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I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. Lone nut? Yes. He has no apparent ties to any terrorist group. Terrorism? Was he trying to forward a political agenda? Well I suppose but the same could be said about a lot of crimes against multiple citizens of a state. In this case, yes I know what he said, but still I don't see him forwarding a political agenda so to speak.

But this is the point to me. Say someone else does the same thing. I'm sure we can all think of countless violent crimes against multiple people. And some of them even have the excuse that the government has wronged them or wronged someone else the criminal feels a tie to. The only thing that differentiates this is his religion. Are we going to start labeling every violent crime against multiple citizens of a state a terrorist act?

If this had been an attack that had been planned by a group to forward an agenda or to attack a portion of our infrastructure (be it economical, electrical, or transportation) I could see a terrorist charge added to this. However in this instance it's sort of like adding hate crime to a murder charge. The other problem with adding a terrorist charge to this is it very well could become a federal case. What exact crime did he commit that can not be prosecuted under existing statutes within the state? I do believe he's been charged with 9 counts of attempted murder.