Gunman attacks congressman (serial killers, Barack Obama, gun control, Washington)

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by phma

I was trying to be gender neutral. Are you saying the good police officers are not the good guys ?

How would you read that into what I wrote?

I was pointing to the fact that civilians with guns, in this case, did not stop this crime. Police officers with training and skill did.

[emm74]

Funny how it's always just a "mentally ill" person when it's someone from the right who is the shooter but look at all the hatred and vitriol merely based on the supposition that this was someone on the left. Are you so sure it wasn't some gun worshipper who didn't care who he was shooting?

[LoveToRow]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

potential ID on the shooter:

News: Shooter named as James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Ill.

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/sta...00649532006402

I'll wait for an identification from a credible source.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by daylux

Anyone think it's coincidence that the healthcare bill was to be voted on today and the congressman shot, Trump supporter and fourth most powerful person in Washington, is the one who collects the votes.

The Senate was not going to vote healthcare today.

The Congressman shot this morning is the House Whip and has nothing to do with the Senate vote.

[Suburban_Guy]

Just a sign of the times.

With all the nasty political discourse on here, why should anyone be surprised?

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by RedZin

This. 100%.

This is the only sane response to this type of vicious attack.

Our elected officials should be free to practice for a charity ballgame without fear of being shot.

Anyone who cannot see how wrong this is and not inject politics into it needs to take a long, hard look at what they really care about.

People are more important that politics.

I agree with all you say.

But WE should be free to go to a movie or a nightclub without fear of being shot. But we are not.


Again, America is a violent country and politicians are not immune.


Neither are we safe when we go out.

[LoveToRow]

Originally Posted by emm74

Funny how it's always just a "mentally ill" person when it's someone from the right who is the shooter but look at all the hatred and vitriol merely based on the supposition that this was someone on the left. Are you so sure it wasn't some gun worshipper who didn't care who he was shooting?

Now this is interesting.

[uggabugga]

did dunderhead terry McAuliffe really just say 'we lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence'?

[middle-aged mom]

All media reporting shooter identified as James Hodgkinson, age 66, of Illinois.

Earlier confusion because he carried multiple IDs.

[Dbones]

Nah, it's Trump's fault! Just getting that out of the way.