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Law enforcement officials say armed bystanders drawing their own firearms complicated an investigation into a deadly mass shooting in Colorado earlier this week.
Three people were killed on Wednesday when 47-year-old Scott Ostrem allegedly walked in a Walmart superstore in Thornton, a suburb of Denver, and began firing nonchalantly at shoppers. According to witness reports, Ostrem then turned and left the store, sparking a manhunt.
Details about the shooting are still emerging. The suspect has a minor criminal history but not much is known about his motive, according to Thornton police spokesman Victor Avila. The Daily Beast reported on Friday that Ostrem may have been a religious Christian who was prejudiced against his Latinx neighbors. Ostrems victims are Pamela Marques, 52, Carlos Moreno, 66, and Victor Vasquez, 26. Moreno and Vasquez died at the scene, while Marques succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. Police officers ultimately caught Ostrem on Thursday morning, 14 hours after the shooting occurred. He reportedly attempted to flee but was trapped by traffic.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-walmart-shooting-guns-75933af8cb92/
Hey NRA, hows that open carry law doing----------------not much assholes, arm citizens to protect themselves and others--------------that is a f*cking joke
Where is Dana Loesh and Tom Selleck and other f*cking board members---------------FU
I fully believe that bullets should cost $5,000 dollars a piece, just like Chris Rock said, it would stop this senseless nonsense
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)With the proliferation of pistol-packin' peteys, we can expect more cases of 'gun, gun, who's got a gun.'
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)gun use. Of course they count instances where some racist gun toter sees to black/brown guys walking down the street in the opposite direction, scaring the racist gun owner, as a defensive gun use.
George Zimmerman murdering Trayvon Martin is also officially counted as a justified defensive gun use.
Not sure how some gun-fancier intimidating his spouse is counted, or gun toting racists/Nazis in Charlottesville or the corner restuarant.
In cases like Loughner shooting Gabby Giffords and bystanders, there were armed attendees who did nothing but mess themselves. A little elderly lady brought Loughner down by grabbing him. If Loughner had not had easy access to a gun and ammo, we wouldn't even have this event to cite.