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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoomsday ‘prepper’ dead after trailer park shooting rampage and fiery explosion
A Michigan man described by his neighbors as a doomsday prepper set fire to his mobile home and fatally shot himself after going on a shooting spree at the trailer park where he lived.
State troopers were called Saturday night to Riverside Estates Mobile Home Park in Buchanan, where neighbors reported gunshots being fired at their trailer homes.
No one was injured by the hail of gunfire, but neighbors were forced to take cover in bathtubs and under furniture as bullets riddled the insides of their homes.
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Neighbors said Lanser regularly ordered 300 rounds of ammunition, and his Facebook profile shows he was interested in hunting, firearms, and motorcycle riding.
He said if he was going to go out, he was going to go out big, said neighbor Christopher Chrissebring. Well, Id say he went out big. ...................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/doomsday-prepper-dead-after-trailer-park-shooting-rampage-and-fiery-explosion/
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Doomsday ‘prepper’ dead after trailer park shooting rampage and fiery explosion (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2015
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Frosty1
(1,823 posts)1. "Those who live by the gun die by the gun"
Not much of a surprise...just another right wing terrorist.
KG
(28,752 posts)4. and all too often, others who want nothing to do with guns die too.
Coventina
(27,157 posts)3. I wonder if he was a paranoid schizophrenic
My grandmother's husband was, and exhibited much the same behavior as described in the article.
Glad that no one was harmed but himself.
Frosty1
(1,823 posts)7. Obviously some type of mental illness was involved
Too bad gun ownership can't be screened better to keep that stuff away from the more disturbed citizens
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)5. I'm just thankful this asshole didn't take out any innocent people in
his little "quest for glory".
Frosty1
(1,823 posts)9. Darwins award to this guy
Notice how there was no good guy with a gun to take out this bad guy or his bullets?
MineralMan
(146,322 posts)8. Note to Preppers: Shoot yourself first and conserve ammo.
Brother Buzz
(36,450 posts)11. It was a quiet night at the Daisyview Trailer Park....
And Mrs. Rosenfeld didn't hardly yell at me......So Stop Saying That!!!
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)12. Dammit, I really miss Bob Boudelang! nt
cloudbase
(5,524 posts)13. I think it's a hoot that they use the word
'estates' for a mobile home park.