Omaha Mall Shooting .. Vanity Post

Vanity Post ^ | 12/06/07 | CometBaby

[CometBaby]

As some of you know, I am from Omaha. Just my opinion, for what it’s worth, but I’m watching the reports on TV and Radio, both locally (here in Omaha) and nationally and I’m getting ticked off .. I have to speak out.

I've been listening to people who knew this kid, on a local radio station, talking about threats he has made. There was one classmate who claims he threatened to kill her and burn down her house. Then there are the friends from his clique who are defending him. One even supposedly threatened to kill another student who was talking about what a horrible person he was to do such a thing.

I am sick and tired of being told about how “shocked” the people who knew him were (that he would do such a thing). In spite of knowing he’d been in trouble with the law, was suicidal, depressed, emotionally disturbed, and had ideas of killing people.

The lady (he lived in her house) knew he had just dropped out of school, was emotionally unstable, diagnosed depressed, suicidal, just lost his girlfriend 2 weeks ago, just got fired from his pathetic job, that he felt he was nothing but a worthless piece of shit and didn't want to be a burden to anyone, anymore. This kid was probably exhibiting all of the classic signs of a time bomb, waiting to go off. And to top it off, he was supposedly playing with guns… the night before the killing spree!!

OF COURSE NOBODY EVER SAW IT COMING !!!!!

I can already feel the Brady minions coming out of the woodwork to grab up the SKS’s because nobody recognized this blatant danger to our community. And one other thing .. an SKS is NOT a “high powered” rifle!

Next, we are going to see signs all over the Malls saying not to bring in weapons. And how long before some nutcase announces that these poor victims deserved this, for wasting gas driving to the Mall (celebrating the HATED Christmas season, no less) in the first place! Who could have imagined it would ever come to this?

Makes you think it’s a real good idea to just shop online .. no hassles, no taxes and you don’t have to take your life into your hands! Thanks for letting me vent a bit.

[Niteranger68]

It’s obvious that the rifle was going down to the mall to kill people with or without its owner.

[Sopater]

Radio station news announcer designated the SKS he used as an “assault rifle”. Clearly trying to scare those that don’t know better.

Here in the Minneapolis area, I heard on the radio that it was an "AK-47 assault rifle".

[Red Badger]

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[nativesoutherner]

Yep, just heard NPR report the kid had an SKS “assault” rifle”. He was also described as “troubled”.

[Wil H]

celebrating the HATED Christmas season, no less

Yup! Notice how the word "Christmas", that has been all but expunged from the MSM's (and the stores') vocabulary, is suddenly being used all over the place in conjunction with this story.

It's Hannukah right now, why wouldn't they be Hannukah shoppers? Or, if they are black, Kwanza shoppers?

Or maybe the spate of "holiday shootings" can be blamed on the fact that the magic and goodwill has been taken out of what used to be Christmas and just the stress is left.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

““An open invitation for people like him to bring in weapons knowing that nobody else can defend themselves ....””

How many liberal church congregations are sitting ducks on Sunday morning?

[ER Doc]

And one other thing .. an SKS is NOT a “high powered” rifle!

In qualitative, technical terms, the SKS is not “high power”. But in the usual semantics, at least of the Midwest, a “high powered rifle” is anything that’s not a .22 rimfire. The 7.62mm x 39 is slightly smaller but roughly equivalent to a caliber .30-30; adequate, though marginal, for deer hunting. If I were explaining it to a non-gun person, “high powered rifle” would seem an acceptable term.

[SoldierMedic]

One article I read had her claiming that the kid was just to nice for her to believe he would do anything crazy with it.

[MountainDad]

I'm in Omaha too. I totally agree with you!

This over-analyzing crap is getting to be too much!

[ßuddaßudd]

Same info here where I live. They even had a nice assaulting photo of the AK as a visual.

[driftdiver]

“stern visual warnings”

I think this will be very effective stopping those with evil on their minds.

/sarc

[Red Badger]

Everyone should have one of these signs on their front lawn. That way EVERYONE is protected!..............

[Uncle Ike]

” There is no way to preempt their actions entirely. “

Forty years ago, this kid would have probably been in an institution —

But that was before the courts decided that it was inhumane to not let dangerous psychotics roam the streets....

Welcome to ‘mainstreaming’.......

[submarinerswife]

Realistically, what can be done? Full police investigation of anybody known to have a gun?

Owning that gun didn't drive this kid off over the edge. It was apparent that he was dangerous based on the details that are emerging about him now.

But of course this will be exploited to the anti gun crowd's campaign for blaming the gun instead of the murderer.

[RoadTest]

” This kid was probably exhibiting all of the classic signs of a time bomb, waiting to go off. And to top it off, he was supposedly playing with guns… the night before the killing spree!!”

So - what would you have done if you had been sitting there with him?

[Sopater]

Here, I came up with a better sign.

[Red Badger]

That’ll show ‘em!.....

[driftdiver]

“How many liberal church congregations are sitting ducks on Sunday morning?”

I dunno, are liberals usually in church on Sunday? Your point is valid for all churches. We can live in fear as our society is full of easy targets. Or we can take the fight to our enemies.

[ichabod1]

I noticed Fox had the shooter’s picture on their chiron this morning. A little thumbnail image right above the time on the lower right-hand part of the screen. Disgusting.

[George from New England]

Can someone make a sign that says:

Warning: On a normal day, 1 out of 10 patrons to this mall are armed.

Or:

Warning: At any given time that person next to you might have a hidden gun and save your life.