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UPDATE: Former city manager dead after Jackson Co. shooting [Iowa]
KWWL TV ^ | 9/9/2014

Posted on 09/09/2014 12:11:01 PM PDT by iowamark

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Unfortunately, this courthouse shooting is going to be used as an excuse for more security barriers and restrictions at government buildings.
1 posted on 09/09/2014 12:11:01 PM PDT by iowamark
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http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/officials-investigate-reported-incident-at-jackson-county-courthouse-20140909

The County Supervisor was treated and released.


2 posted on 09/09/2014 12:13:07 PM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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As sure as the sun coming up tomorrow.


3 posted on 09/09/2014 12:13:07 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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A former city manager who came to a Jackson County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to dispute his property taxes opened fire, resulting in his death...

It seems he had a fundamental misunderstanding about how to resolve a dispute.

4 posted on 09/09/2014 12:14:01 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: iowamark

For our county courthouse, you would not be able to get in the building with a gun on your person. It has been that way for years, maybe since 9-11.


5 posted on 09/09/2014 12:16:32 PM PDT by NEMDF
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Moron, Tax disputes should be done via Buckets of Tar and sack full of feathers....

Well at least that is how we USED to handle tax disputes....


6 posted on 09/09/2014 12:18:00 PM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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It was unclear whether Glaser then fired the gun again at himself or if the gun was discharged by someone else during the struggle with Koos."

No problem, just interview both sides and it'll sort itself out.

7 posted on 09/09/2014 12:18:03 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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Our little tiny town spent $50,000 last year to buy the commissioners a bullet proof table they can flip over and hide behind (when attacked by irate taxpayers, I guess). It was an utterly stupid, silly thing to do, but it does reveal how much the people in charge hate and fear the governed.

The thing that always amazes me is that none of our commissioners are professional politicians. But it only seems to take a few years of elected office to change all of them, even the “reformers,” into “us” (the government) as opposed to “them” (the people who elected “us”).


8 posted on 09/09/2014 12:20:50 PM PDT by livius
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I wonder how he managed to get that gun without a permit?


9 posted on 09/09/2014 12:26:35 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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“Our little tiny town spent $50,000 last year to buy the commissioners a bullet proof table they can flip over and hide behind (when attacked by irate taxpayers, I guess).”

PLEASE. DON’T TELL OBAMA.


10 posted on 09/09/2014 12:37:56 PM PDT by BilLies ( it isn't the color of the skin, but culture that is embraced that degrades.)
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To: iowamark

Francis “Gus” Glaser, reminiscing his position as an entitled, coddled “public servant”.


11 posted on 09/09/2014 12:41:53 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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He probably already has several tables. Plus his squad of Black Muslim bodyguards...he’ll be fine.


12 posted on 09/09/2014 12:47:50 PM PDT by livius
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I think I can live with body cavity searches of current and former government executives and elected officials...


13 posted on 09/09/2014 12:53:47 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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He didn’t have a permit. The outrage.


14 posted on 09/09/2014 12:56:12 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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Another news article about a public official breaking laws and resorting to violence and no mention of race or party affiliation.


15 posted on 09/09/2014 12:59:48 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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Good question...since we all know that the only way to get a gun is by registering it. Must be the NRA’s fault. /s


16 posted on 09/09/2014 1:01:44 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: NEMDF

Our formerly user-friendly courthouse became an unapproachable fortress @ 1997-98 when they prepared it for the trial for Mir Aimal Kasi, the CIA shooter. When so much time had passed after the shooting, I’d suspected they quietly took care of business overseas, but no, they captured him and brought him here to stand trial. Used to go to that courthouse quite regularly, now I don’t think I’ve been there more than 2-3 times since its arming. These terrorists have made everyday life in the US such a pain.


17 posted on 09/09/2014 2:08:23 PM PDT by EDINVA
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These terrorists have made everyday life in the US such a pain.

NO that is not true.

The US Government and State governments have made life a pain by not profiling, having porous borders and letting in Islamics at a rapid clip.


18 posted on 09/09/2014 2:11:12 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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You’re right.


19 posted on 09/09/2014 2:20:29 PM PDT by EDINVA
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“Glaser apparently did not have a permit to carry or purchase a handgun, according to Kettmann.”

I find this comment by ‘Kettmann’ interesting...I under stand ‘permit to carry’...I was surprised to learn that Iowa requires a ‘permit to purchase’ a handgun.

This seems to be just a gnat’s eyelash short of ‘registration’.


20 posted on 09/09/2014 2:36:33 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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