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Orlando Shooter Raised Suspicion at Gun Shops
Wall Street Journal ^ | June 16, 2016 | Charles Passy, Josh Mitchell and Laura Stevens

Posted on 06/16/2016 8:18:11 AM PDT by TroutStalker

JENSEN BEACH, Fla.— Omar Mateen visited a gun shop in this town near his home about five or six weeks ago. His request: heavy-duty body armor—rated IIIA, the sort typically used by law enforcement—and bulk ammunition.

While at the store, Mateen had a phone conversation in which he appeared to be speaking in a Middle Eastern language, according to Robbie Abell, the co-owner of the store, Lotus Gunworks of South Florida. Staffers also noticed him texting on his phone.

Mateen “just seemed very odd,” Mr. Abell said. “The questions he was asking [about body armor] were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking.”

Lotus Gunworks doesn’t carry armor. Employees declined to sell Mateen bulk ammunition, turning him away. “If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion,” Mr. Abell said. “We are the gatekeeper.”

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Susanne Coburn Laforest, a 61-year-old retired corrections offer and former classmate of Mateen, didn’t recall his comments regarding Virginia Tech. She said he threatened to shoot his classmates at the cookout—which she said was held on a gun range—after his hamburger touched pork.

He “flipped out,” she said, told people not to laugh at him and said “he was going to come back and shoot us,” she recalled.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bandlist; banglist; halal; mateen; orlando; pork
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1 posted on 06/16/2016 8:18:11 AM PDT by TroutStalker
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‘His request: heavy-duty body armor—rated IIIA, the sort typically used by law enforcement—and bulk ammunition.’

This sets off red flags?? Not in my world....


2 posted on 06/16/2016 8:19:57 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: TroutStalker

http://www.infowars.com/left-covers-for-isis-orlando-attack-blames-2nd-amendment/

Hussein and Hillary have to cover for ISIS, they are the Father and Mother of ISIS...


3 posted on 06/16/2016 8:20:11 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: 556x45

It is illegal to discriminate against race, color, religion or national orgin BUT nothing prevents the gun shop from instituting a mandatory bacon test before sales can be completed.


4 posted on 06/16/2016 8:22:49 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: TroutStalker

The shooter used “Islamaphobia” (a CAIR created myth) to play the PC card on the F.B.I.

He blamed his co-workers who reported him of bias and the investigation stopped.

Obama’s culture of PC is murdering Americans.


5 posted on 06/16/2016 8:23:53 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TroutStalker

The poor man was trapped in a Cult , it’s not his fault


6 posted on 06/16/2016 8:24:37 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: TroutStalker

See something. Say nothing.


7 posted on 06/16/2016 8:24:48 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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8 posted on 06/16/2016 8:25:54 AM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose November 8, 2016)
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To: 556x45

Maybe if you are speaking arabic on your cell phone while doing it?


9 posted on 06/16/2016 8:26:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: TroutStalker
Employees declined to sell Mateen bulk ammunition, turning him away. “If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion,”

Why they can't do this!! That's profiling!! /sarc

10 posted on 06/16/2016 8:26:37 AM PDT by llevrok (Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
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To: PROCON

You got it!


11 posted on 06/16/2016 8:26:55 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: TroutStalker

Heavy body armor... iiia... Really?

Maybe lvl iv


12 posted on 06/16/2016 8:29:38 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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after his hamburger touched pork.

Just to be safe, I'm hanging bacon and garlic (to keep vampires away), from my doors.

13 posted on 06/16/2016 8:32:30 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: TroutStalker

Muslim Privilege Killed 49 People In Orlando
Islamophobia kills… non-Muslims
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440706/posts

Daniel Greenfield nails it, and this WSJ article just shows how correct he is in his commentary.


14 posted on 06/16/2016 8:32:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marktwain

The way I read the article the request alone was enough.


15 posted on 06/16/2016 8:36:55 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: TroutStalker

I worked briefly for a gun dealer.

I know that Federal Law gives you the right to REFUSE to sell to any individual if you are uncomfortable or have misigivings about them.

I had done this a couple of times. IMHO these gun stores should have used better judgment and/or walked away from the money.


16 posted on 06/16/2016 8:37:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BipolarBob

Sounds good in theory, but fact is, many imams permit the breaking of Islamic law if the intent is to commit jihad. This includes drinking alcohol, gambling, eating non-halal, etc, in order to assimilate.


17 posted on 06/16/2016 8:37:24 AM PDT by hsrazorback1 (...and I'm spent.)
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To: marktwain

Why didn’t this gun shop notify FBI ?

Let the Feds sort it out!


18 posted on 06/16/2016 8:38:09 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Trump is exposing the Fifth Column in the US)
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To: hoosiermama

Because to do so would be considered racist under the Owe-bama regime.


19 posted on 06/16/2016 8:38:46 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad. I live my life with a FIERCE ALLEGIANCE!)
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To: hoosiermama

Do you call the police every time you hear something strange in the house late at night?


20 posted on 06/16/2016 8:39:10 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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