Omaha NE mall shooting - JUST THE FACTS PLEASE

[alan]

Re "Just the facts", all to often, facts are the very last thing that we get from media.

 

[The-Fly]

Cnn just posted this photo of the dirt bag shooting people. Not a great photo, but it does appear to be an AK to my eyes. What do you guys think?

 

[Mikee Loxxer]

It does look like a Kalashnikov

 

[Big Boomer]

as far as what he used to kill all those people, hell I'd prefer that the media got it totally wrong, like saying he used a fully automatic 20mm vulcan cannon with high explosive, depleted uranium, mustard gas spreading, baby killing, nazi bullets.

It would be totally wrong but at least those are already illegal to the average joe and stretched the truth a wee bit on the ammo.

If they put out for another ban as we have always said, if they can't get xxx weapon they'll just go for the next best thing. He could have just as easily highjacked a schoolbus full of children and drove it off a cliff. He would have been "just as famous"

 

[jakemccoy]

Fact: "Stole" does not necessarily mean burglary or robbery.

Reasonable Assumption: The gun owner's level of responsibility was not where it should have been.

 

[nwilliams]

Looks like an AK to me

Very creepy image, its hard to believe people can have so little regard for life

 

[Langenator]

And it would appear that he's actually aiming.

Aimed fire from mutants is almost always bad news.

 

[willbrink]

Folks, look at this:

"By this time, two other shoppers were aiming their pistols at Mr. Hawkins — a young, single woman pulled a .40 caliber Glock 27 from her purse, and a retired farmer drew his 9mm Ruger SR9 (an early Christmas gift from his wife). Together with the first man they moved in to separate Mr. Hawkins from his gun, search him for other weapons and restrain him until law enforcement arrived."

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2806

I have heard nothing about any CCW involved. Is this a fake? I don't see how that would have been missed even by the anti gun media.

 

[alan]

My two cents worth. From the less than clear photo, strikes me that one could bet either way.

 

[SaMx]

It might be fake. I didn't even know the SR9 was out yet.

 

[willbrink]

If it's a fake, they are lower than whale sh*& as human beings. It also claims the shooter is in the hospital, so something is all wrong with it, but why? It may be some ploy by some anti gun type? All very strange....

 

[willbrink]

The more I look at it the more clear it's a fake. Why would anyone bother? I guess it's some sort of "what if" story by a person who is pro gun? Either way, it's way off the mark and makes the author look like a low life.

 

[rickomatic]

Folks, look at this:

"By this time, two other shoppers were aiming their pistols at Mr. Hawkins — a young, single woman pulled a .40 caliber Glock 27 from her purse, and a retired farmer drew his 9mm Ruger SR9 (an early Christmas gift from his wife). Together with the first man they moved in to separate Mr. Hawkins from his gun, search him for other weapons and restrain him until law enforcement arrived."

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2806

I have heard nothing about any CCW involved. Is this a fake? I don't see how that would have been missed even by the anti gun media.

willbrink,

scrappleface is a parody news site. That "story" was not written to make light of the situation, but rather to point out a "what if" situation. It's good food for thought, IMO.

 

[jimbob86]

I Mentioned I had a bombshell earlier.....

Here it is. It is NOT Fake.

http://joemerchant24.blogspot.com/2007/12/firsthand-account-of-von-maur-shooting.html

I've been sitting on this since thursday or friday, when NW posted on my home board, but I did'nt get permission to put it out until now.......

 

[Zundfolge]

I Mentioned I had a bombshell earlier.....

I think you were scooped

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=322156

 

[mbt2001]

Frankly, the shooter did something I would have said was impossible, so having accomplished the impossible, nothing would have stopped him from doing what he did...

The impossible, was concealing and AK while going into the mall, past cameras, security and police. I don't know about you guys, but police are fairly regular, as well as security and cameras at every mall I have ever gone to.