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To: Land Shark who wrote (891386)	10/3/2015 6:43:39 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575614

– The Umpqua Community College shooter has been identified as Chris Harper-Mercer. He killed nine people and injured seven. The police later killed the gunman. This is a horrific tragedy and has left people asking the question to why he did this. Fox News reports: No background on Mercer, 26 – or details about any possible motive – were released. However, Fox was told that as a precaution, counterterrorism officials were running his name against watchlists and checking his e-mail history, phone logs, social media profiles and online history to rule out any links to terrorism. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said that as of Thursday night, “we are reporting 10 fatalities in the shooting (and) seven injuries” who were transported to a local hospital and to a hospital in Eugene. Mercer was included in the death count. FAX BLAST CONGRESS: STOP SHARIA LAW FROM TAKING OVER AMERICA! The Washington Times reported that Harper-Mercer’s shooting was probably a hate crime, as he specifically targeted Christians during his attack. Stacey Boylan, the mother of a witness to the shooting, told reporters that he asked potential victims whether or not they were Christian. “And they would stand up and he said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second.’ And then he shot and killed them.” Kortney Moore, 18, told the News-Review she was in her Writing 115 class in Snyder Hall when a shot came through the window. Moore said she saw her teacher get shot in the head. The shooter then reportedly told the students to get on the ground before asking people to stand up and state their religion. He then began firing. Moore said she was lying on the ground with people who had been shot. Among the details authorities have discovered was one detail the media doesn’t want to report on — a MySpace account on which he was friends with an apparent Islamic terror supporter. - See more at: teaparty.org

To: Land Shark who wrote (891386)	10/3/2015 6:50:07 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575614

Obama airstrike kills 19 Doctors Without Borders 8 fiream if bUsh had done this you libs would be caalling for his impoeachment

To: Land Shark who wrote (891386)	10/3/2015 6:55:25 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Respond to of 1575614

50 shot in Chicago this weekend do they have gun control there ?

To: Land Shark who wrote (891386)	10/5/2015 11:26:51 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575614

Guns ownership, despite being a protected constitutional right, is far more regulated then car ownership. We don't require waiting periods, limit the capacity of the gas tank or the power of the engine, require back ground checks to purchase a car, We don't require licenses to own a car, only to drive it on public roads (you can own it without a incense and someone else can drive it, or you can drive it on private property). We give the license out to every 16 to 18 year old (depending on the state, and with learners permits as young as 14), who can pass a simple test, Anyone who has a license in one state can go to any state and drive there (unlike say Illinois where CCPs from other states are not recognized, and without a CCP you have to keep your gun locked up in transit). If you drive without a license where a license is required, you don't get into nearly as much trouble as you can get for an unlicensed firearm (the first is a violation or misdemeanor, the 2nd is typically a felony), Car dealers don't need to be licensed by the feds. Car dealers don't have to keep the kind of records that gun dealers do. Cars can be sold across state lines. You can buy a car for someone else's use without running afoul of "straw purchase" laws. Cars aren't banned just because they look scary (as with assault weapons which are defined by cosmetic differences with other guns). As for the NRA, they are the main force behind protecting the right for people to arm themselves against mass killers. To the extent that anyone but the killer "has blood on their hands", people who create gun free zones and otherwise disarm potential victims do.