[hoosierpearl]

Curtis Sliwa from a radio station said on Sean Hannity's radio show that the shooter was
1. Davis' political opponent
2. Davis' guest

Neither Davis nor the shooter had to go through a metal detector because one was a councilman and the shooter was the councilman's desk.

Davis was carrying a gun [former police officer] and when the shooter started shooting at him, Davis pulled his gun and turned around and shot the shooter. Davis got two point blank shots to the chest. That is what I am sure he said.

I am confused with all the reports as to who the second death was. Did the shooter escape? I thought Curtis was saying the second death was the shooter, yet some are saying the shooter escaped.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

If Davis killed the Askew, after being shot, then wouldn't this only add to the case for concealed weapons? Unfortunately, Davis died, but it appears he could have saved other lives in killing the assailant.

[PhiKapMom]

They neglected to tell the Mayor, the Police Commissioner, and a Councilman that came out and said the shooter escaped with his description, that the shooter had been shot and did not escape!

Can you imagine the cops neglected to tell the Police Commissioner?

[hoosierpearl]

Duh. The shooter was the councilman's guest.
Sorry for the goof. Spellcheck wouldn't catch that one.

[brydic1]

Can you believe I heard one NYC cop just state that was a good thing that councilman Davis had a gun at the Council meeting because his action in using the gun to shoot back at his (guest for the day) probably saved many lives of those around them in the balcony of the Council chambers.
hmmn, I wonder if that it is not a good argument for the rest of us mortals to have guns to protect ourselves from thugs.

[floriduh voter]

The shooter's the 2nd dead guy. Talk about the wild west. Like a shootout in a saloon. Bloomberg says that from now on, everybody goes through the magnotometer, even Bloomberg. This was definitely a lapse by waving people off from going through the detector.

"We have lost somebody that we worked with that was elected by the public. It is particularly tragic, this death... it took place in City Hall... There are two people that are no longer with us." (sympathy for the shooter mayor?)

Now I know why Bubba was just on CNN, he'd love to run against Bloomberg for Mayor and now he's got a way to dog Bloomberg and plus Clinton's black.

[Cachelot]

Neither Davis nor the shooter had to go through a metal detector because one was a councilman and the shooter was the councilman's desk.

This explains everything. The poor fellow must have gotten tired of being used as furniture.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Davis was carrying a gun [former police officer] and when the shooter started shooting at him, Davis pulled his gun and turned around and shot the shooter.

Er, what happened to the plain clothes police officer who supposedly shot Askew? Did Davis and the plain clothes officer both nail him?