Words have meanings. Lets not be like the liberals and just make up definitions to suit out own agendas.
The word “terrorism” has had a specific meaning. Check any dictionary and you will see that terrorism means scaring people to achieve a POLITICAL goal. That is what ISIS is looking for.
When a scorned lover kills his ex and the strangers around her, it is still a profoundly evil act and it is not called “terrorism”. When you start calling that terrorism, then you dilute the true meaning of the word.
What the radical Islamic bombers and shooters are doing is performing acts of terrorism. What the jilted lover who shoots his ex and random people is doing is an equal evil that goes by different names. It is not accurate to call that terrorism.
Don’t confuse the two and don’t twist the meanings of words like the liberals do. Conservatives are better than that.
"The motive for the shooting that killed four women and a man remains unclear. Authorities said Cetin's ex-girlfriend used to work at the store but hasn't in several months and now lives in another county. KING 5 reported that Cetin was in possession of three guns Friday night. all legally purchased, but Cetin stole them from a family member. The weapon used Friday night was a .22 Ruger, according to law enforcement, KING 5 reported."
I agree. We should stick to the meanings of words. Here is the definition of “domestic terrorism” from 18 USC 2331:
The term “domestic terrorism” means activities that—
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Key words are “appearance of intent.” A single, mass murdering scumbag may or may not have the appearance of intent. I’d argue that his specific scumbag was looking to intimidate or coerce the female civilian population. A criminal gang almost certainly fits the definition above. Whether its prosecuted as such is the question.