What jumps out at me is that the shooter's weapon has not yet been identified, but NBC News can't wait to mention that it "may have been a .223 AR-15 style weapon."
I think we're okay on that one. It doesn't fit the narrative.It never rains but it pours. On Friday evening, 10 people were injured (9 shot, one had a seizure) when a 17-year old opened fire in a stadium following a high school football game.
I think we're okay on that one. It doesn't fit the narrative.
Landlord? You mean something like working for one of the largest public housing agencies in the state? Something like that?MTT TL said:Because so few legal gun owners are actual criminals it is very difficult for most to understand unless they work long term in a field where they have frequent contact with criminals in their element such as a landlord, paramedic, cop, etc.
Looks like I need to head to Home Depot for pvc tubing and a shovel
Landlord? You mean something like working for one of the largest public housing agencies in the state? Something like that?
been there
No. You mentioned landlords, and the Housing Authority was by far the largest landlord in the city.MTT TL said:So, did you actually live on site in the hood?
I have never, EVER said or written that. Not once in my life.MTT TL said:(Well maybe not, since you seem to think that gang members and career criminals are not on drugs)
Looks like I missed the boat big time with this guess. I just read an article that reported the shooter was convicted of a misdemeanor trespassing charge in 2001, and the charge was dismissed after a two-year probation period.Aguila Blanca said:I don't know any more than you, but in these cases I'm going to guess you're wrong. In the Texas incident, I'm going to guess that the shooter will be found to have been a convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms, and when he was stopped he made a decision that he wasn't going to go back to prison.
I have never, EVER said or written that. Not once in my life.
MTT TL said:I was looking at Post #17.I have never, EVER said or written that. Not once in my life.
Nothing in that post says, or even implies, that gang members and felons aren't drug users.Aguila Blanca said:I don't know any more than you, but in these cases I'm going to guess you're wrong. In the Texas incident, I'm going to guess that the shooter will be found to have been a convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms, and when he was stopped he made a decision that he wasn't going to go back to prison. The Mobile shooter was 17 years old. He was probably a gang member who felt somebody had disrespected him. In the gang world, the recourse when somebody disrespects you is to cap their [bleep]. Gratuitous violence is a way of life for too many youths today. Just a couple of days ago there was an after school rumble that involved 100 kids fighting -- in the school parking lot.
Reading that link, and two other articles linked from that, all I see is a lot of generalized innuendo and a remarkable lack of any concrete information whatsoever.mehavey said:Motive ?
The guy was clearly sliding mentally downhill fast -- both at home and on the job -- and just went ape after the final straw of being being fired.
The state troopers arrived -- stopped him for minor traffic violation -- and he literally hit the detonate button.
This one's going get very ugly when all the missed chances are revealed -- as they are now slowly rolling out:
https://apnews.com/eef251ac02a74cb7ba195f83a9494c45
So what were these [alleged] conditions? Zero specifics.Combs said the condition of Ator's Odessa home when investigators searched it on Saturday also indicated the person who lived there was in the throes of mental instability.
"I can tell you the conditions reflect what we believe his mental state was going into this," Combs said. "He was on a long spiral of going down. He didn't wake up Saturday morning and walk into his company and then it happened. He went into that company in trouble. He's probably been in trouble for a while."