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marmar

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Sat Oct 3, 2015, 10:59 AM Oct 2015

Sigh. A segment of the US population is hopelessly idiotic.......

(Guardian UK) The deadliest mass killing in the state’s history had taken place a few miles away and to the staff and customers of the Roseburg Gun Shop it was clear they faced a grave threat – from Barack Obama.

Authorities had just discovered a cache of 13 weapons possessed by the shooter, Chris Harper Mercer, but the man they feared was thousands of miles away in the White House, plotting, as they saw it, to confiscate their weapons and leave them defenceless.

“I’ve just ordered some more ARs,” said the owner, Candi Kinney, referring to assault rifles. “There’s always a rush on them after a big shooting. We can’t keep the stuff on the shelves.”

A lifesize cardboard cutout of the president with an Arab keffiyeh scarf stood at the door with a mocking sign: “Gun salesman of the year.” .........................(more)

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/02/oregon-college-shooting-gun-control-roseburg




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Sigh. A segment of the US population is hopelessly idiotic....... (Original Post) marmar Oct 2015 OP
I wouldn't use idiotic. I would say assholian. nt valerief Oct 2015 #1
Or both. marmar Oct 2015 #2
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