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Old 09-24-2016, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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Washington passed a law by initiative that requires ALL forearms transfers to have a background check done on the buyer. The proponents of this initiative said it was to make Washington State SAFER by preventing mass shootings.
I wonder how this could have happened, given the fact that a COMMON SENSE gun law was passed. What happened?
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Old 09-24-2016, 06:36 PM
 
Location: World
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From his face, he can be Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Italian or Hispanic. How can they be so sure about him being Hispanic unless they heard him shouting in Spanish??
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Old 09-24-2016, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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So, he "looks" Hispanic. In that area, big deal, that doesn't mean much.
The first time I asked my first ex-wife to skate at the Burlington Roller Frolic, she says she nearly refused because she thought I was a Mexican field hand. Actually, I had a dark tan from working on the flight line at NAS Whidbey Island (Ault Field). Many of her friends thought I was Mexican, too.
Sad that they couldn't tell the difference between a tanned Caucasian Sailor and a Mexican field hand....
I heard the perp was "armed and dangerous", then I heard that he left the rifle on the counter in Macy's. Whatever, I hope they catch him soon.
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Old 09-24-2016, 06:54 PM
 
Location: annandale, va & slidell, la
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Do we need to point out a killer's ethnic, racial, religious background?
It's a new policing protocol I think began about 3,000-years ago
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Old 09-24-2016, 07:09 PM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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Here's an updated news story - https://www.yahoo.com/news/authoriti...45.html?ref=gs

The gunman was identified as hispanic by eye witnesses. How they made that determination is unspecified. Four women, one man dead.
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Old 09-24-2016, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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From his face, he can be Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Italian or Hispanic. How can they be so sure about him being Hispanic unless they heard him shouting in Spanish??
Or greek, or turkish, or...

Eye witnesses apparently think he was hispanic. Why the witnesses think that, I haven't been able to discover.

If you read a selection of the news stories, you will find NO quotes from people who directly saw the shootings. I suspect they are being kept under wraps for now.

Edited to add - some the photos seem to show a design on his t-shirt that I can't see clearly, but that reminds me of one of these - http://www.zazzle.com/guadalupe+tshirts

Maybe that's why he is thought to be hispanic?

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Old 09-24-2016, 07:43 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Shooting people in malls and theatres has been a hallmark of whites in the US the last few years, not Hospanics or Arabs.
Young whites have been marginalized over the past several years with feelings of guilt, being told they're evil, privileged, and other garbage. No doubt that impacts mental health.
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Old 09-24-2016, 08:10 PM
 
Location: The Heart of Dixie
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He does look like he could be Muslim. Did they confirm that he was speaking Spanish or in a Mexican accent, and that they did not hear Arabic being spoken and Koranic verses being recited?
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Old 09-24-2016, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Houston
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From his face, he can be Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Italian or Hispanic. How can they be so sure about him being Hispanic unless they heard him shouting in Spanish??
He is Hispanic.
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Old 09-24-2016, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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A 'Hispanic' named Mohammoud shouting Halleleujah Snackbar.
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