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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 After the arrest, his Illinois firearms authorization was revoked and local Illinois police seized four weapons.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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To: Politically Correct
"Nope, not crazy. That's where we meet every fourth Sunday."

Even when everything you touch is sticky?

OK, at Zero Dark Thirty, with Here 300 miles behind and There another 5 hours ahead, a Waffle House waffle is mighty good...

41 posted on 04/22/2018 2:05:26 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: mass55th

Are there ANY of these shooters NOT known to the FBI?


42 posted on 04/22/2018 2:09:41 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Politically Correct
We desperately need to admit a serious requirement to resurrect institutions for the seriously mentally impaired to protect society from them as well as protecting them from themselves!

No more releasing people back into society when they’ve already shown themselves a “public danger (some might even say menace!)”

43 posted on 04/22/2018 2:10:04 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: mass55th

“I wondered if this guy had been known to the FBI or law enforcement”

Ditto. Apparently he was. He would have to have been placed on an SS watch list in case POTUS ever came to town.


44 posted on 04/22/2018 2:11:11 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: TigersEye
That tough Illinois gun control really worked didn’t it? /s

Worked like a charm.
They took the guns away from the insane son.
Gave them to the father.
Who promptly gave them back to the son.

"Honest dad, it's all just a big misunderstanding."
"I wasn't trying to sneak into the White House to assassinate Trump."
*twitch*

45 posted on 04/22/2018 2:11:11 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: Politically Correct

We need to ban liberals. They are violent.


46 posted on 04/22/2018 2:15:28 PM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: CGASMIA68; Rebelbase
"How much of your life did you waste posting that"

It is funny. :)


47 posted on 04/22/2018 2:24:07 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Politically Correct

I smell an ANTIFA rat!


48 posted on 04/22/2018 2:26:01 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: McGavin999

Biggest failure is his father. He is as much responsible for the deaths as his son. What a worthless POS.

**************
Kinda like the parents of Columbine killers Harris and Kleybold, who were clueless about what was going on in their own homes and let their kids dress and act like idiots.


49 posted on 04/22/2018 2:27:09 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Edison

[IF the father gave him the seized firearms and one of them was used, he should prosecuted.]

This is shades of Sandy Hook where the stupid mother bought guns for the psycho son.

The father as you say should be prosecuted because he knowingly supplied guns to a prohibited person.


50 posted on 04/22/2018 2:30:31 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: Drew68
Apparently his now-deleted Facebook account had a bunch of posts about Illuminati conspiracies.

Nothing says "Illuminati" like waffles.

Maybe they were BELGIUM waffles?

I actually heard he was linked to ANTIFA.
51 posted on 04/22/2018 2:31:32 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Politically Correct

Thank God for the brave employee, who is black.


52 posted on 04/22/2018 2:32:02 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If Leftists Didn't Live By Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
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To: Politically Correct

So, Travis was after the President and failed. Now he killed people at a waffle house. When will we wake up to the fact that the real killers are Left Wing??


53 posted on 04/22/2018 2:40:13 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Lazamataz

“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).”

Excellent questions!


54 posted on 04/22/2018 2:44:18 PM PDT by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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To: Politically Correct

Kudos to the brave citizen that grabbed his gun. We need more gun grabbers like him.


55 posted on 04/22/2018 2:47:09 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Guenevere

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!


And virtually everyone have the involvement of SSRI drugs.
When is this going to be recognized?


56 posted on 04/22/2018 2:47:22 PM PDT by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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To: Politically Correct

I’m not sure I could have restrained myself from blowing the guys brains out with his own gun had I been in the same situation.


57 posted on 04/22/2018 2:49:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BenLurkin
If he thought the Illuminati were meeting at Waffle House then he is doubly crazy.

He thought a spacial meeting of the nude chapter of the Illuminati was meeting there. There should be a law that you can run around naked or own firearms. But not both.

58 posted on 04/22/2018 2:51:38 PM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: Amberdawn

http://www.wkrn.com/top-news/hero-james-shaw-jr-i-just-knew-it-was-me-or-him/1134017814


59 posted on 04/22/2018 2:52:34 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Drew68

There is another FB account which is up.


60 posted on 04/22/2018 2:53:52 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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