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Waffle House Shooter Had Been Arrested in ‘Restricted Area’ Outside White House Last Year
The Truth About Guns ^ | 22 Apr 2018 | DAN ZIMMERMAN

Posted on 04/22/2018 1:23:03 PM PDT by Politically Correct

As more is becoming known about Travis Reinking, the suspect wanted for murdering four people in a Nashville area Waffle House this morning, we’re hearing a familiar refrain. Reinking was well known to both federal and state authorities.

In July 2017, the U.S. Secret Service arrested Reinking for being in a “restricted area” near the White House, according to the Secret Service. After the arrest, his Illinois firearms authorization was revoked and local Illinois police seized four weapons.

The firearms were given back to his family.

“Among the weapons seized by those authorities was the AR-15 rifle used at the Waffle House today,” said Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron at a Sunday afternoon news conference.

Police believe Reinking’s father received the weapons after their confiscation, and returned them to his son. Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson said he believes under Illinois law, guns seized can be returned to someone who has a valid state authorization.

Reinking is still on the loose and police believe he may be armed. According to an NPR report, the only reason the number of casualties this morning wasn’t higher was that Reinking’s rifle jammed.

A Waffle House patron who saw that the gunman was “apparently struggling or looking at” with his rifle, and took advantage of the moment by “rushing him,” wresting the gun away and throwing it behind the counter – prompting the gunman to leave.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 201707; 201804; antioch; ar15; banglist; democrat; guncontrol; guns; knownwolf; nashville; reinking; tennessee; travisreinking; wafflehouse
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Failure of law enforcement again.
1 posted on 04/22/2018 1:23:03 PM PDT by Politically Correct
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To: Politically Correct

Arrest and prosecute his father too.


2 posted on 04/22/2018 1:25:34 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Politically Correct

Apparently his now-deleted Facebook account had a bunch of posts about Illuminati conspiracies.


3 posted on 04/22/2018 1:25:47 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Politically Correct

Personally, I want to know the following:

1) What mental illness was he being treated for?
2) Were SSRI’s prescribed to him?
3) What one- or two-degrees of separation, separates him from an FBI contact (like the last four or five shooters).


4 posted on 04/22/2018 1:26:19 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Politically Correct

His guns were confiscated and given to a family member,OK in Ill.. His father gave them back to him.

Dad is in deep Dodo


5 posted on 04/22/2018 1:27:12 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: DarthVader
Arrest and prosecute his father too.

Dad is probably going to want to retain a lawyer right about now. This being said, his son moved to TN where an Illinois FOID card isn't required.

6 posted on 04/22/2018 1:27:22 PM PDT by Drew68
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So who deleted his facebook since these killings? Since he is still on the run, I doubt he has time to check his facebook.


7 posted on 04/22/2018 1:27:47 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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The firearms were given back to his family.


Probably because his family were such upstanding citizens.
8 posted on 04/22/2018 1:27:50 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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Where was the perp living, or was he homeless? If he had legal residence somewhere, did the state he was living in have provisions for involuntary commitment. If so, WTH didn’t LE in that state and/or the perp’s family get the perp hospitalized?


9 posted on 04/22/2018 1:28:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Politically Correct

10 posted on 04/22/2018 1:29:19 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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From the White House to the Waffle House


11 posted on 04/22/2018 1:30:02 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: Blue Highway
So who deleted his facebook since these killings? Since he is still on the run, I doubt he has time to check his facebook.

His apartment was across the street from the Waffle House. He ran back to the apartment after the shooting. He could have deleted it then or law enforcement could've asked Facebook to remove it.

Most likely, he deleted it himself as there are plenty of Facebook accounts of criminals and killers that remain on-line.

12 posted on 04/22/2018 1:30:05 PM PDT by Drew68
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Has there been any info anywhere on whether or not the perp was currently being treated for mental illness?


13 posted on 04/22/2018 1:31:42 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Politically Correct

This today.....and ALL the many shootings lately are.....IMO.....a coordinated effort ......
....coordinated, planned, funded

Really so obvious......GUN CONTROL

‘They’ are desperate that time is running out for them

Waffle House......Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.....First Baptist Sutherland Springs, Texas, etc.......
......keep us off our toes, who is next?

PLANNED...PLANNED....PLANNED!


14 posted on 04/22/2018 1:31:52 PM PDT by Guenevere (The wrath of God has come upon them at last.....)
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To: Drew68

If he thought the Illuminati were meeting at Waffle House then he is doubly crazy.


15 posted on 04/22/2018 1:32:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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From the White House to the Waffle House

I'm seeing a pattern here";^)

16 posted on 04/22/2018 1:33:19 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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As long as the shooter is white, we know a lot about him within mirror hours.

If this shooter were a black man we would never hear about the shooting even.

Something is going to change with our racist press


17 posted on 04/22/2018 1:33:59 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: BenLurkin
If he thought the Illuminati were meeting at Waffle House then he is doubly crazy.

Nope, not crazy.
That's where we meet every fourth Sunday.

18 posted on 04/22/2018 1:35:36 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: BenLurkin

Naw, everybody knows the illuminati meet at the piggly wiggly.

CC


19 posted on 04/22/2018 1:35:58 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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20 posted on 04/22/2018 1:38:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Zoo + Prison + Circus = Public Shool)
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