Chattanooga shooting

Sgt. Rock

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A gunman killed four Marines on Thursday in attacks on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. A police officer and a Marine recruiter were injured in the rampage.

The gunman was killed after a shootout with police at the second facility, authorities said. It was not immediately clear whether police killed him or he killed himself.

"Today is a nightmare for the city of Chattanooga," Mayor Andy Berke said.

The gunman's name was not immediately released, and authorities offered no immediate information on a motive. Bill Killian, the top federal prosecutor for eastern Tennessee, said the attack was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.

The shootings happened about 40 minutes and six miles apart, first at a military recruitment station and then at a Navy and Marines reserve center. A defense official said the gunman used an automatic weapon.

The Marines were killed at the reserve center. The Marine Corps said their names would be released after their relatives were notified.

Officials are treating it as a domestic terrorism attack.
 

SilvrSRT10

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The picture found online does show a no weapons sign. I don't know how there was return fire on the terrorist unless it was police that arrived on the scene. Just now starting to look at this so I don't have all the puzzle pieces yet.

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Sgt. Rock

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It's hard to identify when and where these "lone wolves" will strike next. Brainwashed with their religious fanatical beliefs and orders to strike for their cause whenever and wherever. Seems like most of them are ages between 18-25 who are consumed with hatred and blind devotion to a cause that will be defeated in the end. Prayers go out tonight for the families who have lost loved ones today.
 

doublestack

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It's hard to identify when and where these "lone wolves" will strike next. Brainwashed with their religious fanatical beliefs and orders to strike for their cause whenever and wherever. Seems like most of them are ages between 18-25 who are consumed with hatred and blind devotion to a cause that will be defeated in the end. Prayers go out tonight for the families who have lost loved ones today.

Yes indeed, think that is why I have been buying weapons and carrying. Almost ready to keep my mini-30 in my vehicle in case i need the firepower when shopping at my local Wallyworld! :shooter:
I think it's just a matter of time before this will be a common occurrence. Can't believe that our military is not armed on a full time basis.
 

Arckadian

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When I was in the military, the only time I was ever armed was when I was at the firing range, or leaving the camp in Kosovo. When September 11th happened I was in Kosovo and we grabbed all our ammo and were ready to go forth and kick some ass should our country need us. Beyond that, I think the only military personal I ever saw armed on the camps/bases were the Military Police officers and even that was in doubt at times. We serve our country, we sign up KNOWING that we could loose our lives in some pointless battle or even a accident in a training exercise. When it comes to Second Amendment rights though, the military does not recognize them in the slightest way possible and its almost as if they think "oh well the troops here in the states are bullet proof, why do they need guns here?" Makes my skin crawl.
 

kwo51

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When I was over seas not in a combat unit the office draws had Willi pee grenades in them in case of over run.
 

Sgt. Rock

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Now there trying to figure who he was and why???..years back the old saying was not all muslims are terrorist but all terrorist are muslims. But there are other home grown nuts out there too..Timothy McVay is the one that comes to mind. Always be on the alert.
 

Concealed 27

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wow if they are continuing to go after our military what do u think they would do to civilians thats why i have the amount of ammo and guns i have...JMHO
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kwo51

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Sailor has died now that makes 5. Got to take all those bad guns away from civilians. What comes from the politicks ( many bloodsuckers) will not be nice.
 

The War Wagon

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Now there trying to figure who he was and why???..years back the old saying was not all muslims are terrorist but all terrorist are muslims. But there are other home grown nuts out there too..Timothy McVay is the one that comes to mind. Always be on the alert.


"Peaceful" :bs: mohammedanism at its finest. :flamingdevil:

You can have a democratic republic, OR you can have mohammedanism - you DON'T get BOTH. :mad:
 

kwo51

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I believe we are an oligarchy the rest just does not matter. It is all about the $$$$$ = power.
 

Sgt. Rock

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Family is now saying their son was fighting depression..so that pushed him over the edge and made him starting shooting?..he knew exactly what he was doing and I am positive he planned it out in advance. Depression my ass..he was radicalized by his own twisted belief in doing away with "infidels". I have no sympathy for his family..in fact they should be deported as well.
 

The War Wagon

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And welcome to Der Kommissar Obamassar's "AMERIKA!" - where civilians guard the troops from his mohammedan bruthas... :whymewhyme:


After Tennessee shootings, armed citizens guard recruiters

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Allen Bowles, left, and Clint Janney stand guard outside a military recruiting center in Columbus, Ohio. (AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gun-toting citizens are showing up at military recruiting centers around the country, saying they plan to protect recruiters following last week's killing of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The citizens, some of them private militia members, said they're supporting the recruiters, who by military directive are not armed.

"We're here to serve and protect," Clint Janney said Tuesday, wearing a Taurus 9mm handgun as he stood in a parking lot across from a recruiting center on the west side of Columbus. "What the government won't do, we will do."

Similar posts have been set up outside recruitment centers in several cities around the country, including Madison, Wisconsin; Hiram, Georgia; Phoenix; and several sites in Tennessee, including Murfreesboro.

There's no evidence that such centers are in danger, and the government isn't changing how they're staffed, although some governors have temporarily moved National Guard recruiting centers to armories and several have authorized Guard personnel to carry weapons at state facilities.

"We're here to serve and protect. What the government won't do, we will do"

- Clint Janney

Janney, 38, who runs his own garage door company, is a member of the Ohio branch of the "3 Percent Irregulars" militia. He was joined by four other members of the militia, some of whom arrived Tuesday and others who'd been there since Friday. In Ohio and many states, it is legal to carry an openly displayed handgun or rifle.

The men sat in lawn chairs, occasionally dipping into a cooler for bottles of water, or stood around talking. Some people came by to thank them; others didn't seem aware of their presence in the large plaza.

Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott said that as long as the owner of the plaza didn't ask them to leave, the men were not violating any laws. Scott has instructed deputies to check on recruiting centers, but not the volunteer guards.

Employees of a medical supply center next door to the recruiting center said they understood the volunteers' intentions but weren't thrilled about their presence. Customers leaving the store said they appreciated the volunteers but thought professional security guards would be better.

"They could just go crazy with the shooting. You just don't know their state of mind," said Kimm McLaughlin, 44, of nearby Grove City.

On Tuesday, the founder and president of Oath Keepers, a Las Vegas-based Constitution activist group made up of current and former veterans and first responders such as paramedics, issued a national call to members to guard centers. Many were already guarding centers in Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma, president Stewart Rhodes said.

Rhodes said it's "absolutely insane" that recruiters aren't allowed to be armed.

"They're sitting ducks," Rhodes said. "They'd be better off if they were walking down the streets of Baghdad, because at least in Baghdad, they could move. Here, they're stationary."

Capt. Jim Stenger, a Marine Corps public affairs officer for the recruiting district that includes parts of seven Midwestern states, said he hopes the gun-toting civilians will go home.

"While we greatly appreciate the support of the American public during this tragedy, we ask that citizens do not stand guard at our recruiting offices," Stenger said in an emailed statement. "Our continued public trust lies among our trained first responders for the safety of the communities where we live and work."

A 1992 Department of Defense directive restricts weapons to law enforcement or military police on federal property, which would include recruiting centers. The U.S. Army Recruiting Command doesn't have a position on the citizens' actions as long as they aren't disrupting the recruiting centers, spokesman Brian Lepley said.

He said that while tragic, such incidents have happened only twice in six years at recruiting centers: in Chattanooga last week, and in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a 2009 shooting that killed one soldier and injured another.

"Recruiting stations need to be out in the public; we need to be out where young people are," Lepley said. Most recruiters are Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans well trained in dealing with shooters, he added.

A group of veterans and their supporters began guarding a Navy-Marine recruiting station in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday.

"Just civic pride," said David Walters, a 30-year-old Army veteran from Baraboo, north of Madison. "It's good to show that people can still come together."

He took his turn in front of the station Tuesday with Chip Beduhn, a 44-year-old security guard also from Baraboo. Walters said he was carrying a concealed weapon and would be comfortable with violence if someone tried to attack the station.

In Arizona, armed members of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's volunteer posses patrolled Tuesday around Army Reserve offices in Buckeye, about 30 miles west of downtown Phoenix.

The sheriff said he decided to have three posse members patrol after an Army Reserve captain requested extra security. Posse members are patrolling the area just outside the Reserve grounds, but Arpaio said they would enter the property if extra security was needed. The sheriff has used posse volunteers for similar patrols in the past.

In Hiram, Georgia, about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta, a group of four or five people stood outside a recruiting office Friday with their personal firearms as a show of support. They had a pop-up tent, a few lawn chairs and American flags, Police Chief Todd Vande Zande said.

"If it makes them feel better as American citizens and they're not doing anything illegal, then I'm all for it," he said.


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