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Orlando gunman went a on wild shooting practice w/ his new AR-15 and Glock two days before massacre
dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | 13 June 2016 | By Martin Gould

Posted on 06/13/2016 3:46:21 PM PDT by dennisw

The ATF confirmed that Mateen obtained his guns at the center a few days before Sunday morning’s atrocity in Orlando, 125 miles to the northwest. The center offers free range time for anyone who has just bought weapons there.

The St. Lucie Shooting Center is owned by retired New York City cop Edward Henson Henson, who refused to refer to Mateen by name calling him ‘an evil person’ said he could could have legally purchased the guns anywhere The center offers free range time for anyone who buys weapons there ‘He was really blasting it,’ said a patron practicing next to him at the St. Lucie Shooting Center range 'The cables holding the target came down — whether that was bad aim or a ricochet I don’t know'

Mass murdering terrorist Omar Mateen went on a wild shooting practice with his newly bought weapons just two days before he used them in the biggest mass killing in American history.

‘He was really blasting it,’ revealed a man practicing next to him at the St. Lucie Shooting Center range.

‘’He was shooting pretty hard and the cables holding the target came down — whether that was bad aim or a ricochet I don’t know.

‘All I know is he was really loud. I had my ear protectors on and still jumped.’

The man, who refused to give his name, went to the shooting center on Monday to double check that the man he had seen there last Thursday was indeed Mateen.

He said he was almost certain it was and the two weapons he used, an AR-15 and a Glock, matched the weapons killer Mateen used.

‘I saw his picture on the news and he looked similar. He told me he was getting used to his new weapons.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
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1 posted on 06/13/2016 3:46:21 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

the problem is not the firearm , the problem is Obama and Company letting terrorist Muslims into USA


2 posted on 06/13/2016 3:47:35 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: dennisw

The Orlando shoot ‘em up boy got in some range time with his just bought Glock and AR-15


3 posted on 06/13/2016 3:48:07 PM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: dennisw
Just bathhouse violence...this guy is not an islamic terrorist.

/s

4 posted on 06/13/2016 3:49:07 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: faithhopecharity

outlaw muslims, not guns

we see the carnage.


5 posted on 06/13/2016 3:50:03 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: dennisw

My range videotapes everyone who uses it. Just saying.


6 posted on 06/13/2016 3:50:16 PM PDT by Mercat (Boredom is a problem on the inside. And happiness, too, is an inside job.)
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To: dennisw

And the father visited his son at his son’s home the day before the murder. Who is daddy kidding? He knew....


7 posted on 06/13/2016 3:51:25 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Mercat

My range charges you extra for shooting up the cables.


8 posted on 06/13/2016 3:52:02 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Sacajaweau

Waterboard the dad.


9 posted on 06/13/2016 3:52:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dennisw

This guy was the product of a failed immigration policy that allows in people who have no intention of assimilating. Or of allowing their children to assimilate.


10 posted on 06/13/2016 3:53:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: himno hero

yes, repatriate them ASAP!

Moslems have already taken over 56 countries which once belonged to other people

And they are well along to taking over much of Europe and UK

the best way to protect our families and communities is NOT to have to fire back at them when they attack us....
the best way to protect ourselves is to deport them now before they can fire at our families.

and confiscate all the millions of $$ Hillary has taken as bribe money from Muslim terroristas or dictatorships

and put her in prison


11 posted on 06/13/2016 3:53:06 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: dennisw

I don’t like this guy having a Class G license. You would think that if the FBI was investigating him for terrorism, they might drop a hint to Florida that he may not be suitable to be a licensed armed security guard.

Are Class G licenses at discretion of the state, and can they be pulled?


12 posted on 06/13/2016 3:53:07 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: faithhopecharity
the problem is not the firearm , the problem is Obama and Company letting terrorist Muslims into USA

Muslim control not gun control. I would not let any Muslims make their subversive Hegira (immigration) here. Muslims feel they are the most superior people in the world, so make them sort out their problems in their own Muslim territories and nations. The "choseness" of Jews is one hundredth what Muslims believe about how their (alleged) allah makes them the best!

13 posted on 06/13/2016 3:53:32 PM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: Blue Jays

Why did the patron feel the guns used by the terrorist were any louder than a similar model being utilized by someone else? Trying to make a story out of nothing.

14 posted on 06/13/2016 3:53:45 PM PDT by Blue Jays
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“’He was shooting pretty hard and the cables holding the target came down — whether that was bad aim or a ricochet I don’t know.

‘All I know is he was really loud. I had my ear protectors on and still jumped.’

The man, who refused to give his name, went to the shooting center on Monday to double check that the man he had seen there last Thursday was indeed Mateen.

He said he was almost certain it was and the two weapons he used, an AR-15 and a Glock, matched the weapons killer Mateen used.

‘I saw his picture on the news and he looked similar. He told me he was getting used to his new weapons.’”

Flag is up on this one. Everything this guy said reeks of bullshit to me.
Shooting the cable from the system (And the RSO? The owners?)
“Really loud” and too loud for his “hearing protection” ? Was it running a muzzle brake ? Was this AR something special ? No run of the mill AR should scare a fellow range mate with ears on.

“Hey ! That’s pretty loud. And I see you shot the cables down from the ceiling.”
“Yup ! I’m just getting used to my new weapons!”

This is not a range conversation.


15 posted on 06/13/2016 3:54:25 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: smokingfrog
My range charges you extra for shooting up the cables.

I knew freepers would appreciate this account of the mass killer's range time :)

16 posted on 06/13/2016 3:55:26 PM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: faithhopecharity

you overlooked her criminal boss.

or were we going to have him shot as a treasonous SOB?


17 posted on 06/13/2016 3:56:34 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: himno hero

...”. the law of war draws a distinction between the armed forces and the peaceful populations of belligerent nations and also between those who are lawful and unlawful combatants. Lawful combatants are subject to capture and detention as prisoners of war by opposing military forces. Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency unlawful. The spy who secretly and without uniform passes the military lines of a belligerent in time of war, seeking to gather military information and communicate it to the enemy, or an enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of belligerents who are generally deemed not to be entitled to the status of prisoners of war, but to be offenders against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals.” US Supreme Court in “ex parte Quirin” (1942)


18 posted on 06/13/2016 4:00:44 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: dennisw

What gets me is the lies and deception of the media, liberals, progressives spread about Islam and Mohammed. To which I reply it’s not a religion, it’s not peaceful and Mohamed was an evil pyscopath. Question to ask: What would Mohamed do? Answer: He would encourage if not participate himself in murdering as many non-followers of islam as possible, not caring if they were homosexual or heterosexual. Islam is a caliphate, it is not a want to be caliphate, it is one, whether we recognize it or not and muslims are citizens of the caliphate. We are screwed because those who choose not to make wise decisions have allowed those who follow the ideology of an evil man have been allowed to settle among us in increasing numbers. I heard Howie Carr on the radio today talking about the half-time entertainment during soccer games in islamic countries, totally barbaric and I won’t repeat here.


19 posted on 06/13/2016 4:00:59 PM PDT by This I Wonder32460
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To: faithhopecharity

I would surmise that islamics don’t recognize such laws unless to their advantage to do so.


20 posted on 06/13/2016 4:03:27 PM PDT by This I Wonder32460
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