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Old 06-14-2017, 07:21 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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Now reporting the shooter was shot, too.
Yep, alive and in custody. Going to be a very,very bad day for him/her/it...
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:22 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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If the guy was there to kill and got that many shots and didn't kill one person with an open field -- do you think he was there to kill......was he that bad of a shot.

There were people scattered all over the field -- isn't it curious that not one person was fatally wounded.

I know nothing about guns, what he was shooting, if it is difficult to hit a target?
There is only about 20 sq.in of body mass from any angle standing, that is a fatal hit.

If someone is not well trained to squeeze, they are going to jerk the trigger, pulling the shot to the side the of the hand the shooter is using to operate the trigger. Right handed, shots are going to be to the right.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:22 AM
 
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Now reporting the shooter was shot, too.
Yes - there were earlier reports that the shooter was dead - but, those have dried up for now.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:24 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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This means -- if it was the shooter -- he had planned to shoot them regardless -- he didn't know which 'team' they played on but showed up with a gun anyways.

That's my conclusion.
Mine too.

If the shooter was actually the person who posed the question, it appears he came prepared to shoot, regardless of who was practicing.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:27 AM
 
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Who told him they would be there at 7:00A? That's what I would like to know.

This is the first time I've seen my Congressman's name mentioned in a news story.
The Congressional Republican Democratic ballgame has been an annual event for as long as I can remember. I am sure the practice fields are well known to anybaody in the area who is interested.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:27 AM
 
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If the shooter didn't care who it was - why even ask? He would just start firing away.

They had been coming to practice for two months. He probably already knew who it was, and wanted to make sure.
I was demonstrating how you can look at it a million ways.

We don't know for sure that was the shooter...a guy who had left the field by the time the shooter actually started shooting claims it was.

We don't know yet.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:28 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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Mine too.

If the shooter was actually the person who posed the question, it appears he came prepared to shoot, regardless of who was practicing.
Then why did he ask and furthermore why didn't he go to the Dems field? Given the reports so far this was a targeted shooting.

I wonder where the shooter is from? Given that D.C. is a gun free zone it couldn't be from there...
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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I've been saying for a long time that the DC swamp is not safe for Republicans. Time to move the government out of the Swamp to a neutral location or let the Dims have the Swamp and move the Republican majority controlling the House, Senate and Presidency to Texas..
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Formerly New England now Texas!
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My husband and I just discussed the *same* thing. It's possible that he showed up ready to kill regardless of whom was on the field. Speculation at this point is pretty pointless.

I'm a little jarred by the eyewitness account of Scalise dragging himself 50 feet through the dirt, leaving a trail of blood. This is just shocking.
Genius, if he planned to shoot anyone, why did he inquire about the political party of those playing?
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:31 AM
 
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This should be a lesson to the people who are on here fighting for their side like it's their mother. The side you fight for is playing sports with the other side. They are all friends. The whole D/R is theater and some of you get so worked up over it.
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