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Gun store owner: We called FBI before Orlando shooting
CBS News ^ | June 16,2016

Posted on 06/16/2016 8:23:13 PM PDT by NoLibZone

The co-owner of a Florida gun store says his employees contacted law enforcement before the Orlando shooting after gunman Omar Mateen attempted to purchase body armor and ammunition.

Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks, said Thursday his workers had a gut feeling about Mateen when he came to the store four or five weeks ago.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fbi; mateen; mateenfbi; obama; omarmahteen; orlando; orlandoquestions; orlandoterrorattack; pulse
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To: NoLibZone

So the Obama administration dropped the ball??? Shouldn’t the Press be lambasting him?

Oh, Obama is a Democrat, so no foul. Democrats can do no wrong. It doesn’t matter who gets hurt, does it???


41 posted on 06/16/2016 10:42:23 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: gaijin

Not stupid — evil.


42 posted on 06/16/2016 10:44:43 PM PDT by glock rocks (Outlaw pressure cookers, especially the large, military style ones!)
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To: NoLibZone

Surprised “See B.S.” is reporting this


43 posted on 06/16/2016 10:54:34 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: Williams

His father has a talk show that consists of talking hate. The White House was taken over by radical Islam on day one, but Americans chose not to pay attention.


44 posted on 06/17/2016 1:04:54 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: NoLibZone

Mateen stood out like a cockroach on a white shag carpet, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FBI AND DHS DID NOTHING!!!!! These people are dead due to Obama and his policies. Plain and simple. And Donald Trump is the only person saying do.


45 posted on 06/17/2016 1:23:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: 2banana
See something - say something.

And the authorities - FBI, DHS - will ignore you.

46 posted on 06/17/2016 1:24:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: gaijin
NOTHING is wrong with the American people —it is our LEADERSHIP that is completely stupid and behind the times.

Not stupidity - deliberate blindness or looking away or willful ignorance. We have been betrayed.

47 posted on 06/17/2016 1:26:08 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: RitaOK
All Obama has to do is tell the DOJ he doesn't want muslims singled out and BOOM the FBI is hamstrung.

And Obama hasn't even been secretive about saying that.

48 posted on 06/17/2016 2:40:14 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Fungi

“I suspect they have stopped numerous attempts.”

Prove it.


How do you prove a suspicion?


49 posted on 06/17/2016 2:43:37 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: NoLibZone

It’s feeling like there was more than the basic “don’t investigate because he is a muslim.” I think the dad’s personal ties to the White House put this kid on a no touch list.


50 posted on 06/17/2016 3:39:13 AM PDT by dgbrown
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To: gaijin

But if only he couldn’t have been able to purchase a gun being on the no fly list and all.

So this guy makes two roundtrips to Saudi, interviewed 3 times by the FBI, and is not even on a watch list?

Even if one is inclined to go along with no guns while on the no fly list legislation, if THIS SOB wasn’t on the list, it’s useless anyway.


51 posted on 06/17/2016 3:57:46 AM PDT by phoneman08
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To: butlerweave

Should have contacted the State version of FBI. They are the first line and might have been more responsive. I know our TBI in Tennessee is very pro active. And we are a open carry state.

With a record of domestic abuse he should not have been allowed a gun purchase much less all the other stuff we’ve dug up.


52 posted on 06/17/2016 5:40:01 AM PDT by GailA (A politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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To: butlerweave

More like the we don’t recognize any complaints about Muslims FBI,as per orders from Imam Obama according to James Kalstrom former assistant Secretary of the FBI in an interview this morning On Fox and Friends


53 posted on 06/17/2016 5:41:01 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: Rummyfan

Quote:

“See something - say something.
And the authorities - FBI, DHS - will ignore you. “

More likely DHS/FBI will do a background check on YOU. And if you’re a Republican, NRA member, or CCW holder YOU will be put on a “No Fly/No Buy” list. And there won’t be a damn thing you can do about it.


54 posted on 06/17/2016 6:14:51 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: digger48

Yah, I was proud enough of that one that I sent it in to his website. Hope he uses it. The lame stream press would go apoplectic!


55 posted on 06/17/2016 7:37:46 AM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: NoLibZone

So this patriot will be investigated for hate crimes, lying about a “protected class”.


56 posted on 06/17/2016 7:42:04 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: JBW1949

They’re already going down. Jeb lost to Trump. The American people are fed up and not taking it any more. Americans are FINALLY starting to pay attention instead of having the elites tell us who we are allowed to vote for.


57 posted on 06/17/2016 9:39:37 AM PDT by generally
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To: tumblindice

Where did you get that info?

Because its wrong.

FNI conforms they were contacted.


58 posted on 06/17/2016 1:54:07 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The US is now as corrupt as Mexico. Hillary will be rewarded. The US is only a Goldman Brand now.)
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To: marktwain

You can’t so why suggest it?


59 posted on 06/17/2016 2:07:31 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Fungi

“You can’t so why suggest it?”

Not everything is provable; that does not mean that we do not act on beliefs about reality that we cannot prove, or that we should not tell others of our beliefs.

I have talked to several people who are involved in intelligence gathering operations who have told me that the intelligence services have stopped numerous attacks. I know that sting operations have been used to arrest and convict people who tried to contact Islamic radical groups.

I cannot prove that the NSA was involved; they are very close mouthed about such things, for good reasons. But experience and logic imply that they were involved in the intelligence gathering that was used to stop these events.


60 posted on 06/17/2016 2:21:11 PM PDT by marktwain
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