Nothing but a win?

Suspected gunman killed outside Walmart in Texas


No one else killed.

Another psycho lashes out: do you suppose our representatives are paying attention?

This time, once more--though not always, of course--with guns.

The last time, you'll remember, was with an airplane.

Yesterday:

"A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters' subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. The shooter apparently left behind Internet postings resentful of the government and airing suspicions about the 9/11 attacks."

One more person angry about our government.

Another gun-nut, conspiracy theorist, it seems, if the guy who did it is the guy with the same name who posted a bunch of rants on the 'net. We'll see. Stay tuned.

Doesn't it seem like there's been a lot of these lately?

For a brief update on recent attacks:

"The assault at the very threshold of the Pentagon — the U.S. capital's ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 — came four months after a deadly attack on the Army's Fort Hood, Texas, post allegedly by a U.S. Army psychiatrist with radical Islamic leanings."

"Hatred of the government motivated a man in Texas last month to fly a small plane into a building housing Internal Revenue Service offices, killing an IRS employee and himself."

"The shooting resembled one in January in which a gunman walked up to the security entrance of a Las Vegas courthouse and opened fire with a shotgun, killing one officer and wounding another before being gunned down in a barrage of return fire."

It would be nice if this, then, would end this stuff but I wouldn't count on it.

What would also be nice, though, is if we knew all our representatives--especially the ones in Washington--were paying attention to this palpable anger and frustration on the part of the citizens of the country, regardless of the source of the anger.

What any and all representatives in Washington ought to take from this is that we have problems, we want and need them fixed and they need to stop the bickering and the partisan nonsense and the log-jamming legislation they've been doing and get to work, compromise, come up with good solutions and pass that legislation.

And quickly.

That's what should happen.

It won't, of course, but that's what should happen.



Have a great, sunny, warm weekend, folks.

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Update:

The Pentagon shooting suspect died of his wounds.

What's that about living by the sword/dying by the sword?

Oh, look--he didn't need a gun

I just saw this headline and story:

"Teacher tackles gunman supected in school shooting"

As soon as I read it, I had to laugh, internally.

Upon checking it out, I found that some 32 year old chucklehead in Littleton, Colorado--not far from Columbine, it should be noted--was going through a high school's parking lot, shooting students at the end of their school day.

He had already wounded two and was reloading when this teacher, one David Benke, tackled the gunman and shut him down.

The story reported the shooter "...has an arrest record in Colorado dating back to 1996 for menacing, assault, domestic violence and driving under the influence, and he is believed to have a history of mental issues."

Another case that, maybe, possibly, if we had to register all weapons in the country, this shooting might not have happened. I doubt it but it could be.

Also, thank goodness he had a bolt action rifle and not a stupidly, sadly legal semi-automatic or he could wreaked far more damage, far faster, and possibly/likely killed students and/or teachers.

But yes, I had to laugh.

Just think, Mr. Benke stopped a gunman, a shooter, and to do it, he didn't need a gun himself.

Imagine that.