Waffle House shooting leaves 4 dead, several injured; gunman sought

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  1. MissingMayor

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    The FBI did not give the guns back to his father. The local police did that.
     
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    I don't know. There's probably not enough information to conclude anything yet. My first consideration was that it might be racially motivated until I learned that it was close to his own home. Which could mean that it was a crime of opportunity rather than racism. To me, terrorism is an attempt to affect political change. This doesn't seem to be that.
     
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    Feel free to cite the case and the text in the ruling to that effect.

    To wit:
    -- The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
    -- Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those “in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
    -- The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scrutiny the Court has applied to enumerated constitutional rights, this prohibition—in the place where the importance of the lawful defense of self, family, and property is most acute—would fail constitutional muster.
    -- The Second Amendment extends, prima facie,to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding.
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZO.html

    When you;re done, feel free to explain how your "if you can't show a need, the government can regulate it" argument holds any water.
     
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    And thus, another shooting facilitated by the failure of law enforcement.
     
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    Read the definition of 'terrorism'........educate yourself.....then get back to us with what you have learned and how it applies to this case. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and commitment to educating yourself.
     
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    We'll see. Insanity is a fairly high bar.

    His father needs to be punished for giving this guy the guns.
     
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    another AR-15 massacre
     
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    no another wacko:spin: bent on destruction what that gun hes a tooten
    video time 0:28
     
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    And we had another 'assault van' massacre in Canada today. The 'assault van' killed nine folks.......the AR-15 killed four....which is more lethal and needs to be banned?
     
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    its the question the leftist are not asking of the cause of all this,
    video time 1:55
     
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    I don't know. Some people claim to hear voices after they kill people. This guy complained to the police that people were barking like dogs outside his house and that Taylor Swift was stalking him months and years before.
     
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    James Shaw Jr. is a true American hero, like the guy who engaged the Texas Church shooter and shot him.
     
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    Or we could not take a massive **** on the Constiution.
     
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    Libs generally hate the Constitution (as Obama admitted). But when it comes to the rights of mass murderers, they wave the Constitution in front of everyone's faces.
     
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    When did Pres Obama ever admit to anything like that.
     
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    Supporting our legal system is "throwing the Constitution in your face?"
     
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    Libs selectively use the Constitution.
     
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    He said he didn't like the Constitution because it had limits on what the federal government could do.

    Thank God it has those limits.
     
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    You are the one complaining about it being thrown in your face. Can you tell me where Libs are selective with the Constitution?
     
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    Except where guns are involved - eh?
     
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    Your idea that if a person cannot show a need for the exercise of a right, the state can regulate that right comes to mind.

    Still waiting for your citations from the SCotUS.
     
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    Where did he make the claim you said he did.
     
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    So when you get falsely accused and convicted of murder, you are cool with the family of your supposed victims deciding on what punishment you receive regardless of how cruel and unusual it is right?
     
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    It is settled law that restricting firearms is not a violation.
     
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    Still waiting for your citations and the relevant text from the SCotUS.
     

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