Tag Archives: mass shootings

Florida Police Release Racist And Anti-LGBTQ Manifesto Of Nazi Who Committed Dollar General Mass Shooting

Florida Politics reports: Months after a racially motivated murder of three people in a Dollar General in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood, the Sheriff’s Office has finally released the killer’s manifesto. “No matter what happens, there will be more of me. Expect more of me. By God, we’ll have our home,” it reads. On that fateful August day, the Clay County-based …

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Wayne LaPierre: I Needed $6.5M Mansion For “Safety”

Courthouse News reports: Safety is a top priority for Wayne LaPierre, the soon-to-be-retired CEO of the National Rifle Association. According to his defense team, it’s the reason he had to fly private on chartered jets instead of public airliners. It’s also the reason the NRA was helping him procure a $6.5 million Texas mansion in 2018. “There’d been a number …

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Club Q Mass Shooter Gets Federal Hate Crime Charges

The Associated Press reports: The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs appeared in federal court to face federal hate crimes Tuesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, pleaded not guilty to the federal charges Tuesday. Last year Aldrich was moved to the Wyoming State Penitentiary due to safety …

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Trump Judge Rules Guns Are Allowed At Post Offices

Reuters reports: A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump in Tampa, reached that conclusion in dismissing part …

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Biden To Visit Church Site Of 2015 Racist Mass Shooting

The New York Times reports: President Biden plans to reach out to disaffected Black supporters on Monday by taking his campaign to the site of one of the most horrific hate crimes of recent years and decrying the racism and extremism that have shaped U.S. politics. Mr. Biden will fly from Wilmington, Del., where he spent the weekend at his …

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TODAY: Corruption Trial Begins For NRA And LaPierre

Reuters reports: The corruption trial of the National Rifle Association and its longtime leader Wayne LaPierre is likely to begin on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, just three days after LaPierre’s sudden resignation as the gun rights group’s chief executive. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the NRA and LaPierre in August 2020, saying the group diverted millions of …

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DeSantis: Kids Used To Bring Rifles To School In The 1950s And Therefore We Didn’t Have Mass Shootings

“This was [the Iowa shooter] somebody who was really hopped up on this gender ideology and you saw it in the profile, you know, the media doesn’t want to talk a lot about that because it doesn’t fit their narrative. “Unfortunately, what you find through all this is like, I mean, the left will use some of this mental health …

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Wayne LaPierre Resigns From NRA: “Health Reasons”

Fox News reports: Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation Friday, Fox News Digital has learned. “With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation from the NRA,” LaPierre said in the NRA’s press release, which was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. “I’ve been a card-carrying member of this organization for most …

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Police: Iowa School Shooter Killed One, Wounded Five

CNN reports: At least one person was killed in a shooting at a school in Perry, Iowa, on Thursday, according to Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt. That person was a sixth-grade student at the middle school, he said during a news conference. Five other victims are being treated at hospitals in the area, according to Mortvedt. …

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Multiple Victims In Iowa High School Mass Shooting

CBS News reports: Police in Perry, Iowa, say there was a shooting Thursday at the city’s high school on students’ first day back in classes after their annual winter break. During a press conference, authorities confirmed officers discovered “multiple gunshot victims” at Perry High School when they arrived on the scene after a report of an active shooter at 7:37 …

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New York State Trial Could Mean The End Of The NRA

Courthouse News reports: Wayne LaPierre’s more than three-decade reign as the CEO of the National Rifle Association has been marred by controversy. Besides a number of corruption scandals with LaPierre at the helm, today’s NRA faces issues like declining membership and revenue. But it’s a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James that could prove to be the gravest …

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FL Bill Ends Waiting Period To Buy Assault Weapons

Jacksonville’s CBS affiliate reports: A bill filed ahead of the upcoming Florida legislative session could potentially allow people to obtain firearms either before three-day waiting period expires or before their background check clears, undoing a key piece of the gun safety legislation passed after the Parkland Shooting. Prior to that legislation the three-day waiting period only applied to handgun sales, …

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Illinois Parade Mass Shooter To Represent Himself

NBC News reports: The man accused of firing an assault rifle into crowds at a July Fourth parade in suburban Chicago last year, killing seven people, said Monday that he plans to represent himself at his trial, which is set to start in February. Robert E. Crimo III, wearing a red shirt and red handcuffs, appeared in a Lake County …

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Michigan School Shooter Gets Life Without Parole

The Detroit News reports: The teen who killed four people at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021 was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole Friday. After a wrenching day of emotional statements from victims touched by the Nov. 30, 2021 Oxford High School shooting, the shooter told an Oakland County judge he has done terrible …

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Mass Shooting At Las Vegas College: Suspect Dead

ABC News reports: A suspect is dead after reports of an active shooter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The university said shots were reported at Beam Hall as well as the school’s student union. There “appears to be multiple victims,” according to police. A ground stop was initiated at Las …

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Gunmaker Shutters NY Plant After Sandy Hook Payout

Axios reports: RemArms, previously known as Remington Arms, will close its gun factory in New York next year, per the Observer-Dispatch of Utica. The decision comes as the gun manufacturer, considered the oldest gun maker in the U.S., has twice filed for bankruptcy since 2018 and has been subject to layoffs and temporary closures in recent years. Last year, the …

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Cops: FL Man Threatened NYC Subway Mass Shooting

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Pinellas Park man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of threatening a mass shooting at the New York City subway on Thanksgiving. According to an arrest report from the Pinellas Park Police Department, an anonymous tip pointed officers to Robert Trout III, 19, who posted a video on social media threatening an attack. “I’m …

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Nazi Flags Found In Home Of Walmart Mass Shooter

Newsweek reports: Walmart mass shooting suspect Benjamin Charles Jones may have been at least partially inspired by a racially motivated violent extremist ideology, according to the FBI. The 20-year-old is suspected of using a Hi-Point .45 caliber carbine to shoot four people at a Walmart in Beavercreek, near Dayton, Ohio, on November 20 before turning the gun on himself. Officers …

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Record 52% Of Americans Say There’s A Gun In Home

NBC News reports: More than half of American voters — 52% — say they or someone in their household owns a gun, per the latest NBC News national poll. That’s the highest share of voters who say that they or someone in their household owns a gun in the history of the NBC News poll, on a question dating back …

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Gunman Dead After Shooting Four At Ohio Walmart

CBS News reports: Four people were shot Monday night in the Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio by a man who walked in and started firing, police in the Dayton suburb said. The victims were taken to area hospitals and their conditions weren’t known, police said. According to police, the gunman died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and officers didn’t fire …

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