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12 dead in U.K. shooting rampage
MSNBC.com ^ | 06/02/2010 | Staff

Posted on 06/02/2010 9:37:13 AM PDT by OldDeckHand

LONDON - British police said the death toll from a shooting spree in northwest England earlier on Wednesday had risen to 12.

A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; rampage; shooting; uk
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To: Republic of Texas

What did he do the killing with?


I really don´t know. Someone here said he used a shotgun.
But i´m not shure because i have not read any details about the weapon right now in the news.


41 posted on 06/02/2010 10:01:13 AM PDT by darkside321
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To: OldDeckHand
Cab driver? In the U.S., Muslims have taken over the taxi industry....In fact, Muslims driving cabs are circling most of our major airports as I type.

IN FACT, at airports like Chicago, NY, LA and Dallas etc, there are thousands of Muslims circling these airports in cabs.

We need to thank the U.S. government for rolling out the red carpet and allowing these tens of thousands of Muslims into our country.

42 posted on 06/02/2010 10:01:38 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: OldDeckHand

(shooter shoots)

British: “Hey! Let’s ban some guns!”

(shooter shoots)

British: “Hey! Let’s ban some MORE guns!”

(shooter shoots)

British: “Hey! Let’s ban some MORE guns!”

(shooter shoots)

British: “Hey! Let’s ban some MORE guns!”

(shooter shoots)

British: “Hey! Let’s ban some MORE guns!”

Well, now a shooter has shot.

What do you predict will be the OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL answer???


43 posted on 06/02/2010 10:02:33 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: OldDeckHand

pakistani with a smuggled in shotgun from home?

LLS


44 posted on 06/02/2010 10:02:56 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: Republic of Texas

from the Times (UK) chronology:

17.05 BST Several witnesses say Bird was shooting his victims with a shotgun, but others specifically describe a rifle.


45 posted on 06/02/2010 10:04:45 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: nmh

paul is a crap hole himself... I despise the jerk.

LLS


46 posted on 06/02/2010 10:04:45 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: library user

A muslim screwing little boys in Thailand goes crazy with guilt and kills white people.

LLS


47 posted on 06/02/2010 10:06:11 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Sorry but this guy doesn´t look like a pakistani to me. Photobucket
48 posted on 06/02/2010 10:09:57 AM PDT by darkside321
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To: Grunthor
You ever notice how these shootings NEVER, EVER take place at firing ranges?

I realize the story is from across the pond, however, back here in the US of A we had a nutjob take out her own son last year at a firing range.

Nobody saw it coming, she shot, then when the son stepped up to shoot, she shot him in the back of the head.

I'll see if I can find a link.

49 posted on 06/02/2010 10:13:46 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
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To: MarMema
Multiple shootings are rare in Britain, where gun ownership is tightly restricted and handguns are banned.

Always on the cutting edge, your UK has now moved on to large quantities of fertilizer filling storage units everywhere, courtesy of our very own local homegrown Pakistani terrorists.

Yes, multiple shootings are so passe', as the bombing of airports, subways, and buses pave the way for a new future.
50 posted on 06/02/2010 10:18:16 AM PDT by mstar
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To: Grunthor
Florida Woman Kills Son, Self at Gun Range.
51 posted on 06/02/2010 10:19:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
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To: OldDeckHand
how did I guess, that the very first comment on this thread would be some stupid yank making some ill-informed political point about the stupidities of gun-control.

so let us set the record straight. Guns are NOT illegal in Britain. The police here have not stated what weapon was used in this affair, but several witnesses have said that they saw the guy with a shotgun. There are, as of the last count in 2009, 1,336,000 shotguns LEGALLY held by over 500, 000 britons registered to hold them.

Just remember when you start spouting on this, twelve people are DEAD. Twenty-five others have been hospitalised. I do not consider it a time for flippancy. Vanders (who lives in West Cumbria)

52 posted on 06/02/2010 10:27:13 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: LibLieSlayer

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Hell, I wnat NO PARTS of HINDU gods!

GEESH!


53 posted on 06/02/2010 10:28:27 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Vanders9

That’s going to change after this. Adios shotguns.


54 posted on 06/02/2010 10:29:07 AM PDT by Tolsti2
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To: tumblindice

The quiet ones are always the ones to watch out for. This guy flipped his lid. In other words, he has likely been “bottling up” his frustrations for some time.


55 posted on 06/02/2010 10:29:49 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: darkside321

That is why I asked.

LLS


56 posted on 06/02/2010 10:30:31 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: MarMema

handguns were banned as a result of the Dunblane shooting.


57 posted on 06/02/2010 10:30:35 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: scott7278

Or when you are not expecting it. For goodness sake guys, he jumped into a car, drove south and took potshots at people at random. Do you think any of your gun-toting compatriots would have stopped him quickly?


58 posted on 06/02/2010 10:32:39 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: GraceG

For goodness sake guys, he jumped into a car, drove south and took potshots at people at random. Do you think any of your gun-toting compatriots would have stopped him quickly?


59 posted on 06/02/2010 10:33:29 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9

And how many of the victims stood any chance of defending themselves, having been disarmed years ago?

All of the U.K. is a victim disarmament zone, while the thugs are free to do as they like!

Even when the yobs break into a home, the homeowner must not defend themselves or they will be the one prosecuted.
Recall what happened to the farmer, Tony Martin, in his own home.

The U.K. has gone liberal NUTS, so sad, I will never visit again.


60 posted on 06/02/2010 10:33:37 AM PDT by Loyal Sedition (Detect, detain, deport! Regardless of country of origin!)
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