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Report: Navy Yard Gunman 'Gathered Weapons Along the Way'
Breitbart ^ | 9/17/2013 | ELIZABETH SHELD

Posted on 09/17/2013 4:08:52 AM PDT by markomalley

NBC News reports that Aaron Alexis was armed with "an assault-style rifle, a shotgun and a handgun" when he was killed in a shootout with authorities. Law enforcement told NBC "they believed he arrived packing only the shotgun, which he bought last week from a gun dealer in Lorton, Va., about 20 miles from Washington."  

The Washington DC local NBC affiliate says that sources informed them "that surveillance footage showed that he began his attack with a shotgun, but was found with a 9mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle."

The suspected gunman appeared to have seized firearms from two of his victims as he moved through the building along the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, where 3,000 Navy employees go to work each day, many of them carrying authorized firearms.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aaronalexis; alexis; banglist; navyyard; washingtonnavyyard
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To: Lazamataz

Yes, I know. But Piers Morgan (on his show) was shouting down one of his guests, saying that the gunman legally bought the AR-15. I wonder if he will apologize on his next show for his blatant error?


41 posted on 09/17/2013 5:00:06 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: markomalley

IF Aaron Alexis picked up the rifle and handgun “along the way”, I seriously doubt he had an AR15. I kinda doubt that military or POlice on a military base would be carrying the CIVILIAN model. My guess is, M-4. In fact I mentioned to my wife that when the black woman described the shooting said, she heard the shots “popopop”. She actually sounded like an auto fire AND only voiced three pops.


42 posted on 09/17/2013 5:00:17 AM PDT by Tupelo (There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
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To: Sir Napsalot; All

OK. Has anyone figured out how much ammo he could have actually had in whatever weapons he obtained? The reports I have seen indicate that he did not use his shotgun to shoot at people.

So, how many rounds in each of the pieces he acquired?


43 posted on 09/17/2013 5:00:28 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Lazamataz
CNN is reporting: "It's easy to get an AR-15. They can be purchased online or in a gun store. Aaron Alexis legally purchased the one he used in the Navy Yard."
44 posted on 09/17/2013 5:00:52 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: silverleaf

I know only of Arthur Daniels as a black shot by him, and we don’t know under what circumstances—e.g., if he had been confronted by him.

But a heavy violent video-game player who had been under psychiatric treatment at least at some point fits the usual profile of this kind of killer.


45 posted on 09/17/2013 5:04:44 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DoodleDawg

“Where the hell have you been?”

I’ve been right here. There is not near as much media frenzy since it’s black guy.


46 posted on 09/17/2013 5:08:50 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Mean Maryjean

“Gets out of what gaff?”

If you watch his speech yesterday you may note he has reopened obliquely the so called assault weapons debate. And, in typical Obama fashion, before the facts are in. And, once again, it appears he may wind up with his foot in his mouth, again, lol!


47 posted on 09/17/2013 5:09:42 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: caver

Really? It was on all the cable news shows all day and night (that I saw - stopped watching at 10pm).


48 posted on 09/17/2013 5:13:24 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: silverleaf
Bizarre description here:

Neighbors described Vishnu Pandit, an Irish settler who had lived in North Potomac with his wife for more than 20 years, as 'a very nice man'.

49 posted on 09/17/2013 5:15:15 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: pepsionice
Basically, he could have arrived with a baseball bat....whacked the first guard....taken his weapons....and done all the damage from that point on.

Or, less conspicuous than a bat, had a glass dagger

which would have gone right through the metal detectors. Walk up to a guard from behind, slip the dagger into a kidney or the throat, take the guard's gun.

50 posted on 09/17/2013 5:18:33 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: 9YearLurker
a Daily Mail article indicated Davis was shot when he and a coworker saw the gunman and tried to get away

Davis was shot in the back at an elevator

Since Mr Davis was a govt contractor installing office furniture and the shooter dude was a low clearance contractor who worked to refurbish computer equipment, it's possible they knew him or recognized his company uniform which was supposedly all-blue

You'll have to read the Brit tabloid press (try Mail Online)
They will have details you will never see in the US media

It was noted on FOX last night at there would be govt surveillance street and building cameras of every move made by this guy before he even entered the gates of the base

So if he shot a guard and took guns it is on video and the FBI has it

One of the people interviewed by Greta Van Sustern was the former commander of the USS Cole who was talking or texting 2 former Cole shipmate survivors as they were in the middle of this massacre

51 posted on 09/17/2013 5:21:25 AM PDT by silverleaf (Going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion.)
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To: sheik yerbouty
Re: They would be safer if there were Difi Free Zones..

I already live in a Difi Free Zone... here in Texas?

52 posted on 09/17/2013 5:21:37 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: markomalley

Wait, what? Why did I see news stories yesterday that he legally purchased the AR-15? Where was that coming from?


53 posted on 09/17/2013 5:22:32 AM PDT by mtrott
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To: markomalley
There is also this report on this from NBC news:
Gunman kills at least 12 at Washington Navy Yard, gathering weapons along the way http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/16/20522196-gunman-kills-at-least-12-at-washington-navy-yard-gathering-weapons-along-the-way? The gunman was armed with an assault-style rifle, a shotgun and a handgun when he was killed, authorities said. But law enforcement officials told NBC News they believed he arrived packing only the shotgun, which he bought last week from a gun dealer in Lorton, Va., about 20 miles from Washington.

54 posted on 09/17/2013 5:36:52 AM PDT by HammerT (The Obama Recession, you bone it you own it.)
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To: jaydubya2
The news media no longer 'makes mistakes'. They no longer 'err'.

They simply blatantly lie outright.


55 posted on 09/17/2013 5:43:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: caver
I’ve been right here. There is not near as much media frenzy since it’s black guy.

It's been on all the networks and cable news outlets virtually non-stop since it happened.

56 posted on 09/17/2013 6:02:49 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: JohnnyP
I haven’t been following closely, did he shoot any black people?

Does it matter if he didn't?

57 posted on 09/17/2013 6:05:50 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Lazamataz

Morse and Giron. That is the appropriate response to any call for gun control. Two pictures worth more than thousands of words.


58 posted on 09/17/2013 6:09:47 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

I actually took the idea from you. :)


59 posted on 09/17/2013 6:11:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Nifster

Yeah but it was after you had walked up to the entry point. These guards had become mighty complacent to let him get that close with a long weapon without noticing the weapon or an attempt to conceal it as he approached. Rent a cops basically are equal to school lunch line workers. Sadly I always feel vulnerable when I have to go to court (state or federal) and leave mine in the car since those guards are usually over 60-65 and sitting reading the paper as you enter. They have no more clue than my 15 year old daughter what is happening around them.


60 posted on 09/17/2013 6:14:19 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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