2 dead in church after Idaho shootings

[Bluebear]

We need more guns! More, more, more! If only everyone in church had been packing heat! :eyes:

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MOSCOW, Idaho - Law enforcement officers stormed a church where they believed a shooter or shooters were hiding on Sunday, finding two bodies inside, police said.

The dead included the likely shooter who had wounded two officers and a civilian with bursts of automatic gunfire late Saturday or early Sunday, police said.

About 75 shots were fired in the attack, said David Duke, Moscow's assistant police chief. Duke said the attack was apparently an ambush, with the shooter firing into the Latah County Courthouse to lure people into the line of fire.

A Moscow police officer was shot first, followed by a Latah County sheriff's deputy who came to his aid. A civilian was struck after that, Duke said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_on_re_us/idaho_shootings

[LiberalFighter]

1. They should had worshipped in their home then they wouldn't be killed in church

[tjwash]

2. I'm surprised the press didn't refer to the shooter as a "disgruntled worshiper"

And it's very surreal seeing an asst. police chief named "David Duke" but this is Idaho after all...

[NC_Nurse]

4. A Carlin fan!

I love that routine. Disgruntled worshippers will be the next big thing!

[Deja Q]

3. Worse and worse and worse. Church or not, what the frig is going on?

[Xenotime]

13. Too many guns in America.

[jody]

5. How did a "semiautomatic rifle" produce "bursts of automatic gunfire"? n/t

[karlrschneider]

6. Typical bullshit hysterical "reporting"

:grr: :eyes:

[Paladin]

8. Yes, Because God Knows.....

...the most critical element of this tragic incident is the media's ability to render an immediate, absolutely perfect description of the weapons involved. (Sarcasm alert.)

Take it back down to the Gun Dungeon where such bullshit is appreciated......

[karlrschneider]

14. I didn't make the original post, genius.

:eyes:

[spoony]

7. Cheer up, maybe these people were your enemies too.

Like Falwell. I'm just saying, you should be consistent and celebrate every fundy death.

[Swamp Rat]

9. David Duke?!?

:wow:

[aikoaiko]

10. In GA, we are not allowed to carry a concealed weapon in church...

... and I often complain about that provision in the law. My non-gun friends often ask why I would want to and this shooting is a good example of why. Bad things can happen anywhere.

[JVS]

11. We'd be a lot safer if every church kept one sniper hidden behind the altar and one...

up in the balcony for security purposes ;-)

[annabanana]

12. We will probably never hear what the shooter's stated motives were...

If we never hear what they claimed they were shooting for. . . they were RW wackadoodles.

[Edweird]

15. It's not about how many guns there are, It's about how many disturbed people there are.

Our society has been going downhill for sooooo long, this is the result. 25 years ago, when I was 11, most of my friends had guns. .22 at 10-12 then bigger as you got older. There where no columbine shootings, no drive by's, none of that. And there were guns EVERYWHERE! More so than now. The church was a no-carry zone, I'm sure, which means the killer could act without anyone challenging him until the police arrive. And remember, the police have no responsibility for your safety. They are there to catch the criminal, which they generally do an iffy job of at best.

So, yeah, sure, take all the guns away, so that law abiding citizens won't have anything. You'll be oh-so-safe then won't you. That way criminals can do whatever they want with no risk whatsoever. I mean, as long as the drug smugglers don't get the idea to bring guns in when they smuggle drugs in we won't have any guns in the US right? And you and everybody else will be perfectly safe. :sarcasm:

[Cheap_Trick]

16. No wonder there was a church shooting...

Republicans kicked god out of the church a long time ago.

[krispos42]

17. There's something wrong with our country

I can't find it now, but the people who investigated the original US Postal Service shootings back in the 80's found a direct correlation between how the employees were treated and the incidences of gunfire.

The report basically stated that in something like 50% of workplace shootings in the past 20 years or so had factors that predicted the conditions for the shootings, based on how the company treated the employees. It wasn't stuff like sitting in a corner stroking a rifle every day or a guy being cheated on by his wife.

Companies want worker insecurity. It makes the workers compliant and keeps wages and benefits down.

And it makes the workers snap on a regular basis.