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Posted on 07/20/2012 4:54:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CBS News) More information about the firearms used in the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo. during the midnight "Dark Knight Rises" screening has come to light. A law enforcement source close to the investigation told CBS News that all the guns were purchased within the last six months, which is considered a "short time to the crime."
The guns were all purchased legally between May 22 and July 6 at three Colorado gun stores.
James Holmes purchased a Smith and Wesson .233 high powered semi-automatic rifle at Gander Mountain gun store in Thornton, Colo, according to the law enforcement source. He also bought a .40 caliber Glock pistol at Gander Mountain gun store in Aurora, Colo. Another .40 caliber glock handgun and a Remington 870 shotgun were purchased at Bass Pro Shops in Denver, Colo.
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Wonder what set him off earlier in May to prompt him to plan this?
Nevermind the guns, but where did he get the supposedly regulated law enforcement clothing?
...By Any Means Necessary...
WOW what a report, what is a .233? does that go along with the reports of the tea partier that did it. good job journalist
/s off
These are not all the wepons he had, police chief said he had an AR-15
So where did he buy all the SWAT gear (full body armor) and tear gas canister?
and where and when did he train in using the weapons and the tear gas equipment? You dont just go buy this stuff, load up, put on a gas mask, and go shoot 71 people in the dark
Drugs.
Oh the media is focusing on guns now. This guy must have some leftist affiliation they’re all trying to not discuss.
12 dead is a tragedy.
But it is a typical weekend in Chicago.
And, whether he might have taken meds as a child or teen.
A ct scan for brain tumors might be worth doing, but for some reason, mostly I suspect meds.
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These are not all the weapons he had, police chief said he had an AR-15
So where did he buy all the SWAT gear (full body armor) and tear gas canister?
and where and when did he train in using the weapons and the tear gas equipment? You dont just go buy this stuff, load up, put on a gas mask, and go shoot 71 people in the dark
I assume it was a .223 Poor stenography by the scribblers.
Something was way off long before he bought any guns. He believed one lie, upon another lie, upon another until he devises a plan and that’s when guns come in.
Not like a home owner who buys to protect him/family from harm but he buys to cause harm.
That is an AR-15.
Very generic term...
OK!
OK!
But it is a typical weekend in Chicago.
POST OF THE DAY
SADLY NOT BEING VOICED ON THE MSM
Good point!
weekend after weekend!
A Smith & Wesson M&P15 .223 Rifle
could be described as a AR-15.
The Chief probabably was describing the S&W rifle generically as an AR15. Just like these days everthing else seems to be called an AK47.
It's rumored he has OWS and Black-Bloc connections.
Maybe there is some truth to those rumors after all....??
“what is a .233”
I think its a 5.56 mm AR-15...but I could be wrong.
I’m trying to figure out what the “news” is here. The only police record on this weirdo is a traffic ticket.
DELIBERATELY not being voice on the MSM nor by two candidates.
Thus if this is true, Fox News was mistaken? What to believe, what to believe?
“regulated law enforcement clothing?”
Didn’t know law enforcement had regulated clothing.
[ These are not all the wepons he had, police chief said he had an AR-15
So where did he buy all the SWAT gear (full body armor) and tear gas canister?
and where and when did he train in using the weapons and the tear gas equipment? You dont just go buy this stuff, load up, put on a gas mask, and go shoot 71 people in the dark ]
Yeah, you pretty much nailed it!
Must have attended a Tea Party meeting.....
but AR-15 sounds scary.
The last time I went to a gun show in Portland, OR (about 4 years ago, admittedly when I was back visiting) you could find body armor and tear gas canisters for sale. Gas masks, too. Not to mention online. It’s not hard to find. Here in the Czech Republic, I can walk into a well-stocked gun store and find body armor and tear gas for sale quite easily. I can even buy tear gas canisters at some locksmiths booths here in town.
As for the training, that’s a hell of a good question. Like you said, you just don’t load up, put on a gas mask and start shooting people in the dark. That requires some amount of prior training, I would speculate.
Maybe George Stephanopolous will ask that question of Baraq in the ABC debate.
Or maybe Salma Hayek will dump her billionaire husband and hook up with me......
Lead-lined gloves, for example, also called “tactical gloves”. Some bullet proof gear. Supposedly “only” sold to law enforcement/military.
So, what do y’all think... purchase information from interrogation of the subject - or from the “non-existant” firearms purchase database?
One can buy all that online.
He dropped out of school about that time.
I think he was probably a typical late-adolescent onset schizophrenic, but that said, I think he may have had OWS or Islamic connections that pushed him into real violence. Paranoid schizophrenics often see themselves as warriors for a cause, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see some outside influences in his life that gave him some way of justifying his insanity.
I suppose it could be credit card records but your point is a good one
An AR-15 can be either 5.56 or .223. A 5.56 can use both 5.56 and .223, while a .223 AR-15 can use only .223. Something to due with the tolerances of the rifle.
I’ve been putting off buying a gun. I live in a right to carry state. Any suggestions? I’m thinking a 7mm Glock? And you’ll be damn sure I’ll learn how to use it.
Only ONE, just ONE solution. If enough people are armed this king of thing won’t happen.
Wonder how long we have to wait to find out he had symptoms of violence towards animals and other people prior to this which was reported to the police and ignored.
There is a reason that these seem to happen again and again in liberal bastions.
This smells. Wonder if this guy has a Swiss bank account.
Sucker must have rattled like crazy.....
I wonder what kind of toothpaste he uses...
Are you really this ignorant? Or are you just from Noo Yawk City where nobody has the freedom to buy a Big Gulp, much less body armor?
I can buy these things any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I've been seriously considering some body armor, for the civil war that will break out after THE ONE'S re-selection in November.
And training? My 48-yo WIFE has more tactical weapons training than most cops, and she is just a citizen.
“I’ve been putting off buying a gun.”
Procrastination is a bad thing- quit putting it off. I suggest doing a lot of research, budgeting, and some introspection- firearms are not toys, nor are they absolute power incarnate. They are tools, like shovels or hammers. Unlike those tools, you have to devote considerable thought to their use- firearms are specialized tools, and do not all have the same capabilities. That’s what the research is for. And if you are starting out at scratch, knowing nothing of guns, take a gun safety class first. Its a good first step.
There is a possibility of adult on set schizophrenia. This would explain the music fixation,not sleeping & other signs, like dropping out of coll. with no explanation.
Only 228 half-way through the year. Do you mean metropolitan area? I don’t think that’s going to increase it by 4x.
Anyway, it looks to take about 9.5 days for 12 murders in Chicago. Are they more likely on the weekends?
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