. They just look at me like, “Poor old coot. Must be going senile.”


59 posted on 04/21/2017 9:13:30 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: thatdewd

> G-d bless the shooter

whoa


60 posted on 04/21/2017 9:18:21 AM PDT by old-ager
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