Northern California Gilroy Garlic Festival Shootings

[ArcadiaGP]

I've carried at GenCon before. It's been a few years, so unless something has changed, it's not exactly hard to do.

Last year, we did have that little bit of "political violence" outside of GenCon, but not much more than that.

I dunno... last geek/gaming related shooting I know of is when the guy went into a game tournament and started shooting. Pretty jarring hearing it happen, seeing it on video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_Landing_shooting

 

[gmcttr]

That's what I was guessing, can't find confirmation though. Do you have a source?

Heard it on Fox news immediately after a law enforcement briefing that I missed.

While I found this...https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article233266349.html, I've also seen an article that said it was a WASR 10.

Still a little too soon for actual facts I guess.

 

[PistolBob]

The 19 year old won't do it again. He's dead. Shot about a dozen times. He and his big scary rifle outgunned the local fuzz and they took him out cold within 90 seconds of his outburst....using nothing more than bank dick issue 2 inch snubby .38's.

 

[JTScribe]

Consider the source but Laura Loomer has screenshots of the shooter’s Instagram where he calls himself an Italian-Iranian and has a picture of his Iranian grandfather, who was named after a radical Shia.

https://lauraloomer.us/2019/07/29/b...th-islamic-imagery-on-instagram/#.XT-A_pYpCEc

 

[2A-Hoosier23]

Consider the source but Laura Loomer has screenshots of the shooter’s Instagram where he calls himself an Italian-Iranian and has a picture of his Iranian grandfather, who was named after a radical Shia.

https://lauraloomer.us/2019/07/29/b...th-islamic-imagery-on-instagram/#.XT-A_pYpCEc

3 posts, one follower, easily could be a fake account made immediately after someone found out the name. It's happened before

 

[gmcttr]

Meanwhile in Chicago..."Chicago weekend shootings leave 8 dead, 40 wounded".

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Consider the source but Laura Loomer has screenshots of the shooter’s Instagram where he calls himself an Italian-Iranian and has a picture of his Iranian grandfather, who was named after a radical Shia.

https://lauraloomer.us/2019/07/29/b...th-islamic-imagery-on-instagram/#.XT-A_pYpCEc

3 posts, one follower, easily could be a fake account made immediately after someone found out the name. It's happened before

Good on both of you for showing skepticism.

All these modern news stories ranting about "outrage"... yet sourcing brand new social media accounts... it's so fake.

 

[indykid]

So the guy ignores some of the strongest anti-gun laws in the nation, cuts a fence to get into a gun free zone and then has the nerve to ignore the fact that murder is illegal. And he used a big evil SKS like an AK. So the AK-like rifle gets more attention than the fact the guy violated murder laws.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Good on both of you for showing skepticism.

All these modern news stories ranting about "outrage"... yet sourcing brand new social media accounts... it's so fake.

Yeah, Laura Loomer has had enough time in the past several months since her bannination to garner more than one follower. Even flying under the radar she would have at least a couple hundred followers by now. And that is being VERY conservative. (no pun intended)

 

[Dead Duck]

Heavy.com Link to info on the racist murderer if you so desire...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So now they're calling him a white supremacist?

 

[Expat]

So now they're calling him a white supremacist?

Would they let a half Iranian into their little club?

 

[ghuns]

Would they let a half Iranian into their little club?

I'm not convinced they'd let the Eye-talian half in.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Would they let a half Iranian into their little club?

Are you aware that the Nazis aligned with Arabs during WW2? So maybe his was looking to be a hangaround.

I'm not convinced they'd let the Eye-talian half in.

Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan, and.....

 

[ghuns]

...Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan, and.....

I don't think there is a 1:1 correlation between the Axis powers and today's white supremacist/nationalist peeps. How many Japanese do you think they let in?

 

[Kutnupe14]

I don't think there is a 1:1 correlation between the Axis powers and today's white supremacist/nationalist peeps. How many Japanese do you think they let in?

No there's not, but hey there's a precedent.

 

[HoughMade]

From what I have read, the "white supremacist" moniker seems premature.

Also, let's not for get one can be racist and not a white supremacist.

.....and people can be evil, mentally ill, racist and homicidal...or any combination thereof.

To know his true motivation would be interesting, but I'm not sure how important it is. I'm not anxious to defend the honor of white supremacists, but accuracy would be nice.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

All I heard was a quip that he had "posted white supremacist things online"

That's very vague... and a lot of people could fall into that label without context.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Would they let a half Iranian into their little club?

Um, you do know where the Aryans are from, right?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Um, you do know where the Aryans are from, right?

YES!