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Apr 30th, 2023 at 7:22am
 
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Gunman Kills Five People in Texas Home, Authorities Say

Three others were wounded and the gunman remained at large, officials said. The attack on Friday night started after the man was asked to stop shooting in his yard, the authorities said.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/us/shooting-texas-san-jacinto.html

Yeah we need MORE GUNS in America. What bullshit!
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Reply #1 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 7:46am
 
Why do they allow effing Mexicans to enter the United States?
Don't they know that most of them are criminals?
Round them up by the millions and
send them back to Mexico.


https://nypost.com/2023/04/29/5-dead-in-texas-shooting-armed-suspect-with-ar-15-...


Migrant on migrant massacre:
5 dead after confronting still-at-large Texas gunman firing AR-15 as baby slept




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By Rich Calder and
MaryAnn Martinez      
April 29, 2023





A drunk man allegedly slaughtered five people in their southeast Texas home after one of them asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside because a baby was trying to sleep, authorities said.

Authorities identified the killer as a Mexican national, and his victims — who were all shot in the head, execution-style — as Hondurans.

The bloodshed took place in  Cleveland, Tex., just 45 miles outside Houston, police said.   

The suspect, Francisco Oropeza, 39, went on his shooting spree just before midnight Saturday, after one of the Mexican native’s alleged victims asked him to stop firing his rifle because a baby in the house was trying to sleep, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said.

A total of 10 people were inside the home at the time of the shooting. The victims ranged in age from 8 to 40 years old.

Witnesses told authorities Oropeza, who lives next door to the victims, had been guzzling booze and shooting rounds in his backyard. His immigration status remained unknown Saturday.


Police say Oropeza walked up to his neighbor’s home and began firing an AR-15-style .223 caliber rifle.
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Reply #2 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 7:59am
 
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 7:46am:
one of them asked him to stop shooting his rifle 

That's proof they have no right to be American. Panther shoots and votes.
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Reply #3 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am
 
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/29/us/cleveland-texas-shooting/index.html


More than 170 mass shootings in the US this year



Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



There have been at least 174 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Both CNN and the archive define a “mass shooting” as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.

“It’s not just at banks, schools, supermarkets, or churches where Americans fear becoming victims of a mass shooting,” Kris Brown, president of Brady, a gun violence prevention organization, said in a statement.
UVALDE, TEXAS - JUNE 17: The Robb Elementary School sign is seen covered in flowers and gifts on June 17, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Committees have begun inviting testimony from law enforcement authorities, family members and witnesses regarding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School which killed 19 children and two adults. Because of the quasi-judicial nature of the committee's investigation and pursuant to House, Section 12, witnesses will be examined in executive session. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The US in 2022 saw highest number of 'active shooter' casualties -- deaths or injuries -- of the past 5 years, FBI report finds

“People in this country are being gunned down with assault weapons in their own home, and that is the horrifying reality we will continue to live under until our norms and policies change.”

There were 10 people inside the home at the time of the shooting, according to the sheriff.

The victims range in age from 8 to about 40, Capers told reporters early Saturday. The 8-year-old victim was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Three people were taken to hospital, and two were evaluated at the scene and released, according to authorities.

The victims’ identities are unknown. The sheriff said the victims are from Honduras, and some had arrived at the home from Houston in recent days.

Capers identified the suspect as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza. Authorities have a copy of the suspect’s consulate card and are looking for him.
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Reply #4 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:16am
 
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am:
Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



Authorities? The tyrants? It was up to the citizens to shoot it out. 
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Reply #5 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:19am
 
chimera wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:16am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am:
Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



Authorities? The tyrants? It was up to the citizens to shoot it out. 



They knew he was a nutcase and did nothing.
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Reply #6 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:34am
 
An AR-15-style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle but the Federal Assault Weapons Ban restricted sales.  After the term 'modern sporting rifles' was coined by the US National Shooting Sports Foundation, it was quickly adopted and promoted as "America's rifle" by the National Rifle Association. It's the gun to defeat the Feds, cut the kids and ambush Americans.
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Reply #7 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:45am
 
chimera wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:34am:
An AR-15-style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle but the Federal Assault Weapons Ban restricted sales.  After the term 'modern sporting rifles' was coined by the US National Shooting Sports Foundation, it was quickly adopted and promoted as "America's rifle" by the National Rifle Association. It's the gun to defeat the Feds, cut the kids and ambush Americans.



The AR-15 is a high velocity, military style, assault weapon.

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Reply #8 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:55am
 
It's obviously time to rewrite the US 2nd Amendment:

"An unregulated civilian population, being necessary to the
security of a free State, the compulsory possession of at least
three or more firearms by the people must be legally enforced".

Something like this would decrease the carnage.  Or would it?

—I'm more than certain
Panther
would agree.     Roll Eyes




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Reply #9 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:55am
 
'Police departments that once deferred to SWAT teams wielding military-style rifles for active-shooter situations have in recent years started equipping the rank and file with AR-15s'.

This forces American citizens up into higher calibre, automatic sports equipment. This may be M2HB .50 heavy machine guns for  community recreation.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/10/15/gun-review-browning-m2hb-50-calib...
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Reply #10 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 10:56am
 
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:19am:
chimera wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:16am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am:
Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



Authorities? The tyrants? It was up to the citizens to shoot it out. 



They knew he was a nutcase and did nothing.


Trump allowed people with mental illnesses to purchase guns....Why would Trump do this Bobby???

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President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.

The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.

Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.

President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns.

The original rule was hotly contested by gun rights advocates who said it infringed on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Gun control advocates, however, praised the rule for curbing the availability of firearms to those who may not use them with the right intentions.

Both the House and Senate last week passed the new bill, H.J. Res 40, revoking the Obama-era regulation.

Trump signed the bill into law without a photo op or fanfare. The president welcomed cameras into the oval office Tuesday for the signing of other executive orders and bills. News that the president signed the bill was tucked at the bottom of a White House email alerting press to other legislation signed by the president.

The National Rifle Association “applauded” Trump’s action. Chris Cox, NRA-ILA executive director, said the move “marks a new era for law-abiding gun owners, as we now have a president who respects and supports our arms.”


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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-che...

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Trump Repeals Rule Designed To Block Gun Sales To Certain Mentally Ill People


https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/28/517799119/trump-repeals-rule-...

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Thompson Releases Statement on Republicans Refusing to Save Lives


https://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/thompson-releases-stateme...
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Reply #11 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 11:13am
 
ECT Explosive Cordite Therapy involves passing a carefully controlled gun recoil through the brain. ECT attracts very mixed responses – its supporters say that it is beneficial and lifesaving, while its critics say that it is invasive and unnecessary.
Modern ECT is a safe procedure, which is used to treat the most severe forms of depression (including psychotic depression) and severe manic symptoms, when the situation is thought to be life-threatening or after all other treatment options have failed. ECT can reduce severe depressive symptoms more effectively than other treatments.
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Reply #12 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 11:29am
 
AusGeoff wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:55am:
It's obviously time to rewrite the US 2nd Amendment:

"An unregulated civilian population, being necessary to the
security of a free State, the compulsory possession of at least
three or more firearms by the people must be legally enforced".

Something like this would decrease the carnage.  Or would it?

—I'm more than certain
Panther
would agree.     Roll Eyes







The United States Constitution is the "Law of the Land".

It is the People's Document, & if the American People wish to change their document to better instruct their Government, & to give or take powers to or from their Government, The American People....not the Government.....The American People have the power to do so through the Constitutional Amendment Process as outlined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

If you are an American Citizen, & want to change the wording of the Constitution.....or the entire meaning of an existing Amendment.....or create an entirely new Amendment, the way to accomplish that is the Constitutional Amendment Process & present your Amendment to U. S. Congress either individually, or  as a group.

This is the way to accomplish change or modification to the US Constitution.

See below.





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Reply #13 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 11:37am
 
philperth2010 wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 10:56am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:19am:
chimera wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:16am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am:
Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



Authorities? The tyrants? It was up to the citizens to shoot it out. 



They knew he was a nutcase and did nothing.


Trump allowed people with mental illnesses to purchase guns....Why would Trump do this Bobby???



To make sure his cult members are armed, of course.
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Reply #14 - Apr 30th, 2023 at 11:51am
 
greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 11:37am:
philperth2010 wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 10:56am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:19am:
chimera wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:16am:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2023 at 8:09am:
Authorities had received previous reports about the suspect firing a rifle in his yard.



Authorities? The tyrants? It was up to the citizens to shoot it out. 



They knew he was a nutcase and did nothing.


Trump allowed people with mental illnesses to purchase guns....Why would Trump do this Bobby???



To make sure his cult members are armed, of course.



its certainly true that an armed society is a polite society.

if you, for example , were stuck in some rural town in missouri and someone asked your opinion of trump, you would probably give a more polite answer then your rabid rantings on line.

so, the presence of guns causes people to be more considerate of their fellow citizens

it brings us together
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