NOT.

1) There will be more shootings;
2) The will be by right-wing terrorists; and
3) They will ALL be "gun nuts."

I feel like the dog whistle has reached a fever pitch...there will be more, leading up to the election...and they may get really bad once Obama wins

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Which I think would have a much higher ranking of the reasons he started shooting at the Constable, you know the guy there to serve the eviction papers, than whatever Glenn Beck has said.

When people are desperate, and seriously, getting evicted means the dude has financial issues, they do desperate things.

"a ticking time bomb". I'm guessing if there was no eviction, something else would have set him off. He was armed to the teeth and angry at the world,not a good combination.

That fucker Glen Beck.

who are going to be blowing before November -- that's my guess. The hatred, lies and anger being pumped into the Republican Base is more than those ignorant people can handle. They're armed, they're about to pop. The Republicans OWN these maniacs.

He was just the messenger. Literally.

I agree with you about desperate people, but to shoot the person whose job it is to serve the eviction papers on you? That's beyond reason.

Seriously, that's not something that should ever seem like a good idea to anyone. No matter how desperate you may think things are. Killing innocent people isn't a solution. Ever.

I'm saying you have a man that's is clearly having financial issues - enough that he's getting evicted - and when people feel desperate they do things that sound right to them, but clearly aren't right. It's not right to shoot a constable just doing his job.

But we don't even know the full story on this guy. Did he recently lose his job? Have his car repoed? Getting harassing calls from collectors? Knowing he's getting evicted may have been his last straw and he snapped.

And no, I'm not excusing shooting the constable or anyone else. And no shooting people isn't right - I'm not saying that it is in any way an acceptable solution to anything.

That really wasn't my impression or intention.

The guy was divorced a year ago, quit his job 9-months ago and went full in scary gun obsessed, hate filled wacko, from what I read. So much so his parents have been afraid he'd do them harm.

I'm just frustrated with our current system. Where people who have real mental health needs keep slipping through the cracks and being primed to believe violence is a solution.

Rereading my post I realize I wandered off from making that point by about a mile. I wasn't aiming my thoughts at you, though. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

I'm frustrated with the system too. It's a sad sad deal all around.

And said he was not going to work anymore according to his stepfather.

my stepfather was a 'gun nut' and when my family ran into financial trouble, the guns were the first to go.

it really gave us a safety net on occasion.

If i had a collection of something expensive I'd sure as heck sell all of it in a heart beat if I was about to get evicted.

The guy wasn't thinking clearly, that's for sure.

Not all violence is brought about by this but it has a large share, and not just the big news events. Surely, those bringing about these situational ingredients understand this.

Live on lobster and steak in section-8 mansions provided by the tax payers.

I hear it all the time now. The most recent addition was we should cut all welfare to make them steal to exist. That way they'll end up in prison where they belong.

I kid you not.

The Dept of Homeland Security has billions of dollars of antiterrorism technology and personnel. They've read all of our Internet postings and email. Everything known about us has been run through acres and acres of computers. Everybody has been profiled.

Okay. Genies and bottles, and massive governmental violation of wiretapping laws for years, and all that. But, government now has one of those rare, fleeting moments of opportunity to actually do something to protect the public. Go after the white male terrorists with guns. The NSA and CIA and DIA and FBI and BATF and the guy who runs the local range know who they are.

So, just start with the ones who've bought human hunting licenses and lots of ammo. Try it, Agent Mike. You might just get some pride in your job back.

The FBI and the spooks have had no problem or qualms about infiltrating and disrupting and arresting quite a few perceived security risks on the Left over the years.

It's not like it isn't in Officer Mike's DNA. He just needs to wake up and readjust his screen settings to the Right. It's a target-dense environment over there -- points right> -- Mike.

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quotes about violent men of action, cleaning out his Facebook Friends, 350,000 zombies slain, more guns.

"We couldn't have seen it coming."

Do you know the source, as in who conceived and/or printed it for distribution?

There are a bunch of similar images and versions out there. You've never seen one before? Usually affixed on the rear window of a pickup truck with Southern plates.

So no, I haven't yet seen one of these. how grotesque, how
ugly, how very telling. For me this pushes beyond the limits
of protected free speech, like yelling "FIRE" in a theater, it is
bound to result in needless deaths.

However, there is a pattern of gun violence and Right-wing extremism that goes along with it that no one in gov't (certainly elected office) is willing to discuss, much less act on. It's all soothing words and flags at half-mast until it happens again, and again, until finally it's just the new normal.

We need to hold our own favored politicians feet to the fire until they finally get off the center of the cross-hairs they've triangulated themselves into. The Democratic Party needs to become the party of reasonable restrictions on firearms, again. Stop pandering to the Rightwing terrorism of the NRA.

.. in desperate situations.


What could possibly go wrong?

Same personality, same sick obsession with guns.

My neighbors are Glenn Beck nuts, and it seems all that clown talks about is conspiracies, and how they're all going to be rounded up when the Govt collapses. He's a dangerous man.