Posted on 04/20/2026 1:44:51 PM PDT by Beowulf9
Authorities in Louisiana are searching for answers after a man shot and killed eight children, including seven of his own, and critically wounded two women, including his wife, in Shreveport, La., early Sunday, in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in more than two years.
“I just don’t know what to say, my heart is just taken aback,” Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said at a news conference. “I cannot begin to imagine how such an event could occur.”
The gunman, identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, was killed during a police pursuit after hijacking a car, according to police.
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“Mass shooting” publicity - When the victims are the family of the crazed man?
The NRA.
Newsom bashes NRA in wake of Louisiana shooting that left 8 kids under 15 dead
KTLA ^ | April 19, 2026 | by: Will Conybeare
He needs to bash the black Caddo Parish D.A. James E. Stewart who cut the deal.
He was in the National Guard and left as a private, when did the National Guard and no call ups get called ex army.
A huge number of bets are on psych drugs.... Drugs proven to worsen homicidal tendencies. Which one was this guy on?
It has to be the NRA. They sell millions of guns a year to mentally unstable people just hoping for a mass shooting. </s>
Leftists always need a scapegoat for their failed policies. They can never admit the destructive results of their ideology. Their goal must be destruction.
Yes, NRA means No Rational Adults.
Black? Muslim?
If non-white or non-Christian, the news coverage will disappear.
Anti-gun propaganda will never disappear.
It was illegal for him to have guns as he has been in trouble before with the Law which denied him owning guns.
“It has to be the NRA. They sell millions of guns a year to mentally unstable people just hoping for a mass shooting. </s>
Leftists always need a scapegoat for their failed policies. They can never admit the destructive results of their ideology. Their goal must be destruction.”
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I remember heated arguments here over a proposal to restrict mentally ill veterans from buying or possessing firearms.
Giving guns to crazy people never makes sense, regardless of what other good qualities or service history they may have.
Dangerous crazy people need to be institutionalized. That guy could have easily killed them all with a hammer, fire or a knife.
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