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Gunman Opens Fire Inside Georgia VA Clinic, Employee Airlifted
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Mar. 17, 2026 | Anthony Scott

Posted on 03/18/2026 7:36:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN

On late Tuesday afternoon, a gunman opened fire at a VA Clinic in Jasper, Georgia, resulting in one employee being critically injured.

According to the Jasper Police Chief Matt Dawkins, a gunman opened fire at the clinic and shot a Veterans Affairs employee.

Jasper police quickly responded to the scene and fatally shot the gunman outside the clinic.

The employee was immediately airlifted to a local hospital, where their condition is unknown.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; ga; georgia; jasper; va
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"Currently, authorities have yet to release the identity of the suspect or whether the gunman had a military background."

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Coulter's Law?

"An observation coined by American conservative commentator Ann Coulter, which states that the longer it takes for the media to identify a mass shooter in the United States, the less likely the perpetrator is to be a white male."

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1 posted on 03/18/2026 7:36:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

aaaaaannnndddd, he’s muslim


2 posted on 03/18/2026 7:38:16 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: V_TWIN
The article says it was at the foot of Blue Ridge Mountain, Georgia.

When my wife and I stay in rental cabins there we don't see a lot of Coulter Rule potentials.

3 posted on 03/18/2026 7:40:19 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: The Louiswu

Or a trannie


4 posted on 03/18/2026 7:44:29 AM PDT by albie
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To: V_TWIN

Americans are going to have to learn that it is time for them to start shooting back at these murdering bastards. The local yokel Dunkin’ Donut posses are only in it for their paychecks. The mayor and governor lesbian whores and their muzzie gods have told them to stay out of law enforcement.


5 posted on 03/18/2026 7:46:48 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (My Pronouns are "Y'all" and "All Y'all". )
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To: Tell It Right

Jasper isn’t as country as it used to be. Its a little NW of us. Very different than it was 10 years ago


6 posted on 03/18/2026 7:47:09 AM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: V_TWIN

“Dawkins says the suspect was a local resident, but police have not released a name or confirmed any connection between the suspect and the clinic.”

https://thegeorgiasun.com/crime/veterans-affairs-worker-shot-at-georgia-clinic/

Thank you for posting this article. First I heard of this.


7 posted on 03/18/2026 7:48:19 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

👍


8 posted on 03/18/2026 7:50:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

I suspect it’s more likely a vet who got denied some benefit and blew a gasket.


9 posted on 03/18/2026 7:51:05 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: Truthsearcher

more likely the timing chain snapped at high rpm.


10 posted on 03/18/2026 7:54:16 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: PghBaldy

“Dawkins says the suspect was a local resident, but police have not released a name or confirmed any connection between the suspect and the clinic.”

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

“the Georgia man”?

“recently naturalized citizen?”


11 posted on 03/18/2026 8:01:23 AM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Truthsearcher

Perhaps.


12 posted on 03/18/2026 8:09:23 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: V_TWIN

VA clinic might not be the safest place to pull that stunt. He was probly smashed by a 90 y.o. WWII vet who is still seeking relief from his frostbite he got at “the Bulge”.

Gun or no gun. Take down the troublemaker at all cost.


13 posted on 03/18/2026 8:12:02 AM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I cant carry into a VA clinic. Not even a knife. Big sign and a two lock vestibule you have to go thru. But Im sure there is a fire extinguisher handy or a glass partition to throw him thru!


14 posted on 03/18/2026 8:14:52 AM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: Tell It Right
The article says it was at the foot of Blue Ridge Mountain, Georgia.

When my wife and I stay in rental cabins there we don't see a lot of Coulter Rule potentials.

You made me chuckle.   Shout out to Brasstown Bald.

15 posted on 03/18/2026 8:16:05 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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“I cant carry into a VA clinic. Not even a knife.”

Side story:

I had occasion to see a family member in the hospital over Christmas that was brought in through the ER, so I went that route when I got there assuming they were still there.

Metal detector caught my 3” pocket knife that I surrendered so I could proceed.

Turned out the family member had been moved to a room.

When I got to the room I mentioned it to my step brother.

He stated he walked in through the main entrance, no security, no metal detector, just one dude behind a desk giving directions and he was CCW a 9mm.

I went back through the ER when I left to get my knife back and the security guard had left his post unattended so I
opened the desk drawer where I saw him put it and took it.

Some security protocol. SMH


16 posted on 03/18/2026 8:28:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

Security Theater is always sick comedy, once you see it for what it is.


17 posted on 03/18/2026 8:31:46 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Delta 21

Sad that the VA gets bad marks like this.
Mine is an Old Army Cavalry Fort and I’ve enjoyed every visit.Some Old Soldiers breeze thru and I wonder about their story. No place to tie up your Horse but one deals with it.


18 posted on 03/18/2026 8:44:02 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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To: NorthMountain

The best security I ever experienced was at the main gate of the Naval Air Station I worked on.....even there, there were lapses.

One example was coming in in the AM, base security would pull vehicles coming on to the installation at random to search and run the dogs around.

That happened to a coworker one morning and he realized he had a handgun in the car so while he was pulling over into the search area he put the gun in his waistband and they never discovered it because the protocol was to search the vehicle but not the vehicle owner....even the dogs failed to alert to it...WHAT????

Also, believe it or not, in 30+ years of passing through the main gates of that base at least 5 times a week, not one time did I EVER get pulled over to be searched.

True story, every word.


19 posted on 03/18/2026 9:09:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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Many years ago, I traveled to a very gun-controlled country for business. The trip included flying on both US-based airlines and airlines domestic to that country. When clearing out my luggage after return to these United States ... I discovered a live 9mm cartridge in my checked bag. Definitely one of mine.

Both American and foreign “security theater” failed to find it.


20 posted on 03/18/2026 9:19:35 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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