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Originally Posted by Taf
Bombs and bomb-making equipment plus a lot of ammunition fund at their home.
Not looking like "just a couple going postal" any more.
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Was already known they had explosives, unsure what actually happened to the majority of the 'pipe bombs' as they were quoted to have on their person. Reports of explosions but nothing concrete.
- The third suspect was unrelated, wrong place at the wrong time.
The actual facts thus far then:
-Evidence found at the scene being taken to Washington for analysis -States they do not know the motive at this time. -FBI says when you look at the pre-planning that went into this, there was definitely a motive. -Won't confirm any communications with domestic or foreign terrorists. -Confirms male suspect made foreign trips and came back with his wife in 2014. -Confirms he went to Pakistan at some point, unwilling to confirm he went to Saudi Arabia. -States there was some level of sophistication to the IED -Won't confirm that law enforcement found an Al-Qaeda Inspire magazine at the scene.
Now it is starting to swing the way of terrorism given the planning, explosives and ammunition ranging in the thousands. Again though I'd wait for the motive/reason before we get to a conclusion. Although it seems likely the target was chosen because he knew it well, the fact is 14 people needlessly lost their lives. So forget about Islamic Terrorism and forget about domestic terrorism, these 4 firearms were legally owned, the assault rifles weren't even purchased by him, it gets even more silly then.
So the more disturbing matter is whether you're ISIS or Islamic terrorists, madmen or just both then you needn't take your AK to the US, they'll supply you with an assault rifle.. If you're a madman then you can just up and buy one anyway.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
I wonder if the Republican politicians who said last weeks Planned Parenthood shootings were due to mental health issues will follow the same line with this one...
On a related note, the Guardian provides some statistics about the 994 mass shootings in 1004 days (up to October 1st 2015) - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...a-gun-violence |
Horrible stats. The NRA are a joke, trying to justify needing an assault rifle for whatever reason, just no.