[Bobboau]

also ironic:
"I hope this doesn't cause all the people in the red states to go on racist killing sprees"
implying generalization about red states being filled with nothing but people who live by generalizations.

[General Battuta]

There aren't really any such thing as 'red states' or 'blue states' anyway - it tends towards various shades of bruise purple.

If Nuclear1 can demonstrate statistically that there were significantly more anti-Muslim hate crimes per capita in Texas than in other states, then he may have a point.

You're certainly right, though, that there are nuts everywhere.

[Macfie]

It's interesting that the news services are only reporting concerns by Muslims in California, Illinois, Maryland and Washington D.C. about a backlash.

Of course maybe I should be concerned about a backlash against engineers since the guy in Florida was an engineer and I do live in Illinois.  Then again he didn't yell PEs are great as he shot people.

[Blue Lion]

Maryland? We're like bluest of blue here?

[Macfie]

Yes but Maryland makes sense because he used to live there.  Texas would make sense because that's where it occured.  But Texas wasn't mentioned.

[Galemp]

I just want to point out this event to all those who claim that allowing guns to be carried on campus would have averted the Virginia Tech massacre.

[NGTM-1R]

I just want to point out this event to all those who claim that allowing guns to be carried on campus would have averted the Virginia Tech massacre.

I'd just like to point out the stupidity of that statement considering that no armed personnel were there until the MPs/civilian police responded.

[Mongoose]

Seriously.  Personnel on domestic bases (and all non-warzone bases, I'd imagine) don't generally carry firearms in the first place.  As sad as it may seem, fewer soldiers probably would have died had this taken place on a base within Iraq.

[iamzack]

But they could. If guns were allowed on college campuses, how many kids would actually be wandering around armed? Tch.

[NGTM-1R]

But they could. If guns were allowed on college campuses, how many kids would actually be wandering around armed? Tch.

No, they can't. The military doesn't let you carry around an assault rifle for any old reason because they worry about this sort of thing.

[iamzack]

Wasn't he using two pistols or something like that?

[Nuclear1]

Unless you absolutely require it for your job or you're doing training on it, a weapon is always locked up in the armory on base.

[mxlm]

No, they can't. The military doesn't let you carry around an assault rifle for any old reason because they worry about this sort of thing.

They also worry about weapons, um, falling off the back of trucks at the same time a few hundred dollars falls into the NCO's wallet. Or something.

[NGTM-1R]

That too.

[IceFire]

Wasn't he using two pistols or something like that?

Two handguns yes.  They were civilian guns apparently... not military issue.

[TrashMan]

At least we can count on the accurate news coverage from the news services.  AP reported that a single gun was used.  A 5.7 cal. automatic pistol.  Its a wonder he was able to kill any one since that would be a .057" bullet.  He probably used pencil lead to reload.

WTF you on? The P90 and Five Seven use 5.7x28mm ammo. Both of these weapons are VERY deadly.

[Macfie]

At least we can count on the accurate news coverage from the news services.  AP reported that a single gun was used.  A 5.7 cal. automatic pistol.  Its a wonder he was able to kill any one since that would be a .057" bullet.  He probably used pencil lead to reload.

WTF you on? The P90 and Five Seven use 5.7x28mm ammo. Both of these weapons are VERY deadly.

The news report did not say 5.7 mm which is about 22.5 calibre, it said 5.7 calibre which would be about 1.44mm.  1.44mm is about the diameter of drafting pencil lead.  I was pointing out the inaccuracy of the news report.  Obviously you did not read closely.
You are right about the 5.7x28mm.  He was probably using a Five-SeveN.

[General Battuta]

At least we can count on the accurate news coverage from the news services.  AP reported that a single gun was used.  A 5.7 cal. automatic pistol.  Its a wonder he was able to kill any one since that would be a .057" bullet.  He probably used pencil lead to reload.

WTF you on? The P90 and Five Seven use 5.7x28mm ammo. Both of these weapons are VERY deadly.

Haha, dude. Caliber =! mm. It's as absurd as saying the P90 uses 5.7 inch ammo.

[Blue Lion]

He's awake too, by the way

[NGTM-1R]

Somebody apparently leaked his last fitness report while he was serving at Walter Reed, within the military anyways. Marine LT who came in today had seen it, said the man had screwed up badly and was career-dead. It was either deployment or Bad Conduct Discharge.