Unbelievable photo of gunman in Dallas courthouse shooting

[hondo]

Gunman shot dead after opening fire on federal courthouse in downtown Dallas | Crime | Dallas News

Photographer in the right place at the right time, and lucky he wasn't shot. This could have been some serious carnage had it not been for law enforcement on duty at the courthouse.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Well, the police did take one guy's guns away today, after all.

 

[Alma]

Looking at that picture, man, just chills ya. It's about access to arsenals like that, and it also looks like the guy just walked out of an Urban Warfare video game.

 

[Slacker]

At least this time one of our exalted gun nut patriots missed everyone he aimed at, then was quickly shot dead.

Nice work, Rambo. :cool:

 

[poindexter]

I'm looking at an unbelievably good example of American Exceptionalism right there, I tell ya.

 

[typefitter]

Looking at that picture, man, just chills ya. It's about access to arsenals like that, and it also looks like the guy just walked out of an Urban Warfare video game.

Makes perfect sense that just about every adult in America can go out and buy that **** legally. Not a problem.

 

[Alma]

Makes perfect sense that just about every adult in America can go out and buy that **** legally. Not a problem.

The guns or the video game? Or both?

 

[Pilot]

Kills me a little bit that the site doesn't let you look at full-screen sized versions of those photos. You have a guy risk his life to get such incredible photos like that and you have to squint to see them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Weird crime, too. The guy gets all dressed up with body armor and tons of ammo, as if he's in for a long fight, then indiscriminately sprays the front of the building and is dead within a minute or so? Weird.

 

[typefitter]

The guns or the video game? Or both?

I’m a weency bit more concerned about the guns than the video games, although I don’t let my children play violent ones, because I don’t think those things are good for them.

 

[poindexter]

Seems super normal. Glad we can fully arm these guys.

 

[Alma]

I’m a weency bit more concerned about the guns than the video games, although I don’t let my children play violent ones, because I don’t think those things are good for them.

I think the popularity of these particular guns and the fetishization of the military go hand in hand. Though completely unrelated, I always enjoyed the military trainers who go into college football programs and have them carry logs and ****, only for the team to get steamrolled in season opener by Alabama.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Everyone gets steamrolled in 'Bama's opener.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Whatcha want to bet he was using a Bushmaster?

 

[DanOregon]

Gunman shot dead after opening fire on federal courthouse in downtown Dallas | Crime | Dallas News

Photographer in the right place at the right time, and lucky he wasn't shot. This could have been some serious carnage had it not been for law enforcement on duty at the courthouse.

By definition he was a "good guy with a gun" until he fired the first shot.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Look closely and you can see the Spartan warrior sword he was wearing in his belt. I really don’t get the fetishization of those guys. Damn pederasts.

 

[Just the facts ma am]

Nice headline.

Usually it is "An Officer Involved Shooting Occurred..."

 

[wicked]

This was nuts. This guy was armed to the teeth. He has at least four ammo clips. We had a discussion about whether the photo “glorified” the shooter. I didn’t think so, but perhaps I was in the minority. We didn’t run it online.

 

[TigerVols]

Seems super normal. Glad we can fully arm these guys.

He had access to mass killing weaponry but only a flip phone? No wonder he failed at his mission. Thank Tebow.

 

[outofplace]

I’m a weency bit more concerned about the guns than the video games, although I don’t let my children play violent ones, because I don’t think those things are good for them.

Exactly, but you just knew somebody would have to bring in some other problem to try to draw attention away from the gun issue.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

This was nuts. This guy was armed to the teeth. He has at least four ammo clips. We had a discussion about whether the photo “glorified” the shooter. I didn’t think so, but perhaps I was in the minority. We didn’t run it online.

I believe those are magazines, not clips.