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Sheriff: Colorado gunman wanted to hurt many more
WBAY.COM ^ | 14 DECEMBER 2013 | AP

Posted on 12/14/2013 5:26:15 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A teenager who wounded a fellow student before killing himself at a suburban Denver high school entered the building with a shotgun, a machete, three Molotov cocktails and ammunition strapped to his body, likely intending to track down a librarian who had disciplined him, authorities said Saturday.

After firing a round down a hallway, Karl Pierson, 18, shot a fellow student who just happened to be sitting nearby with a friend as he headed toward the library. Claire Davis, 17, was shot in the head at point-blank range and remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition.

Pierson set off one of the devices, but killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff's deputy assigned to the school was closing in, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said at a news conference.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arapahoe; arapahoehigh; banglist; colorado; karlpierson
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1 posted on 12/14/2013 5:26:15 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Prayers for Claire Davis. Lord God, please heal this innocent bystander and comfort her and her family, and friends, in the Name of Jesus Christ.


2 posted on 12/14/2013 5:29:39 PM PST by Faith
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How long must we wait before having armed personnel on every school campus in the country?

IMHO, this would stop school shootings in an instant!


3 posted on 12/14/2013 5:34:02 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

All schools should have a trained and armed main office. This punk could have been taken out as soon as he was spotted.

Our schools are run by morons.


4 posted on 12/14/2013 5:34:09 PM PST by soycd
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff's deputy assigned to the school was closing in

So a good man with a gun in the school saved lives just by being there.

5 posted on 12/14/2013 5:34:51 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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“killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school was closing in”

good thing that cop didn’t sit back and wait for backup


6 posted on 12/14/2013 5:35:43 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Then why didn’t he?


7 posted on 12/14/2013 5:40:47 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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” but killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school was closing in, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said at a news conference.”

Can you imagine the terror and carnage had that deputy not been there...And the media reporting this....????

crickets chirping.F...g Hypocrites!


8 posted on 12/14/2013 5:53:56 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: basil

Evil is coming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veboYHVyorU


9 posted on 12/14/2013 5:55:49 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The the NRA has been vindicated already. An armed presence at the schools, save lives.

Will this be reported?

I did not think so.


10 posted on 12/14/2013 6:13:07 PM PST by cicero2k
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“...he knew a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school was closing in...

There was an armed LEO on-duty, but why wasn’t he at/near the shooter’s entry point?


11 posted on 12/14/2013 6:17:47 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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SOOO THE INESTIMABLE MR LA PIERRE IS RIGHT....THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS A BAD GUY WITH A GUN

ACTUALLY IS A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN....

I PERSONALLY HAVE HEARD MANY A SNARKY LIB. TALKING HEAD CALL HIM A CRAZEY RIGHT WINGER AND WORSE....WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THAT SAY SUCH THINGS ABOUT A MAN LIKE THIS YA RECKON....?


12 posted on 12/14/2013 6:20:30 PM PST by jimsin
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finally, a LEO that would Man-Up and Run to the Sound of the Guns to do his job... GOOD ON HIM!!!

may God Bless

13 posted on 12/14/2013 6:23:53 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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Pierson set off one of the devices, but killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school was closing in,

It goes without saying. Also, armed and trained teachers and more concealed carry permits for law abiding citizens. Its NO COINCIDENCE that these maniacs ALWAYS pick areas where they KNOW the likelihood of encountering an armed citizen is ZERO.


14 posted on 12/14/2013 6:40:36 PM PST by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama the Doctor Mengele of Medical Care)
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I PERSONALLY HAVE HEARD MANY A SNARKY LIB. TALKING HEAD CALL HIM A CRAZEY RIGHT WINGER AND WORSE

From the Fight Fire With Fire department...Didn't see it in this article, but Drudge reports that the shooter has been tagged as "an outspoken Socialist."
Conservatives have been too polite to point out such things but it's high time this changed.

15 posted on 12/14/2013 6:42:41 PM PST by stormhill
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An armed deputy was stationed at the school. He stopped the kid from killing anyone but himself. If all the liberals had their way the armed deputy wouldn’t have been there and the kid would have killed many more.


16 posted on 12/14/2013 6:43:39 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Vince Ferrer

More saved lives by an armed person that will go unreported by the media because he didn’t shoot anyone. If you count the number of people saved even when no shot is fired (as John Lott has), the argument for an armed citizenry is overwhelming. But let’s not cloud our feelings with facts.


17 posted on 12/14/2013 6:50:45 PM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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If all the liberals had their way the armed deputy wouldn’t have been there and the kid would have killed many more.

Given the proximity to Littleton and Columbine High School his "goal" was to at least equal that carnage, if not exceed it.

Given the proximity by date to Sandy Hook, his "goal" was to at least equal or exceed that carnage.

He was hoping for noteriety, but by killing only himself within months he will vanish into the obscurity he so richly deserves.

18 posted on 12/14/2013 6:53:04 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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Gee, they forgot to tell us that he hated Republicans and was a socialist. Oops. I’m sure it was not on purpose. /s


19 posted on 12/14/2013 6:54:55 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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armed personnel on every school campus

Oh, my goodness, that's so dangerous! /s

20 posted on 12/14/2013 6:55:44 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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