US senator Gabrielle Giffords shot in arizona shooting - six others killed.

[jnevis]

M58, you missed the best part.
The story is out of Tuscon Az. but the "automatic weapon comment came from  "U.S. Capitol police" (recheck that last line you highlighted ) That's from Washington.
Local cops are not even sure how many people were hit yet, but 2,000 miles away the Capital police know all about it ?
Dumb asses.
I'll laugh my ass off if it turns out the shooter was an illegal alien.

Remember Tom  SecretService is VP annd POTUS US Marshals protect fed judgesand Capitol Police are responsible for the physical security of Reps and Senators while in the US.

Fox is saying it was a Glock BTW

[twyacht]

Fox News reported either an armed citizen, or security officer/LEO got a shot off at the BG, before the crowd tackled and disarmed his ass.

As this goes fwd. it probably saved lives.....but you won't get this in the MSM....

Of course it was a Glock.....

[tombogan03884]

Remember Tom  SecretService is VP annd POTUS US Marshals protect fed judgesand Capitol Police are responsible for the physical security of Reps and Senators while in the US.

Fox is saying it was a Glock BTW

I didn't know that, I thought they were just responsible for Govt facilities in DC.

[jnevis]

There is something like 150+ police agencies within 75 miles of DC, mostly Federal.  Each has a specific function and juristiction.  The FBI has their own uniformed division that is only responsible for the HQ building and the street its on, for example.

[philw]

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[Ulmus]

That's just a curtosy delay.

What bother's me is that this happened in January.  How bad is it going to get when sumer hits and bothsides have been at each others throats for six months?

My prayers to all those killed and injured.

[philw]

the ban everything bregarde  BHORE supporters / anti Palin  were out on one of the IT forums here

I posted this 

Left, Right, dose not matter who said what

the bloke was mentally ill and no matter what laws are in place it will not stop people like that

they need help and that is something lacking, both here and in the USA

apparently  acording to one of the replies

Oversimplification and a trivialisation. There's something more serious going on here than a random mental case letting a gun loose.

I need a smart arse reply   just struggling  for the right words right now

IMO  it is that simple   , mentally ill - lost the plot   least he is still living to face up to what he did

[Ulmus]

Ask them if they've ever heard of Occam's Razor.

"The simplest answer is often correct."

Or you can use his own words from the CNN sound byte.  "I define terrorist."

The guy was nuts.

[philw]

Ask them if they've ever heard of Occam's Razor.

"The simplest answer is often correct."

Or you can use his own words from the CNN sound byte.  "I define terrorist."

The guy was nuts.

thanks mate   

[Ulmus]

No worries.