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Man opens fire inside Knoxville church; at least six people shot
WBIR.com ^ | 7/27/2008 | Katie Allison Granju

Posted on 07/27/2008 8:43:01 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama

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To: gracesdad

And it could be someone with serious mental issues. Whatever.... it ain’t good.


141 posted on 07/27/2008 9:31:17 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing democrat"ic" about democrats.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’m one of half a dozen (including the Pastor!) in our small congreation who are CCW holders and CERTAIN to be armed 100% of the time. This guy would have “possibly” gotten off a round before somebody in my group popped him, but I doubt he would have wounded half a dozen people. It’s hard to say though with a shotgun.


142 posted on 07/27/2008 9:35:31 PM PDT by hiredhand
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To: Zakeet

“Jesus Christ. The UUs deny the deity of Christ — that He is not God and Savior, but only a good man and teacher. They claim that the apostles and other Christian writers added to the Scriptures the teachings concerning Christ’s atonement for sin.”

Yep. Doesn’t sound to me like this is a Christian church.


143 posted on 07/27/2008 9:59:43 PM PDT by Ben Reyes (New Age is Stone Age in the Eye of a True Believer)
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To: Ben Reyes
Yep. Doesn’t sound to me like this is a Christian church.

Jest another fool proving that keyboard and internet access supersedes discernment and ability to stay on topic.

144 posted on 07/27/2008 10:39:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

There will be more of these, no doubt.


145 posted on 07/27/2008 11:05:37 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (If McCain Stays RINO After You Vote For Him You Were: A) A Fool; or B) No Conservative To Begin With)
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To: Zakeet

While fascinating, it has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand.


146 posted on 07/27/2008 11:47:22 PM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: basil
I wonder if this is a "gun-free" church.

Not in Knoxville!

147 posted on 07/28/2008 3:16:08 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: LightBeam

IIRC, when our Lord told a story about this (the kingdom of Heaven), both those who got in and those who did not get in were surprised.


148 posted on 07/28/2008 3:21:48 AM PDT by don-o (Have you donated to FR? If not, why not?)
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To: El Gato

Folding stock, pistol grip, a hacksaw or all three .......

Bad deal regardless.

Stay safe !


149 posted on 07/28/2008 6:17:42 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Zakeet

This is Obama’s childhood church (Unitarian in Wash. state) that gramps took him to. I wonder who the shooter is.


150 posted on 07/28/2008 7:02:08 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: cva66snipe
"She said the gunman was yelling “hateful things” and was wearing a red, white and blue T-shirt.

“He looked like bad guy.” Kemper said.

Sounds like a "Republican".

151 posted on 07/28/2008 7:23:51 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: ecomcon

Well the police are having a press conference now in Knoxville. The Knoxville police have recovered a letter in which the alleged shooter at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Jim Adkisson, says that he was angry and upset that he was unable to obtain a job. He blamed the “liberal movement”.

A police spokesman said that the shooter expressed his “hatred for the liberal movement,” according to a 4-page letter found by the police in the shooter’s car. He expected to be killed by the police.

He was a former member of the 101st Airborne and had just been eliminated from food stamps. The 12-gauge shotgun used in this terrorist act was recovered by police. The shooter had 76 rounds which were recovered. He used three. He got it into the building by putting it in a guitar case and telling the greeters at the door that he was there as part of the show (how did he know that?)

The guy (who was apparently an officer of the “Church”) who was killed stepped in front of Atkinson and spread his arms as the shooter raise the shotgun aiming at the kids. Got the blast full in the chest but probably saved a life.

Three shots, two kills. Definitely Airborne training.


152 posted on 07/28/2008 8:20:42 AM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: worst-case scenario
More here...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/church_shooting
153 posted on 07/28/2008 8:21:46 AM PDT by Borges
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To: LightBeam
Jesus said, "No greater love hath man than this, that he give up his life for his friends."

So, I wouldn't be so sure about that statement of yours. God will judge them, and he knows their hearts. I don't think any of us are qualified.

154 posted on 07/28/2008 8:28:41 AM PDT by Boagenes (I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.)
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To: worst-case scenario
Blames Liberals, ex-military, attacked a Unitarian Church, killed a heroic church officer, AND he's alive to talk. Definitely a “worst case scenario” for conservatives and gun-owners (i.e. us).
Can't wait to see the play this one gets.
God bless that guy who got between the kids and the killer and the guys who took him down.
155 posted on 07/28/2008 8:30:26 AM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

I heard that it was a “progressive church” that promoted homosexuality...and that figured into the reasoning of the shooter.


156 posted on 07/28/2008 8:33:53 AM PDT by DGHoodini (Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

The police are investigating this incident as a hate crime. This does not fit the circumstances. If they investigate as a terror attack they would have a much better fit.


157 posted on 07/28/2008 8:53:35 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Mall brawl gang-related, mall evacuated
(Gang riots - North Carolina up to 300 involved)
WRAL.com | 7/27/08 | Anne Johnson/WRAL
Posted on 07/28/2008 8:00:00 AM PDT by dragnet2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052508/posts


158 posted on 07/28/2008 9:05:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: RightWhale

Yeah that was why I called him a “terrorist” - though who is he representing? People kicked off of food stamps?


159 posted on 07/28/2008 9:07:41 AM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: Loud Mime
Another Theo-phobe on the loose.

Is so, he was in the wrong church. In this "worship service" a children's program was presenting a scene from "Annie" (presumably the musical based on Little Orphan Annie and not "Annie Hall", but with a Universalist Unitarian church you can't necessarily be too sure.)

160 posted on 07/28/2008 11:06:55 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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