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Eyewitness View of the Omaha Shooting (Great Read)
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| 12/10/07
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Posted on 12/10/2007 3:01:38 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The following comments are from an actual witness to the Omaha shooting, and a Police Officer who responded. Other than minor edits for spelling and clarity, we have not altered their comments, since, though somewhat disjointed, they convey the surreal and disorienting reality of being involved in a public shooting rampage.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; armedcitizen; banglist; ccw; mall; omaha; rkba; shooting
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Long read, but WELL worth it..I only excerpted the editors preface comments to the story because it would do no justice to the story to take a 300 word snip out of it.
To: DaveLoneRanger
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The contrast between the Omaha shooting (no defense) and the Salt Lake (and other) shootings, (defense made), is the key part of the story that the press is lying about. Remember, the worst lies are those that are built with silence. Readers, viewers, voters have to be educated and thoughtful to notice what was left out.
Click below for more.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Does Charles Gibson Want You Shot?"
A Freeper in Congress? act now.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Armed citizens bump...
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:12:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:15:06 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
My wife was somewhat cautious about guns as was my sister-in-law. After this event, both are now pro-gun. As for me, I will never again be caught without a gun. The Self preservation instinct will change many a mind
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:17:14 PM PST
by
badpacifist
(They say your head can be a prison Then, these are just conjugal visits.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I yelled to some guy to call 911. Then I asked him if he had a gun I could use. He didn't ask a fellow police officer, not a security guard. He asked "some guy" if he had a gun to use.
Interesting that
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:22:55 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Tough. Thanks for posting.
ML/NJ
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:24:53 PM PST
by
ml/nj
To: Congressman Billybob
Billybob, would you fix your link to your Chas. Gibson commentary? It isn’t working. Had to search your posts to find a thread on it. (And it was worth it!)
To: Domandred
Misread intro. Thought it was a police officer writing first part.
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:26:48 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Then, somehow I focused in on the shooter. He was towards the South wall, in the east corner, maybe 30 degrees to my left. He was about 30 yards away. later “If I had a gun, I have a perfect shot.”
he states later how he realized he had a perfect shot...sad indeed.He's gotta live with that image the rest of his life because of some nut....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
I didn’t have a link to Charles Gibson’s commentary. Besides, he presented it as news, not commentary, which goes to the heart of my complaint about him and the whole MSM. I don’t usually put Internet links in my columns because my columns are published both in print and electronic media. In print media the links are useless, and frustrating to readers.
John / Billybob
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Great read. A powerful argument for personal carry. Thanks for posting.
I do not have a Concealed Handgun Permit. I have completed the training class, but I kept putting off applying for the permit because I thought it is useless. In the places I would need a gun most, I am not allowed to have it. But I will not be a person living in fear and not go to Van Maur because they don’t allow guns...My point is that Open Carry needs to be easier in Omaha, and places like Westroads need to take down their “no guns” signs...I could have drawn and taken a clean shot...My wife was somewhat cautious about guns as was my sister-in-law. After this event, both are now pro-gun. As for me, I will never again be caught without a gun.
An interesting bit of introspection there. Without a firearm his best option was a potentially suicidal unarmed rush. I'm sure he now regrets not trying it. Of course, if he had tried it and got killed for his trouble his family would be the ones doing the regretting.
To: Billthedrill; All
Pass this around to all your friends/family. This story needs to be told.
Thanks...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Got a pic from the original report
I'm never going unarmed again.
I've heard also that Westroads and JCPenny have taken down their no weapons signs since the shooting.
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posted on
12/10/2007 3:40:55 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
To: Domandred
They have. Hopefully not to be replaced with signs with bigger lettering.
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I'm soooooooooooooooooo tired of this. I live an hr east of Omaha and here it's all massacre, all day, every day.
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posted on
12/10/2007 4:36:18 PM PST
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.)
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
12/10/2007 4:45:24 PM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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