Posted on 04/09/2011 7:02:49 AM PDT by nuconvert
7 dead, 15 wounded - AP
Silly, silly man! Everybody knows it's always
(See your </sarc> and raise you an episiotomy.)
Yeah, that damned MSNBC .... oh, wait, you're talking about Europe ....
As in Fleet Street, where the only English-language daily papers that will lay out the lowdown about our Wagyu Beef Nobel Man can be found?
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“ostensibly that is why all Americans are irradiated and/or groped by our TSA”
Not really disputing this, just the ‘all’ part - Mohammadans are meant to be a special case, and deference to them requires they don’t get the full pat down others do. If you can believe it - it sounded like bad comedy to me when the media was reporting the Napolitano-originating directive.
I didn’t read the article to see if this was a Muslim, but if Muslims really want to strike fear into the hearts of Americans, this is the way to do it.
It would really wreak havoc if Muslims consistently went on shooting sprees in everyday public places such as malls. It also wouldn’t take much coordination or skill.
However, maybe they realize that such things would create a real backlash against Muslim and Americans would stop sleeping on the threat Muslims pose.
True, makes surrendering easier.
Your post is bizarre
According to the latest reports, the perp is a “normal” (?) Dutchman, who was a shooting club member and had licenses for 5 firearms.
Now, whatever the motive for this shooting spree might have been, we’ll probably never know because the authorities are likely to filter any information they release to the public. More so, this incident will give the Dutch government enough ammunition to attack the already stringent firearms legislation and maybe, probably, completely ban citizens from owning anything but a bow and 4 arrows.
Last reports state that the perp had been convicted of a an offence involving violence.
This is not a firearms ownership matter, this is a licensing matter. How did this person, with a violent crime record, manage to get a firearms license in this country with its insanely tight gun laws! But then, in Holland they’ve got thousands and thousands of illegal aliens living there, accessing welfare, health care, the right to vote (yes) and living the big life at the expense of Dutch taxpayers. So a firearms license doesn’t seem to be more than just a piece of paper with some bureaucrat’s stamp on it...
Update: 7 dead, not 6 .
These are bizarre times.
“These are bizarre times.”
They are indeed, and they’re getiing more bizarre still.
The gunman did not only have a criminal record, he also spent some time in a psychiatric ward for having suicidal tendencies. Normally this would exclude anyone from qualifying for a firearms license, but look at it this way: if the Dutch government wanted to confiscate all privately owned firearms, all it would take is an incident that is serious enough to ensure nation-wide approval.
Did they allow this to happen in order to secure widespread confiscation? Did they ‘let’ it happen? Was it a matter of “oops”? Or is this bloodbath the result of an overzealous firearms licensing policy and the lack of political backbone to play it fair?
Governments are not known for their openness, honesty or self-criticism, you know.
Update: two more injured victims died in hospital, total 9 dead now.
This is B-A-D.
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