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In reply to the discussion: Rick Santorum Suggests Unarmed 'Soft Target' Shoppers Tempted El Paso Shooter [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)47. True.
The point that I was making was that people being around who are trained to use guns did not stop the Dayton shooter from going there. Fortunately city officials and police officials had great foresight in this case and had regular detachments of officers covering the area, that did make the difference between 9 being dead and the new worst mass shooting in US history and likely word history. The cops that faced down that maniac had real guts, it takes that to face an assault weapon with a sidearm.
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Rick Santorum Suggests Unarmed 'Soft Target' Shoppers Tempted El Paso Shooter [View all]
marble falls
Aug 2019
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And how do the arriving police know who to shoot? They don't. Considering that so many
Nay
Aug 2019
#13
Let alone the good citizen shot to death by cops in the Baton Rouge Mall ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#19
MAGA Cultist Answer: "... which ones skin is the darkest..." No sarc tag, they'd actually say this
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#21
Right, they were so tempting he drove 9 hours to kill those particular 'soft targets'.
tanyev
Aug 2019
#11
CNN decided they needed someone who could deliver the demented market niche.
marble falls
Aug 2019
#20
If the cops hadn't gotten that guy when they did, he was only a step or two from getting ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#45
Seems like I recall there was a good guy with a gun (legally licensed to carry) who happened to be a
Grammy23
Aug 2019
#41
Ah Ricky - go back to ... Virginia - or Pennsylvania or wherever it is that you are from.
yellowcanine
Aug 2019
#51
Ricky Sanctorectum, the Original Frothy Mix, Thinks He's Relevant. How Cute. n/t
TygrBright
Aug 2019
#53
That is what amazed me in the Dayton videos - thoses cops were RUNNING towards full ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#61