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Two gunmen killed outside Muhammad cartoon contest [self defense in Texas]
Associated Press/New York Post ^ | May 3, 2015

Posted on 05/03/2015 8:58:02 PM PDT by grundle

GARLAND, Texas — Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said Sunday night.

The City of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook page Sunday night that two men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center and began shooting at a security officer.

Garland Police Department officers engaged the gunmen, who were both shot and killed, the statement said.

The New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative had been hosting a contest at the center that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

In January, 12 people were killed by gunmen in an attack against the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had lampooned Islam and other religions and used depictions of Muhammad.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 7ththread; curtisculwellcenter; eltonsimpson; garland; religionofpieces; texas; waronterror
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Unlike the "gun free zone" where 12 innocent people were killed in Paris, Texas believes in using guns for self defense, so no innocent people were killed.
1 posted on 05/03/2015 8:58:02 PM PDT by grundle
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We ought to hold these free speech contests all over the US to flush all of these ISISsies out of their holes. f’em!


2 posted on 05/03/2015 9:05:40 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: grundle

A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE SAYING OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ON ISLAM (THERE ARE MANY MORE):

“The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”

“The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”

“Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” The quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of “The Audacity of Hope”.


3 posted on 05/03/2015 9:08:21 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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4 posted on 05/03/2015 9:12:18 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: doc maverick

Great idea!


5 posted on 05/03/2015 9:13:51 PM PDT by Calpublican (No Comprendo)
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To: doc maverick

They’re just “gunmen”! Nothing to see here! Move along!


6 posted on 05/03/2015 9:17:13 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: House Atreides
"My Muslim faith..." - A direct -- unaltered quote -- from the usurper, hussein.


7 posted on 05/03/2015 9:20:14 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: House Atreides
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” The quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of “The Audacity of Hope”.

Really? No, not Really.

""In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.""

8 posted on 05/03/2015 9:20:20 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To even vaguely compare Japanese and German-Americans in WWII with the situation today is completely laughable. Unfortunately, it’s not funny.


9 posted on 05/03/2015 9:26:09 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: grundle

Tip of the hat to the police for keeping all safe. They must have been prepared for something.


10 posted on 05/03/2015 9:41:36 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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I’m glad the perps were KIA....Saves a lot of useless mediot “analysis”, and libtard posturing about jobs, rights, immigration policy, yadayadayada. Dead and done. Thanks, Texas marksmen!


11 posted on 05/03/2015 9:42:57 PM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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No More Ft Hoods!


12 posted on 05/03/2015 9:43:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: grundle

Allah my ex’s live in Texas!


13 posted on 05/03/2015 9:44:59 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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14 posted on 05/03/2015 9:45:13 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: DCBryan1

Good one!


15 posted on 05/03/2015 9:48:08 PM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: grundle

People need to grasp how serious Islam is about killing Americans. This is our soil!


16 posted on 05/03/2015 9:48:49 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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To: grundle

Anyone notice that Kelly Wright on Fox News is, in essence, going down the “submission” road regarding the Muslims by repeatedly questioning whether there wouldn’t have been a better way that having the cartoon contest event in Texas? He’s saying couldn’t there simply be a Christian-Muslim meeting/discussion. He DOES NOT understand Islam and is incapable of dealing with them correctly. I hope this doesn’t become a new meme on Fox News channel.


17 posted on 05/03/2015 9:50:31 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: clintonh8r

But who are they? Why are they in the US? Where did they train?


18 posted on 05/03/2015 9:52:39 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: House Atreides

You could have checked these “quotations.” The first one is inaccurate. I don’t recall the entire sentence, but he said, “the prettiest sound,” not “the sweetest sound.” Maybe you were confusing Hussein with Guy Lombardo.


19 posted on 05/03/2015 9:53:36 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

Ahh...lighten up Francis! Quibbling does not become a FReeper.


20 posted on 05/03/2015 9:54:48 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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