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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 06:00 PM Oct 2017

A good guy with a gun...

They said the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.

Yesterday, this shooter may have been considered a good guy with a gun.

He was retired from Lockheed Martin. He worked in the Defense industry. He had worked as an accountant. He owned two airplanes. He also owned a lot of guns.

But, he had no criminal record. He could have been the first in line at the gun shows to buy guns? He was one of them.

But, something happened...

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A good guy with a gun... (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2017 OP
I keep thinking of your post about the eclipse... Squinch Oct 2017 #1
A lot of bad crap happened after the eclipse. kentuck Oct 2017 #3
He was a good guy with a gun... until he wasn't. They all are. nt JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #2
Nothing like putting your trust in vigilantes! Willie Pep Oct 2017 #4
No one can ever stop a loan wolf reclusive, crazy, insane, psychopath democratisphere Oct 2017 #5

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
5. No one can ever stop a loan wolf reclusive, crazy, insane, psychopath
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 06:51 PM
Oct 2017

that suddenly snaps and goes on a killing rampage. Everybody keeps looking for a "sign" or indication that he was going to commit his heinous acts. There apparently were none and usually there never is.

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