Shooting

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by ProdigalHorn, Feb 16, 2018.

  1. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    I'd have charged in ready to shoot and if it came to it... I'd have cursed the NRA with my last breath.
     
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  2. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Agree. But also worth noting we quickly established that you could and would charge into the breach, with the proper motivation. And it makes me wonder much more motivation those 4 armed deputies needed? How many young lives could have been saved?

    One last note. I was a trial atty for a long time. Which means I cannot help but think through potential liability every time one of these situations occur. It just happens automatically. And I am beginning to envision a swarm of plaintiffs lawyers descending on this county like a biblical horde of locusts.
     
  3. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    More fallout from the CNN "Townhall"



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  4. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    I wonder if sovereign immunity applies to incompetent policing. I know cities have paid out the wazoo for wrongful death when officers killed people negligently. Kinda curious because after an ice storm toppled a big tree across the road this week, a firetruck roared through my father's yard, leaving ruts in his St. Augustine and breaking his sprinkler system in several places.
     
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  5. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    SO in other words, according to Jake, CNN knew perfectly well that the question would be asked of Dana, and they were OK with it. And Jake somehow thinks that makes CNN look fair???
     
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  6. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Transcripts of one of the FBI calls have been released
    As far as I can tell, we dont know who made this call, but clearly someone with first hand knowledge.
    The caller notes the Browards County Sheriff had already been called, but did nothing. So this woman went one step further and added that he --
    -- cut up animals
    -- liked ISIS
    -- had the mental capacity of a 12-14yr old, and
    -- wanted to kill people
    I guess hindsight and all that but, to me, this does not just qualify as a red flag, it is a giant flashing neon sign. And it was still not enough--
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The FBI caller --

    "I just want someone to know about this so they can look into it If they think it's something worth going into, fine.
    If not, I just know I have a clear conscience if he takes off and, and just starts shooting places up."

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  8. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    It is almost as if Tapper/CNN had decided on the narrative and agenda before they knew the facts.
    Strange how often that happens.
     
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  9. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    "911, what's your emergency?"

    "There's someone breaking into my house. Could you send the Broward County Sheriff's Department to water my garden while I kill the intruder?"
     
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  10. Hollandtx

    Hollandtx 250+ Posts

    The Broward coward will go down in infamy.
    I understand that no one truly knows how they will react until the stuff hits the fan, but 4 people hired to protect hiding outside is disgusting.

    I've been in a few situations where I could have fled, or fight, and I fought.
    These situations didn't even involve children. That should be instinctual if you have children or loved ones who are kids.
     
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  11. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    So someone with some smarts answer for me: Is it possible to tell based on what CNN has now released that the Habbs' version of the email with CNN was the one that was doctored? CNN is claiming they edited the email they showed as evidence that CNN was censoring them. But I'm looking at the two versions:

    http://thehill.com/homenews/media/3...ck-on-claim-about-scripted-town-hall-question



    CNN's version is the one that looks sketchy. Would you write "These are quick questions so that we can get to as many people as possible/ This is what Colton and I discussed on the phone that he submitted?" That makes no grammatical sense at all - it frankly looks tacked on.

    The email writer could just be horrible at writing. That's certainly a possibility. But the Haabs' version looks a whole lot more believable on the face of it just due to the way it's written. So I'm not clear why it's so evident that the Haabs' version is the altered one.
     
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  12. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

     
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  13. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The Broward Sheriff has been out making some denials
    But it looks like even liberal media has turned on him

     
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  14. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    How this Sheriff can not only show his face but righteously ***** out his political opponents is really astounding. If anyone besides the shooter bears responsibility, it's law enforcement - from ignoring warning signs to wussing out while the shooting took place.

    And of course, though it's being spun to attack the pro-gun position, any sensible person should reach the opposite conclusion. Failures on the part of law enforcement show that police cannot adequately protect the public. People should turn over their right to own a gun to rely on these gutless and incompetent jokers? That's just insane.
     
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  15. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    We're talking about liberals here, Deez.;)
     
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  16. OUBubba

    OUBubba 5,000+ Posts

    You make good points. Do we go ahead and take you off the Blue Lives Matter email list? :)
     
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  17. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Barry,

    I was never on it, but believe it or not, it is possible to be pro-cop in general but anti-cop not doing his job. Personally, I'm not pro-cop in general. When a cop screws up I don't take his side. When he does his job correctly, I do take his side. It's the "doing a good job" part that gets my support, not just being a cop.
     
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  18. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    For when you need to do nothing as quickly as possible.

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  19. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    That can't be real.
     
  20. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Maybe it was civil forfeiture, and they just got a paint job?

    An ex of mine ended up as an ADA in Oxnard (Ventura County) and I recall they had fancy boats, jet skis, ATVs and so forth out the wazoo. No telling what else

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  21. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

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  22. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    People on the left have really contorted to make this argument - trying to show that since THESE guys didn't do anything, that somehow has anything to do with what cops IN GENERAL will do. The weird claim that you can't expect those guys to go in against a guy with a semi-automatic shows a shocking lack of knowledge about what happens pretty regularly in shooter situations.

    Of course the next step is if these "highly trained good guys with guns" didn't do anything, that somehow means that none of them ever would. At some point I think people just shut their brains off and make everything fit their narrative.
     
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  23. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Charity event
     
  24. UTChE96

    UTChE96 2,500+ Posts

    It's a self-defeating argument for the Left. If we cannot rely on the Police to protect us then what choice do we have other than arming ourselves.
     
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  25. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    The "optics" of this are absolutely horrific, and though politicians and bureaucrats don't really care about the taxpayers' money, they do care about optics. That's the main reason I question its authenticity.
     
  26. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    I'm always suspicious of stuff on sites with partisan agendas, but this looks pretty legit:

    https://constitution.com/school-shooting-plot-exposed-wont-believe-set/

    And if true, it explains how a student could have the police come to his home over 30 times with no arrest or record - the school district he was in made a deal with the sheriff's office to not prosecute students in their schools so that their stats could be better.
     
  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Scot Peterson, the armed deputy at the school who stood down and then quit, has hired a lawyer

    There seems to be an issue as to whether or not a "stand down" order was given to Peterson (and the 3 others alleged to be there at the same time). Here, the State AG dodges that question which, to me at least, smells of someone concerned about civil liability. But maybe you guys will have a different perspective.

     
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  28. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    Under the scenario envision I would rush into a building where a competent shooter who could make swiss cheese of my "bulletproof vest" would be waiting my approach his defensive position as I attacked with pistol or shotgun. Yeah, I blame the NRA that buying a military style weapon that can inflict horrific damage with hardly a pause for reloading is accessible through a hassle free purchase, in this case by a nutcase.

    Would You Phil Elliott be in favor of denying someone their 2nd amendment right to awesome firepower just because they've been acting like a dangerous knucklehead? If not, I guess we'll just have to accept that we see gun control so differently that there can be little common ground.
     
  29. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    What gun control law that we currently do not have, and that the NRA is against, are you advocating here? I don't know if we agree or not because I cannot tell exactly what you are for or against in this instance. Do you just want the AR-15 banned? Or what?
     
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  30. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    I don't write laws and I don't care if you have an AR15. I don't want knuckleheads to get AR15. Kind of hard to define knucklehead, but Cruz fits within the definition.
     

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