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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:12 PM
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Gym shooter bought from sites that sold to college gunmen (CNN)
(CNN) -- A company that sold firearms merchandise to the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University shooters also sold firearm accessories to a man who fatally shot three women in a Pennsylvania gym earlier this week.

TGSCOM Inc. sold George Sodini a Glock magazine and a Glock magazine loader, company president Eric Thompson told CNN.

The company is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and sells firearms on dozens of Web sites it operates, including shotgunworks.com, which Sodini used to purchase the gun accessories on April 26, 2008, Thompson said.

Thompson said the company had no contact with Sodini and had no other receipts indicating he had ever purchased anything else from the company.

Authorities say Sodini walked into a gym aerobics class outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began shooting around 8 p.m. Tuesday, killing three women and wounding nine others before turning the gun on himself.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/07/gym.shooting.merchandise/index.html
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:14 PM
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1. Sources say he also ate at McDonalds.
And Irish restaurant which John Wayne Gacy was also known to patronize.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:20 PM
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3. Its only the largest Glock Accersory site out there
with unique stuff its almost impossible to find elsewhere
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:20 PM
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2. Dup post
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:21 PM
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4. And the only word which appears in both titles is "gun" ...
so much for the idea of doing a search on the title.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:49 PM
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6. Actually I posted the link so other could benefit from the longer discussion
Edited on Fri Aug-07-09 05:49 PM by ProgressiveProfessor
you could also request the threads be merged.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 06:10 PM
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7. More of a rhetorical complaint on my part. No harm. nt
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Fleet Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 05:22 PM
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5. Common items
It's not like a standard capacity Glock mag and loader are obscure or difficult to purchase items.


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