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FOX is reporting a car chase [from outside the neighborhood] that ended up near the Capital. At least 1 injury.
 

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I heard it was closer to the Rayburn Building, on the House side.

Anyway, I'm hearing that the lockdown is over. But other details are not yet coming.
 

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DC government district is surrounded by a ghetto, now Obama is gonna try to use the Government shutdown as a pretext for some sort of underhanded anti gun BS? Sound about the scumbag's speed...
 

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DC government district is surrounded by a ghetto, now Obama is gonna try to use the Government shutdown as a pretext for some sort of underhanded anti gun BS? Sound about the scumbag's speed...

With the tea party it's all about race and always was. Thanks for confirming that in your dogwhistle kind of way.
 

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Nobody knows what it's about yet. It happened this morning. I'm surprised the media isn't reporting that she had an AR-15 yet.

she is in custody, ABC reported she was killed but she was not
 

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So, it's time to discuss the elephant in the room. If this woman was not able to gain access to a vehicle with a high rate of speed, high capacity gas tank, and had to pass a background check this could have possibly been avoided.
 

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So, it's time to discuss the elephant in the room. If this woman was not able to gain access to a vehicle with a high rate of speed, high capacity gas tank, and had to pass a background check this could have possibly been avoided.

I see what you did there ;)
 

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I see what you did there ;)
In all seriousness though, for some reason this woman snapped, she has died as a result of her injuries so that lowers the chances of figuring out why this happened. I've been worried for quite a few years about incidents happening because people have had enough of the abuse by D.C.
 

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I wonder if that's what people were thinking when Columbine, Sandy Hook, and the Navy Yard happened.
It actualy is what people were thinking. Didn't you see our threads on those events as they happened? That's exactly what we were saying.
 

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It actualy is what people were thinking. Didn't you see our threads on those events as they happened? That's exactly what we were saying.

This is sort of my point. People need to realize that it should be no surprise that gun free zones are where these mass shootings occur. The shooters go there because they have no resistance and they know it.
 

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In all seriousness though, for some reason this woman snapped, she has died as a result of her injuries so that lowers the chances of figuring out why this happened. I've been worried for quite a few years about incidents happening because people have had enough of the abuse by D.C.

It's a shame. I was hoping they would actually find out why it happened. I was sort of hoping that it would be the case of the the outrageous actions of one or a few that set an example and cause the masses to open their eyes and see the government for what it is. Unfortunately, this sort of thing just winds up being another train wreck to stare at. People don't generally take things for anything more than face value, assuming it's just some crazy woman. She could have been the proverbial "shot heard round the country".
 

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It's a shame. I was hoping they would actually find out why it happened. I was sort of hoping that it would be the case of the the outrageous actions of one or a few that set an example and cause the masses to open their eyes and see the government for what it is. Unfortunately, this sort of thing just winds up being another train wreck to stare at. People don't generally take things for anything more than face value, assuming it's just some crazy woman. She could have been the proverbial "shot heard round the country".
I don't celebrate this, a woman lost her life, and a child was endangered as well as innocent civilians and responders. I would like to know if this was someone on the edge pushed by politics, or something more, not for the sake of waking anyone up, but to see if there is something that can be done to avoid incidents like this.
 

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I don't celebrate this, a woman lost her life, and a child was endangered as well as innocent civilians and responders. I would like to know if this was someone on the edge pushed by politics, or something more, not for the sake of waking anyone up, but to see if there is something that can be done to avoid incidents like this.

I thought that was a givin'! Seriously though. If we know politics, and the politicians who administrate it, they will fit this into an agenda of some kind which will probably result in a proposal to remove more of our rights. It sucks that she probably died for nothing. I hope her kid doesn't suffer the same fate as a lot of other orphans.
 

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I thought that was a givin'! Seriously though. If we know politics, and the politicians who administrate it, they will fit this into an agenda of some kind which will probably result in a proposal to remove more of our rights. It sucks that she probably died for nothing. I hope her kid doesn't suffer the same fate as a lot of other orphans.
Well, if this was political I still blame the woman for taking things to this extreme, however, and this is an absolute warning to politicians; when people on the edge are pushed they snap, and people are getting pretty edgy these days.
 

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Must be about race, hey HOJ?
She was black ... so this was obviously racial self-hate brought on by the Republican's shutdown which resulted in the closure of a special government funded program to instill confidence in minorities suffering from white oppression.

Obama was in the WH and he will issue an appropriate statement to that effect as soon as he changes his underwear.
 

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What did you mean by "ghetto"?

any area where matzo ball soup flows like the Potomac...

What do you think I mean?
 
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