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Police: 3 Dead in Restaurant Shooting (Pismo Beach, CA)
CNN ^ | 3/15/2006 | n/a

Posted on 03/15/2006 2:02:52 PM PST by Pyro7480

Police: 3 dead in restaurant shooting

PISMO BEACH, California (AP) -- A gunman opened fire inside a crowded Denny's restaurant during lunch hour Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two before taking his own life, police said.

"There could have been 30 or 40 people inside. As the shootings occurred, people were fleeing the restaurant, hiding in bathrooms," Cmdr. Jeff Norton said.

Police said they did not know the motive for the shootings

The names of the gunman and the victims were not immediately released. Nor was the condition of the wounded.

Pismo Beach is in San Luis Obispo County, a 3 1/2-hour drive northwest of Los Angeles.

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To: poindexters brother

SHOOTING UPDATE: Gunman kills himself and two others at Pismo Beach Denny's restaurant; two injured. It's unknown what motivated incident shortly after noon today.

By Stephen CurranThe Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; scurran@thetribunenews.com

Three people are dead and two are wounded after a man entered the Pismo beach Denny’s restaurant shortly after noon today.

Police and witnesses say the man, whose name and age were not available as of 1 p.m., entered the restaurant and shot four people before shooting and killing himself.

It was unclear what might have motivated the shootings, Pismo Beach police Chief Joe Cortez said.


21 posted on 03/15/2006 2:20:22 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: California Patriot
Horrible. This is an idyllic community.

But it has a Denny's.

22 posted on 03/15/2006 2:27:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: ziggy_dlo
...if he is not saved God will punish to the fullest extent

And it is a fairly safe bet that anyone committing murder and suicide is not saved.

23 posted on 03/15/2006 2:40:35 PM PST by Logophile
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To: GrandEagle
Impossible!, With all the gun laws over there, there is no way this can be true.(/sarcasm)

Yeah, the killers had to wait at least 30 days to get their weapons! That makes it pre-meditated.

24 posted on 03/15/2006 2:43:13 PM PST by glorgau
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To: immigration lady; Pyro7480; SOSCEO; California Patriot
Idyllic ... visually, yes, very much. I grew up in that area. A house my grandfather built is about two miles from that Denny's; the house where my grandmother was born still stands, about 4 miles from that Denny's. My folks and a TON of relatives are still in the area. I've eaten at that Denny's many times.

People will be surprised to know that drug abuse among teens and young folks in "idyllic" towns like Cambria, Pismo, SLO, Morro Bay, etc., is extremely high. There are many factors:

1. In small towns, kids are much more subject to peer pressure because in a small community, there is NO chance for anonymity.

2. There's not NEARLY as much to do in a small town, even with involved parents who care. Kids get bored and do drugs.

3. Parents who've immigrated from the city and who have such a rose-colored-glasses view of their new "idyllic home -- such an ideal place to raise kids!" let their guards down more than they would in a city, and they let their own prejudices blind them as to what's really going on.

4. We think spoiled kids in "wealthy" towns like Newport Beach are elitist? WAIT until you get a load of the kids (remember, I used to be one) who have the most elitist, snobbiest attitude of any group alive with regard to where they live and how verily superior they are to people from L.A. or any other "city folks." It is disgusting and very, very deeply entrenched. Believe me, I know. That superior attitude breeds ugly behaviour.

In short, places that look "idyllic" often have beauty that is only skin-deep.

25 posted on 03/15/2006 2:44:30 PM PST by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: glorgau
That makes it pre-meditated.
Is that how they use that law? - just curious.
We have a State mandated 5 business day waiting period (ends up being 7 days). If you are a Concealed Carry Permit holder, you can usually just walk out with it.

Cordially,
GE
26 posted on 03/15/2006 2:51:14 PM PST by GrandEagle
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To: Finny
In short, places that look "idyllic" often have beauty that is only skin-deep.

You are so right! The place is beautiful but...I lived there 12 years and ran into more blatant political corruption, police abuses and outright thuggish behavior than I ever have in the 'big city.' The residents include some of the meanest, most elitist, narrowest-minded people I've ever encountered. Suing neighbors seems to be the sport of choice unless someone can figure out a way to build right smack in front of someone else's ocean view. You get extra points for that. My 'friendly' neighbor poisoned my 30-year-old avocado tree because it interfered with his new home's view.

Meanwhile the grungy little town of Pismo proper boasts some of the worst dregs of society. Never get arrested there! Going to jail in that town with its gung-ho undertrained cops can be life-threatening! Some of the worst years of my life were spent in that nasty little place.

27 posted on 03/15/2006 3:10:25 PM PST by Bernard Marx (Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
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To: GrandEagle
yeah, it is illegal to carry a weapon in CA without a permit (which you can't get) Must be another State.
28 posted on 03/15/2006 3:17:37 PM PST by martinidon (Bush won sKerry lost and Soro's is out millions for nothing!)
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To: martinidon
Must be another State.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention I'm in Alabama.
29 posted on 03/15/2006 3:26:55 PM PST by GrandEagle
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To: Bernard Marx
The residents include some of the meanest, most elitist, narrowest-minded people I've ever encountered. Suing neighbors seems to be the sport of choice unless someone can figure out a way to build right smack in front of someone else's ocean view. You get extra points for that. My 'friendly' neighbor poisoned my 30-year-old avocado tree because it interfered with his new home's view.

You've managed to succinctly catch the "essence" of the coastal California experience. I'm from Chicago and have noticed that is the sport. Kind of fun actually, it's not that they are any tougher than Chicago, just different ;-)

30 posted on 03/15/2006 3:53:43 PM PST by glorgau
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To: glorgau
it's not that they are any tougher than Chicago, just different ;-)

I think a lot of them are *from* Chicago! At least in Chicago you know what to expect. I don't miss a damned thing in Pismo except the food from Alex' rib joint, threadbare dump that it is!

31 posted on 03/15/2006 4:06:07 PM PST by Bernard Marx (Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
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To: Bernard Marx
At least in Chicago you know what to expect.

I like the quote from Eddie Vrdolyak when asked if he was a back stabber - he said "I don't stab people in the back, I stab them right in the heart".

A fight is fun, backstabbing grieves me.

32 posted on 03/15/2006 4:44:37 PM PST by glorgau
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To: SOSCEO
I've spent a few years in and around Pismo.
It is a beautiful area.
Unfortunately I've learned to expect just this sort of thing ANYWHERE.
The mental disorder which is liberalism, with all it's attendant self-destructiveness, has indeed infected every corner of our society and culture.
33 posted on 03/15/2006 5:13:45 PM PST by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
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To: Pyro7480

Crap! That's not that far from my daughter's school. (Cal Poly SLO) Fortunately I was just chatting with her and she wasn't planning a trip to Denny's.


34 posted on 03/15/2006 5:33:00 PM PST by Spyder
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To: dogbrain
The mental disorder which is liberalism, with all it's attendant self-destructiveness, has indeed infected every corner of our society and culture.

Last election, though, SLO county was I believe the only coastal county in California to go Republican.

35 posted on 03/15/2006 5:39:57 PM PST by Spyder
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To: Spyder
Yeah, I can see that. It's pretty rural for the most part.

As far as being a college town, well, I guess those kids are probably too lazy to vote anyway.

36 posted on 03/15/2006 5:45:28 PM PST by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
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To: dogbrain
As far as being a college town, well, I guess those kids are probably too lazy to vote anyway.

Not our daughter. That was her first election and she made sure to vote. As far as schools go, SLO is a lot more tolerant of conservatives than most. She hasn't gotten any liberal pap really even in her GE classes.

37 posted on 03/15/2006 6:00:22 PM PST by Spyder
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To: Spyder
Good for her!
I hope she has LOTS of friends.

AFAIK, CalPoly has a significant agriculture program which may help balance the student & faculty political demographic. (they make pretty good ice cream too)

38 posted on 03/15/2006 6:09:39 PM PST by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
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To: GrandEagle
Is that how they use that law? - just curious.

Actually, I think that heat of passion homicide occurs when somebody comes home to find the spouse in bed with best friend and a hammer is grabbed and a skull crushed. The very instant the perp turns their back to go FIND a firearm, it becomes premeditated murder. Forget the waiting period. Even if the gun is in the next bedroom, in the time it takes to go and return to start cranking off rounds, it's premeditated.

39 posted on 03/15/2006 6:15:12 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Spyder
Last election, though, SLO county was I believe the only coastal county in California to go Republican.

Nope. Orange County, San Diego County, and I believe Ventura County, plus the northernmost county in the state (I forget its name) went Republican, I'm pretty sure.

40 posted on 03/15/2006 6:21:08 PM PST by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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