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Breaking: Shooting at Family Research Council office in DC
The Washington Examiner ^ | 8/15/2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 08/15/2012 9:09:28 AM PDT by Palmetto Patriot

Two people, including one security guard, were shot at the office of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., this morning.

“The police are investigating this incident,” said FRC President Tony Perkins in a statement on the shooting. “Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family.”

The shooter was also reportedly shot, according to a local news report, which notes that the FBI is at the scene.

The Family Research Council is a socially-conservative non-profit that participates in cultural debates about abortion, traditional marriage, and religious liberty.


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To: ilgipper

A security guard at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C., was shot in the arm by a gunman who sources said expressed disagreement with the conservative group’s policy positions.

The guard, who was not identified, was conscious after the shooting and was being treated. The shooting occurred in the Chinatown neighborhood Wednesday morning. The gunman was apprehended and was being questioned by the FBI, sources said.

The suspect “made statements regarding their policies, and then opened fire with a gun striking a security guard,” a source told Fox News.

Authorities were treating the attack as a case of domestic terrorism.

“The police are investigating this incident,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said. “Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/15/guard-at-family-research-council-shot/#ixzz23dJcveLk


21 posted on 08/15/2012 9:31:48 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: blueunicorn6
Thanks to Joe Biden.

Someone that didn't want to be re-chained?
22 posted on 08/15/2012 9:32:20 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

I think that Joe is going to get dumped. The Dems took a look at their polling data after this weekend and told Joe to jump under the bus so they can bring Hillary on board.


23 posted on 08/15/2012 9:32:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Palmetto Patriot

"Oh please, Gaia, PLEASE, let it be a Tea Party member! Let George and I find his name on their roster, please Gaia!"


24 posted on 08/15/2012 9:32:51 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Officer Araz Alali confirmed to POLITICO that one security guard, an adult male, was shot in the arm at approximately 10:50 a.m. and was conscious and breathing after the shooting. He was transported to a local hospital.

Alali said one suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting and the investigation is ongoing. There is no motive in the case yet, Alali said.

The FBI is also investigation the shooting and an evidence response team is on the scene now, FBI public affairs specialist Rebecca Callahan told POLITICO. A suspect is in custody, she said, but while the investigation continues it is too early to determine the person’s connection with the FRC.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79746.html#ixzz23dK4fDYx


25 posted on 08/15/2012 9:33:23 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Palmetto Patriot
This is the type of thing that could end up being a GIGANTIC killjoy for the Obama campaign. Indeed, in one of the last chapters of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Michelle Malkin expressed serious concern that some on the Left might take things into their own hands. In short, I hope both Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan have a LOT of security around them!
26 posted on 08/15/2012 9:37:12 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: MeganC; All

Do NOT think that the MSNBC Klux Klan is going to take Obama’s EPIC defeat quietly. These people are mentally unstable to begin with!!

These useful liberal idiots have been manipulated and lied to, for years, and they aren’t going to take this quietly, I fear.

And the blame can be placed DIRECTLY at the feet of Obama and his Soros-financed cronies.


27 posted on 08/15/2012 9:37:41 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

FRC is on the The Southern Poverty Law Center list of hate groups IIRC. Along with the KKK, skinheads and Nazis.

Don’t worry, the MSM will ignore this.


28 posted on 08/15/2012 9:37:56 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (EAT MOR CHIKIN)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

I blame Obama and the Black Panthers!


29 posted on 08/15/2012 9:39:09 AM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Oh my. I felt sick when I saw the headline here. I hope the guard recovers ASAP.


30 posted on 08/15/2012 9:40:37 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Huh. Just because Fox News says this doesn’t make it true. I WISH authorities would treat this as domestic terrorism.

But I won’t hold my breath.


31 posted on 08/15/2012 9:41:47 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

A day after Biden said “they’re gonna put ya’ll back in chains.”

Just imagine if the roles were reversed.

Romney says what Biden said. A right winger (the next day) shoots up a Planned Parenthood.

The media would be going ballistic.


32 posted on 08/15/2012 9:43:01 AM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: kcvl

Screw Politico! They are not going to divulge the truth of this shooting! Damn jackals!


33 posted on 08/15/2012 9:43:46 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Oh God help us.......God protect those at FRC!!!


34 posted on 08/15/2012 9:44:54 AM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Aren’t guns still illegal in DC while the mayor refuses to sign law?


35 posted on 08/15/2012 9:45:19 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Impossible. DC is inundated with gun laws!

Obama sleeper cells waking up all over.


36 posted on 08/15/2012 9:45:26 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

The Aaish are at it again. /sar


37 posted on 08/15/2012 9:46:14 AM PDT by animal172 (Go Paul Ryan. Chew 'em up and spit 'em out.)
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To: nhwingut

Bingo! Excellent point.


38 posted on 08/15/2012 9:46:36 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Palmetto Patriot
I wonder which shooting or bombing will be recognized in the future as the first shot of the next "civil" war. Ft. Sumter was recognized as the first, and that war was nasty. The next "civil" war will make the first one look like a walk in the park on a warm spring day.

I pray that I am wrong.

5.56mm

39 posted on 08/15/2012 9:46:40 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Palmetto Patriot

An open, armed attack on Christianity, nothing less.

Seems the left and the muslims have a lot in common. This sounds like something that would happen in Egypt, except there would not be a Family Research Council to begin with.


40 posted on 08/15/2012 9:47:21 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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