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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:13 AM Original message |
3 officers shot in Pittsburgh |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Uh oh. A domestic call. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Stanton Heights...n/t |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I haven't lived in the 'burgh for over 35 years, |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not really. That's why this is getting big local media coverage.... |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. A local officer got shot when he knocked on the door. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Three were shot. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Channel 12 just had an eye witness who reports automatic weapon fire earlier...n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. per CNN- It's a hostage situation. over 80 shots have been fired. n/t |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. a relative of mine lives not too far from there - big news item here... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Every cop I know says domestic calls are the worst part of their jobs |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Channel 4 reporting that some or all of the injured officers are still pinned down |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. This will not end well |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm sure some defender of an omni-armed citizenry will be here soon to correct |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It doesn't matter to the dead and bereaved |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I am all for accuracy in reporting, BUT |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I matters a lot if you want to craft policies that actually solve the problem |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It does not matter in the first hours of a tragedy |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It does matter if people |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yeah, it's going to get harder and harder to get police support for the NRA agenda.... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The police cannot be trusted to defend your freedoms |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I agree |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Standard Gun Nut Practice. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Two things... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Oh, Brother..... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I agree- don't speculate at all until facts are known |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
55. Well, if you mean 'now can we have reasonable/sensible gun control legislation'... |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
86. We need to crack down on the militia gun-nut types before they use a truck bomb. nt |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Family member reports that suspect is surrendering now. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. That is an awful picture of the shooter you posted |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Does it hurt when you stretch that hard? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. I know that, but the picture and comment are TO close |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. 1016 Fairfield Avenue, Stanton Heights, Picture of House |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. "Little boxes" on a hillside..... nt |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. wow, you're good, Slug... thanks |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Every house in Allegheny County is on line.... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. JUST CONFIRMED: TWO OFFICERS ARE DEAD, THIRD IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They probably held that back so that the shooter would surrender.... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I am from Pittsburgh and I have family who live in Staton Heights |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. THIRD OFFICER HAS DIED, SUSPECT HAS SURRENDERED |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Information is coming out that at least five officers have been injured |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. 23 yr, old Ex-Marine...May have used an AK-47... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. He was dishonorably discharged from the Marines for mental issues. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Which means federal law prohibits him from possessing any kind of firearm |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. dishonorable Discharge? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Even Steven Green was "honorably" discharged. RIP Abeer, Hadeel, Fakhriya and Qassim. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Last I checked mental illness isn't a crime, even under the UCMJ |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
85. Another Tim McViegh in the making. Well, not now since he is in jail. n/t |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. From Free Republic: |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well, if what that Freeper is saying is TRUE, (seldom the case), |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Two local news stations have reported similar stories. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Very sad. Thanks for the updates. nt |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Thanks for the update. I agree, this guy |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. We need more rightwing, hate radio shows...... |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Mmm...yeah. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
81. Get this - local Pittsburgh radio wingnut host on KDKA Dmitri |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
93. You are so right... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Local news reported that neighbors said the shooter was "politically active" |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. he also had a failed radio show and was obsessed with gun rights. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
80. RE: the Marines... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
82. He was kicked out of the Marines for throwing a food tray at a DI |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. so what was his screen name, I wonder? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Scroll down to post #48 to see the video of the interview of the shooter's |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. The Turner Diaries seems to be a favorite of this type. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. "Get ready, people"? Ready for what? Demands for gun control |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
78. If the FBI spent more time spying on the GOP... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
40. Richard Poplawski has been identified as the shooter. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Must have been his mother's house, see my previous thread on the house |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
41. CNN TV is still such on the Bringhamton storey. Local press conference on |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. OMG. Shooter was afraid that our "Zionist controlled government" |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. This is bad |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. What's scary is that while the shooter is reportedly mentally ill, |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. I noticed that, too! I wonder if |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Oh, you don't have to wonder....... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. See, if only police officers had guns... |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Hey I had the same Idea |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. Looks like he made a youtube video |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. CrooksandLiars has FauxNews saying he feared Obama taking his guns. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Too bad someone didn't take this guy's guns away! |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Idiot. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Well, I wouldn't try to put much meaning into what he claimed he was thinking. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
69. Yesterday, before the NY shooter's identity was known, some nuts on a gun-nut site were.... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Can someone tell these |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
71. Richard "Pop" Poplawski video on youtube |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. the gunman was apparently obsessed with Pres. Obama "taking away his guns" |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Swiss had 34..Not about guns |
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boilinmad (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #75 |
88. 'gun rights'.... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Yep, zurich is a variable darfur...? |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. If the SWAT Team had had guns, this would not have happened! |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. What would NRA Pres. Heston say if he could see how many people are getting killed? nt |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #76 |
90. So you are campaigning to amend the 2nd, or just jacking? |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
84. I heard the shooter was "afraid Obama would take his guns away." |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. His best Friend said ... |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
92. Okay, I live very close to this area |
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