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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:33 PM May 2014

Man Found With Shotgun and Machete on NYC Subway

Source: NBC News

Man Found With Shotgun and Machete on NYC Subway
17 minutes

BY NBC NEW YORK

A former Marine was arrested on the subway in Brooklyn after police found he was carrying a duffel bag containing a shotgun, a cache of ammunition, a laser and a machete, law enforcement sources say.

It's not clear what he was doing, but his mother told NBC 4 New York on Wednesday that he has a history of mental illness. She said he feels responsible for protecting New Yorkers and is burdened by guilt that he let 9/11 happen.

Police were called after witnesses reported seeing the 27-year-old man on the S53 bus in Bay Ridge at about noon with some kind of weapon sticking out of a bag, according to law enforcement sources.

By the time police arrived, he'd already gotten off the bus, the sources said.
Officers canvassed the neighborhood and located the man waiting for a Manhattan-bound R train close to the bus stop. Police approached him and asked to check his bag.


Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-found-shotgun-machete-nyc-subway-n116991

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Man Found With Shotgun and Machete on NYC Subway (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2014 OP
These crazies.... Che1969 May 2014 #1
Alternatively we could treat mental illness instead of just throwing people in prison. jtuck004 May 2014 #6
Are you against gun control? Che1969 May 2014 #12
You are fucking kidding, right? Insane is broken, sick. Yeah that's different. jtuck004 May 2014 #14
My area. I saw him get arrested. hrmjustin May 2014 #2
Really! That would be an unexpected part of your day. Very interesting. n/t Judi Lynn May 2014 #10
I was shopping nearby and it scared me to death. hrmjustin May 2014 #11
It's good things worked out without violence. Could have gone much differently! Judi Lynn May 2014 #13
:( uppityperson May 2014 #18
Thanks. hrmjustin May 2014 #19
Damn. He was only like 14 or 15 when 9/11 happened KeepItReal May 2014 #3
Looks like something out of the Wizard of Oz ... but no wizards there ... n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #5
Perfect! No heart. No brain. No courage... RufusTFirefly May 2014 #9
Heh. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #17
Blaming himself for "letting it happen," math apparently not his strong suit. DRoseDARs May 2014 #7
Our troops and mental illness grilled onions May 2014 #4
There are a lot of ticking time - bombs walking around mwrguy May 2014 #15
This is a sign of how far we have fallen as a people. This man clearly has Squinch May 2014 #8
At least he was protecting his fellow New Yorkers treestar May 2014 #16
Well, at least we can take comfort it's SO SO SO easy for him to get guns and ammo. nt valerief May 2014 #20
The witnesses and the police were heroes for following up on this davidpdx May 2014 #21
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
6. Alternatively we could treat mental illness instead of just throwing people in prison.
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:47 PM
May 2014

Undo Ronnie Reagan's evil. Or, like you said, treat the symptoms (though that will never happen in this country, as long as it is this country).

As long as we focus on the symptoms, though, the cause will always be with us.

Che1969

(9 posts)
12. Are you against gun control?
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:06 PM
May 2014

Also, are the "insane" really that different from the rest of us? Weren't people trying to stand against institutionalizing the mentally ill like prisoners? A lot of people on our side were against locking up "crazy" people and throwing away the key. Maybe Reagan was working with our side on this one for once when he was governor of California....don't get me wrong....there are plenty of other things to pin on Reagan!

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
14. You are fucking kidding, right? Insane is broken, sick. Yeah that's different.
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:25 PM
May 2014


People who are sick deserve treatment like anyone else.

And Reagan was never on anyone's side except his own.

Don't bother replying, I won't read it. Not worth my time.
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
11. I was shopping nearby and it scared me to death.
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:05 PM
May 2014

My sisters kids hang out near there at times. Scary stuff.

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
13. It's good things worked out without violence. Could have gone much differently!
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:09 PM
May 2014

Glad no one was harmed. That would scare anyone, for sure.

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
7. Blaming himself for "letting it happen," math apparently not his strong suit.
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:51 PM
May 2014

Also, I would like to know the significance of reporting the laser. Was it a laser gun sight? That would make it an important detail. Was it a pocket laser pointer? That would make it not.

grilled onions

(1,957 posts)
4. Our troops and mental illness
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:43 PM
May 2014

Has there been a study if troops who come back start having mental illness symptoms(very understandable when they are forced into intolerable conditions and let loose when they come back) or do some actually pass the tests of "mental fitness&quot yet have mental issues?

Squinch

(50,956 posts)
8. This is a sign of how far we have fallen as a people. This man clearly has
Wed May 28, 2014, 09:52 PM
May 2014

a debilitating mental illness. He also believed us when we told him that we would respect him if he fought for America, so he went off and served three terms in Iraq. He comes home, obviously needing extensive therapy, supervision and help. For a while, at least, he needs a live in situation where he could be prevented from hurting himself or others.

And we don't give it to him. Instead we give him a gun.

This story is heartbreaking.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
16. At least he was protecting his fellow New Yorkers
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:50 PM
May 2014

Only problem would be: what does he perceive to be a threat? In his state, it could be anything.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
21. The witnesses and the police were heroes for following up on this
Thu May 29, 2014, 05:29 AM
May 2014

It probably would have been another mass killing. The sad thing is though they stopped this one, there are many more that will go undetected.

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