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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #100 on: April 01, 2021, 09:19:37 AM »
MechAg94 remarked,

"A red laser might distract him, but I would hope he is distracted by getting shot before he notices the laser."

True, but the hope that I might make a lucky disabling shot while my laser dot was dancing around was left unstated as being utterly unsavory to any Libwimps who happen to be reading APS.

I wish I knew more about Jack WIlson's sighting equipment and training habits... he's the church Deacon in Texas who dropped a shooter with one to the head.  DRT is better than a "disabling shot" in terms of ultimate expense to the State, but more bloodthirsty-sounding to the Libwimps.

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REF: I was going to post a video of the event, but most of them seem to have deleted the indelicate part.  Me, I call that lying by omission, and serves only to mollify the Libwimps.

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #101 on: April 01, 2021, 09:31:09 AM »
Shooting in California  last night https://www.wave3.com/2021/04/01/several-dead-california-shooting-business-building/
Murder / Suicide by cop?  Too early to know all that I guess.


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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #102 on: April 01, 2021, 09:36:35 AM »
^^^I wonder if the California shooting will turn out to be a domestic violence situation.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #103 on: April 01, 2021, 09:41:11 AM »
Shooting in California  last night https://www.wave3.com/2021/04/01/several-dead-california-shooting-business-building/

Every local tragedy is now national news so they can be first when they finally get a white shooter and POC victims. Except in Chicago or Baltimore... How’s the hunt going for the klan in that Virginia Beach shooting BTW? Anyone hear more on how the Boulder shooter got to the States?
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #104 on: April 01, 2021, 10:17:45 AM »
Meanwhile in Chicago

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #105 on: April 01, 2021, 10:25:35 AM »
Anyone hear more on how the Boulder shooter got to the States?

Was he an immigrant? 
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #106 on: April 01, 2021, 10:59:15 AM »
Was he an immigrant?

Born in Syria, then moved to the U.S.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #107 on: April 01, 2021, 11:01:58 AM »
^^^I believe his family moved here when he was four years old.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #108 on: April 01, 2021, 11:59:40 AM »
WLJ's cited article on the CA incident refers to a shooting that occurred in December 1997.  Was there any State or National gun legislation pending at that time?

Hawkmoon, you were keeping track of "mass" shootings. Does your data also show anything about gun legislation going on at those times?

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #109 on: April 01, 2021, 12:01:39 PM »
The cited article refers to a shooting that occurred in December 1997.  Was there any State or National gun legislation pending at that time?

Hawkmoon, you were keeping track of "mass" shootings. Does your data also show anything about gun legislation going on at those times?

There were no shootings in 1997, that was during the time of the magic assault weapons ban.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #110 on: April 01, 2021, 02:54:37 PM »
^^^I wonder if the California shooting will turn out to be a domestic violence situation.

Looks like it may be just that. Hispanic man with a handgun. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/orange-shooting-news-conference-california-watch-live-stream-today-2021-04-01/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=curated

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #111 on: April 01, 2021, 04:14:51 PM »
There were no shootings in 1997, that was during the time of the magic assault weapons ban.

Oh.  Took me a minute to get that one.  :)

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #112 on: April 01, 2021, 06:34:34 PM »
Swing and a miss journalists, time to long for the next distraction.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #113 on: April 01, 2021, 06:51:35 PM »
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #114 on: April 02, 2021, 12:41:54 AM »
The shooter wasn't just not white. He was, wait for it -















Asian!

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #115 on: April 02, 2021, 01:37:54 AM »

Hawkmoon, you were keeping track of "mass" shootings. Does your data also show anything about gun legislation going on at those times?

No.

I generally try to keep an eye on what's being proposed, but I don't track proposed legislation formally, and there's no tie-in to my mass shooting spreadsheet.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #116 on: April 02, 2021, 02:07:31 AM »
There were no shootings in 1997, that was during the time of the magic assault weapons ban.

Correct.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-20-mn-432-story.html
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #117 on: April 04, 2021, 01:10:07 PM »
^ Link content visually blocked by indelible request to subscribe.

Another source, please?

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #118 on: April 04, 2021, 03:09:07 PM »
^ Link content visually blocked by indelible request to subscribe.

Another source, please?

Click Reload (or "Refresh") and then quickly click Stop and you can beat the subscription pop-up.

If that doesn't work: https://apnews.com/article/a30281a1324ccf849b7f7e9c28c39901
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #119 on: April 04, 2021, 03:55:40 PM »
Click Reload (or "Refresh") and then quickly click Stop and you can beat the subscription pop-up.

If that doesn't work: https://apnews.com/article/a30281a1324ccf849b7f7e9c28c39901

Also, in Firefox, you can click the reader view button.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #120 on: April 04, 2021, 04:31:07 PM »
Interesting.  When I click on the link in old icky yuchy obsolete IE11, the article comes right up, no problem.

In Brave, the popup (now that I actually read it) was a Brave-approved ad, so solution found.

The article is dated Dec. 20, 1997 12 AM PT.

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #121 on: April 04, 2021, 08:55:56 PM »
Yes, the article was about a 1997 shooting because I was responding to a comment that there were no shootings in 1997.
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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #122 on: April 05, 2021, 11:33:32 AM »
The remark about no shootings during the "magic" Assault Weapon Ban was a joke.  I remarked that I didn't get it right away.

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There were no shootings in 1997, that was during the time of the magic assault weapons ban.

"Oh.  Took me a minute to get that one.  :)"

Akin to our usual wisecracks about it being impossible for a gun violence incident to occur in California whenever they happen.

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Re: Mass shooting in Boulder
« Reply #123 on: April 06, 2021, 11:31:18 AM »
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/02/gun-control-mass-shootings-boulder-aurora-theater-columbine/

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But linking current federal and state legislation to preventing horrors like Boulder is mere political opportunism. We must continue to work to keep firearms out of the wrong hands, but we must also recognize that we cannot legislate away evil.

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Colorado gun owners are gearing up to oppose any new proposed restrictions, despite the fact that the most controversial proposal has not yet been introduced. After a gunman killed 10 people in Boulder, preliminary discussions are underway for a statewide assault weapons ban. Opposition for that measure does not just come from conservatives. Even among some Democratic voters and the party’s leaders who control the state legislature, it would be a difficult political lift.
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