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Editor’s Note: The following is the new epilogue from Max Blumenthal’s book, Republican Gomorrah, now out in paperback (Basic/Nation Books, 2009). I am not sure when I first detected the noxious fumes that would envelop the conservative movement in the Obama era. It might have been early on, in April 2009, when I visited a series of gun shows in rural California and Nevada. Perusing tables piled high with high-caliber semi-automatic weapons and chatting with anyone in my vicinity, I heard urgent warnings of mass roundups, concentration camps, and a socialist government in Washington. “These people that are purchasing these...

Submitter's Note: I have confirmed with LA Fitness' corporate headquarters; all members are prohibited from carrying guns. So the scene of this massacre was a classic FSA "safe haven from guns", which made it a ripe target for a twisted sicko.

The gunman who killed three women in an aerobics class at a Pittsburgh-area gym bought accessories for his weapons from the same dealer that sold a gun to the Virginia Tech shooter. George Sodini, 48, purchased the items from TGSCOM Inc. of Green Bay, Wis., before committing the Aug. 4 massacre that left three women dead and nine wounded. He then killed himself. It wasn't immediately clear what accessories Sodini bought. Seung-Hui Cho purchased a .22-caliber handgun from TGSCOM in February 2007, two months before he killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. Police investigating Tuesday's shootings at the L.A. Fitness...

© 2009 George SodiniI have another subject I want to address for today's Gun Rights Examiner column, but a developing story demands at least acknowledgment. We're still learning facts concerning yesterday's shooting at a Pittsburgh-area LA Fitness Gym. No doubt the "gun control" argument will flare up anew. For now, here's something I'm not seeing gaining much traction--yet. A website referred to (but not linked to) in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review account for the gunman, George Sodini. I see as I'm composing this The Pittsburgh Channel.com is confirming the website is real. Here's the link to go inside a disturbing mind....

Why do this?? To young girls? Just read below. I kept a running log that includes my thoughts and actions, after I saw this project was going to drag on. November 5, 2008: Planned to do this in the summer but figure to stick around to see the election outcome. This particular one got so much attention and I was just curious. Not like I give a flying fcuk who won, since this exit plan was already planned. Good luck to Obama! He will be successful. The liberal media LOVES him. Amerika has chosen The Black Man. Good! In light...

WARNING: The following contains EXPLICIT content. It is the text of a blog apparently kept by George Sodini, the man suspected of opening fire in a Pittsburgh-area gym, killing three and injuring nine others before apparently turning a gun on himself. The text is in full, except for expletives or racial slurs removed by ABC News. The blog page had no pictures, other than a link to an apparent self-portrait of Sodini. Lines in boldface are as they appeared in the blog. George Sodini Age 48. DOB 9/30/1960 DOD 8/4/2009 5-10, 155 lbs. Never married. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA Why do...

Here is video coverage from Pittsburgh where at least four people are dead following a deadly gym shooting there. Reportedly, a man wearing a black hat walked into an aerobics room filled with women last night, turned out the lights, and then opened fire. A witness said at least 30-40 shots rang out. Information is still sketchy, but at least four are dead and others wounded. At least four people are dead after a gunman opened fire at an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tuesday evening, police said. Several others were wounded. "We have four confirmed deceased," said Charles...

A gunman carrying a duffel bag walked into a rear door of an L.A. Fitness center in Collier this evening and opened fire, shooting more than 10 people, witnesses said. Allegheny County police said at least four people and the gunman were believed to be dead, according to KDKA-TV.

BLOODBATH AT PITTSBURGH GYM Gunman walked into aerobics class, turned out lights and opened fire... L.A. Fitness Center in Bridgeville... REPORT: Five dead, 15 wounded...

Witness says up to 15 shots fired at L.A. Fitness Center BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. - Four people were killed in a shooting at a suburban health club, including the shooter, Pittsburgh television stations reported. A gunman walked into the gym, turned off the lights and began firing in an aerobics area, television station WPXI reported, citing witnesses. Collier Township police Chief Thomas Devin said nine or more persons may have been shot with a handgun. KDKA said the killings were at an L.A. Fitness Center not far from downtown Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh International Airport.

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. -- Several people were reported shot at the LA Fitness gym in Bridgeville, emergency officials confirmed for WTAE Channel 4 Action News. The reports came in shortly after 8:15 p.m. that authorities were called to the gym at the Great Southern Shopping Center at 1155 Washington Pike. Emergency officials said as many as 15 people may have been involved, but their conditions were not immediately known. Witnesses told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that the victims shot in the gym were in a class in the aerobics center at the time of the shooting. Former WTAE Channel 4...