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SWAT-clad man uses assault rifle in chaotic Santa Monica shooting spree
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0608/SWAT-clad-man-uses-assault-rifle-in-chaotic-Santa-Monica-shooting-spree?nav=89-csm_category-topStories ^ | June 8, 2013 | Patrik Jonsson

Posted on 06/08/2013 8:48:34 AM PDT by Innovative

A semi-automatic assault rifle is again being tied to a US mass shooting, this one a chaotic series of events led by a body-armor-clad man who killed four and wounded five people before being shot and killed by police in a college library in the iconic beachside city of Santa Monica, Calif.

The attack marked the first major mass shooting since a bipartisan gun control bill failed in the US Senate in April. The shooting may help efforts to revive the debate about gun control, as well as put focus on ongoing legislative action in some states around allowing students and faculty to carry weapons on campuses to help thwart active shooters who target what are usually so-called "gun free" zones.

AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles are used in far fewer homicides than hand guns, but have become symbolic of America’s struggle to contain violent and public mass shootings. They’re immensely popular because of their ease-of-use, accuracy and customizability. Critics argue that the rifles are designed to be militaristic and offensive. Fans of the guns say they have no more lethality than a standard hunting rifle.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: assaultrifle; banglist; califshooting; guncontrol; gunfreezone; santamonica; shooting; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: Innovative

Lol @ “designed to be militaristic and offensive”.


41 posted on 06/08/2013 9:41:30 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Seaplaner

Maybe you missed the LEFTIST NEWS DROID tag I put on my post.


42 posted on 06/08/2013 9:42:35 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: csmusaret
I heard the shemale police chief call it an automatic weapon on TV

I heard it too; glad you mentioned it.
You know, that lady had about 7 different kinds of diversity going for her. People's Republic of SantaMonica could not possibly have done themselves any more proud. And she had more stars on her shoulder than I've ever seen this side of Generalismo Francisco Franco.

43 posted on 06/08/2013 9:45:34 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU...)
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To: Puppage
IMHO, assault is an action, not a device.

Given where the term "Assault Rifle" originated and its widespread use in digital and print articles, there seems to be an unwritten exception to Godwin's Law in effect.

44 posted on 06/08/2013 9:50:04 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Innovative





45 posted on 06/08/2013 9:50:55 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Innovative

Looks to me like another case of “workplace violence.” /s


46 posted on 06/08/2013 9:50:58 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: alloysteel

Most likely to be Arab Christian, given the names, although might be Muslim.


47 posted on 06/08/2013 9:50:59 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Innovative
Critics argue that the rifles are designed to be militaristic and offensive.

I hear they're slutty and get their clothes from K-Mart, too!

48 posted on 06/08/2013 9:52:31 AM PDT by papertyger (Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken....)
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To: LyinLibs
I'm quite curious as to why the i.d. of the perp has not been revealed.

My suspicious side has some worrisome possibilities; however most likely the LE authorities are checking out all angles and possible accomplices before big headlines.

I have no clues, just hunches.

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49 posted on 06/08/2013 9:55:12 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Innovative

Didn’t the man know it was illegal to use body armor while committing a crime?


50 posted on 06/08/2013 9:57:23 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: jamndad5
Yeah, it's still a bit early to announce his name. Got to blame it on a WHITE guy for a while, and then speculate that this was caused by the Tea Party, then the need time for the low level dems to politicize it some more, then they members of Congress, and then obama needs to come back from a golf outing, call a press conference, give his boiler-plate gun control speech, and then answer no questions other than a gun-grabber plant that will sound like this: "Mr. President, do you think this incident points to the need of stricter gun control such as the legislation that was recently blocked by Republicans and the Tea Party and other right-wing gun lunatics?"

Reply: "Uh, uh, thanks for the question. Since I ain't got no response typed up and since I don't need no teleprompter no more, that will be the end of this conference."

51 posted on 06/08/2013 9:57:54 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

I saw it, still not quite sure what it means, but apparently “/s”?


52 posted on 06/08/2013 9:58:20 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Innovative
Critics argue that the rifles are designed to be militaristic and offensive

Does this get the OBVIOUS DUFUS award of the day or what? Of course guns are offensive, and get this, they are even DEFENSIVE! Happy to say that I am both offensive and defensive every day at work (standard disclaimer...no, I am not a cop. I carry because we don't have enough cops where I work)

53 posted on 06/08/2013 10:02:05 AM PDT by blu
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To: Innovative

The media STILL hasn’t released the shooter’s name??

I’m beginning to suspect it was Obama’s uncle Bongo, or Aunt Zetuni.


54 posted on 06/08/2013 10:08:39 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Seaplaner
"I'm quite curious as to why the i.d. of the perp has not been revealed."

Well, you know if he was a Tea Party type his picture and name would be blasting on every news network out there 24/4. I'm thinking the reason may be that he fits an entirely different demographic.

55 posted on 06/08/2013 10:09:43 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: coloradan
the AR-15 is not an assault rifle

But ... but ... it LOOKS like one ...! And that world-renowned expert on firearms, Diane Feinstein, says it is. So there! Nyah, nyah, nyah.

56 posted on 06/08/2013 10:10:28 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: Lion Den Dan

No! No!

You have it all wrong. It’s those boys riding bikes, wearing white shirts and ties, and black name tags Gee! Maybe one of them has corn rows. /s


57 posted on 06/08/2013 10:12:51 AM PDT by wintertime
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To: Innovative

The only thing we know for certain is the shooter was not a white American TEA Party type as that information would have been trumpeted from the mountain tops by now.


58 posted on 06/08/2013 10:20:34 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: jjotto
Most likely to be Arab Christian, given the names, although might be Muslim.

Out on a limb here...could be the son/perp went over to the Islamic side and killed his Christian relatives?

Corn rows usually but not always associated with blacks...in Santa Monica even young blond girls sometimes adapt the look. Rather cute on them, actually.

59 posted on 06/08/2013 10:25:34 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: bk1000

Correct. the reason why Kalifornia has not released the name yet. And as you say, the guy does not fit the conservative template for demonetization.

With almost certainty, the likely the shooter’s name is Chris Samir Zawahri. His parents are Samir S. Zawahri and Randa A. Abdou.


60 posted on 06/08/2013 10:31:45 AM PDT by Red Steel
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