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Source: Santa Monica gunman previously hospitalized for mental health (Update: John Zawahri)
CNN ^ | 6/8/13 | Michael Martinez, Susan Candiotti and Miguel Marquez

Posted on 06/08/2013 10:45:41 AM PDT by jimbo123

The gunman's rampage began at a home in this beachfront city, leaving two dead inside. Then he carjacked a woman and fired at a public bus. It all ended when police shot him dead at Santa Monica College as students studied for finals, a mile from the house.

His blood trail, however, left four people dead Friday in Santa Monica, which abuts Los Angeles and is renowned for its liberal openness.

A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Saturday that the gunman had suffered mental health issues. A couple of years ago, he was hospitalized for treatment after allegedly talking about harming someone, according to the official.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; califshooting; guncontrol; secondamendment; zawahri
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To: umgud

That’s just it. You can’t get an AR-15 and a 51-50 can’t get anything.


41 posted on 06/08/2013 11:38:20 AM PDT by Domangart
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To: dowcaet

the media coverage yesterday repeated the word “White” maybe 100 times..oh and AR-15 and “assault rifle” the same amount of times..the were praying this guy was a white guy but the second the neighbor said they were a lebanese family you could see the look of despair in the reporters eyes, they were crushed


42 posted on 06/08/2013 11:40:43 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Does Governor Brown have any Muslim Control bills on his desk?


43 posted on 06/08/2013 11:41:01 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Right Wing Assault

Look at the link: “Using the Intelligence Community Standard for the Transliteration of Arabic Names, it is spelled Zawahri”. Lots of alternate ways to spell Arabic names in English.


44 posted on 06/08/2013 11:41:12 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: jimbo123

Christopher? Must be Norwegian.


45 posted on 06/08/2013 11:41:15 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

We don’t need gun control. We need Muslim Control.


46 posted on 06/08/2013 11:41:50 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123
Does Governor Brown have any Muslim Control bills on his desk?

No,but rumor has it that he has a nubile 20 year old intern on it.

47 posted on 06/08/2013 11:43:08 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: jimbo123

Whenever you hear someone say that we need gun control because of what a few maniacs do, remind them of Boston and every other terror attack that we have had, does that mean we need to ban Muslims..with the left’s logic we should deport all Muslims from this country..watch them shut their traps real quick


48 posted on 06/08/2013 11:45:35 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

What are the odds of a nut-job going off at exactly the same time Obama, Villaraigosa and Garcetti are 4 blocks away, headed to a “fundraiser” just north of the killings, and forcing Obama to skip the Santa Monica Airport on the way back, taking surface streets all the way to LAX?


49 posted on 06/08/2013 11:47:32 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yeah, I noticed that too. The media is looking for anything to distract and change the subject away from the implosion of Team Hope & Change.


50 posted on 06/08/2013 11:49:28 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Figment
last I checked they don’t just give that stuff away

If you're in a drug gang or a mooslime you can easily get them from the ATF, no questions asked.

51 posted on 06/08/2013 12:00:35 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The Gubment Has No Legitimacy. It needs to be Removed!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Christopher? Must be Norwegian.

An interesting blog comment:

The mainstream media has worked very hard to censor his name from the reports -- some give his full medical history (mental illness and hospital stay due to mental illness), his father's street address, and then add "the name of the gunman is not known" Well, duh! How do you get someone's detailed mental health records without knowing their name? His surname is not supportive of the agenda.

ZabaSearch finds exactly two people in the US named Zawahiri (same as the AQ chief). However, it finds 24 (including the late father of the shooter) named Zawahri, which is how it is pronounced in Egyptian Arabic, according to the Wikipedia.

52 posted on 06/08/2013 12:03:32 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: reagandemocrat

I think having Obama here was an added benefit for him..I think he probably planned the killings for a while(His mother is out of the country, supposedly in Lebanon) but figured, hey the President is going to be in Santa Monica, why not do it on Friday when he’s in town..it will be interesting to find out where he got the guns from..in this state no way would he have passed a background check, not with his mental history, so either he stole them or they belonged to his mother


53 posted on 06/08/2013 12:08:35 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Fast Moving Angel
Zawahri — isn’t that the same last name as the famous Egyptian archaeologist?

I think that cat's name is Hawass, or Asswad, or some such. He is very full of himself.

54 posted on 06/08/2013 12:16:45 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU...)
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To: jimbo123

Gee, what are the odds? Barry gives a speech on Mental Health and four days later a guy who’s had mental health issues shoot and kills on the same day Barry is in California?
(from article, he was referencing gun control and Newtown)

“I want to be absolutely clear. The overwhelming majority of people who suffer from mental illnesses are not violent,” Obama said. “But we also know that most suicides each year involve some mental health or substance abuse disorder. And in some cases, when a condition goes untreated, it can lead to tragedy on a larger scale. We can do something about stories like this.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/president-obamas-mental-health-summit-underscores-disadvantage-on-guns/article/2531068


55 posted on 06/08/2013 12:28:03 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

First you have to believe he had a history of mental illness. That seems to be the cover for anyone with a middle eastern name who kills someone. Actually, I’m surprised Barack Hussein Obama hasn’t used that as his defense for the murders of four Americans in Benghazi.


56 posted on 06/08/2013 12:30:49 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: BobNative

Ties to radical Islam??? With the name, Christopher? I don’t think so.


57 posted on 06/08/2013 12:31:41 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Sarah Barracuda

7 local news stations were on this yesterday — none today. There was supposed to be a SMPD new conference at noon — did you see it anywhere? I couldn’t find it. They are keeping this very close to the vest - maybe hoping it goes away over weekend?


58 posted on 06/08/2013 12:32:25 PM PDT by bunster
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To: bunster

They are having a news conference at 1:00 pm (CA time) ... where they stated they will be presenting lots of physical evidence. My guess is that they will make a grand spectacle out of presenting some type of “assault weapon” and make that the focus of their talk...


59 posted on 06/08/2013 12:38:18 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Amazing how much we knew about the other “mass shooters”, almost immediately.

On another mass shooting, the one in New Orleans a few weeks ago in which 15 people were shot, not a peep from Barry. Wonder why?

Mass deaths every week in Chicago shootings. Not a peep from Barry. Wonder why?


60 posted on 06/08/2013 12:40:28 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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