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Originally posted by Suspiria
Originally posted by butcherguy
I am in danger of falling into the terrorist category I guess.
Six tattoos on my arms.
Veteran.
OMG.
But they do it to everyone in some way or another. If I was ever to become some gun / knife toting nutjob which I won't I'd probably get labelled Tattooed satanic goth horror movie obsessed vampire or something equally over the top to get the public OoOoOoOoOOh response.
Cannot fathom why he went after Sikhs though, not that it's excusable to do that to anyone, but could he really have been so stupid to peg Sikhs for Muslims?. Its just more worldly weirdness as the year rolls on.
Originally posted by watchitburn
This just came out, so I wanted to throw it out there for the ATS community.
So, the Govt. is calling this an act of domestic terrorism. But I don't know what the motivation for it would be. I don't think the MSM and govt. are worried about little details like that though. Since the shooter is dead, it seams unlikely anyone will ever know.
Personally, I think it was just some random nut. But it is interesting they point out that he was allegedly "heavily tattooed" as if that is in any way relevant to anything. And it turns out he was an ex-army soldier. But that doesn't really tell us anything, lots of people are ex-soldiers.
So what do you guys think, does it matter that he had tattoos and was in the military?
Or is it the Govt. fulfilling their stereotype of the "Domestic Terrorist"?edit on 6-8-2012 by watchitburn because: cleaning up
Originally posted by freedomwv
reply to post by samsamm9
I was going to say he could have been suffering from PTS put after reading the article you posted I am shocked...truly shocked. The warning signs must have been there for years. What the hell is wrong with people? If you have a heavily tattooed white power guy, who also is the leader of white power band, living in your hood it would make common sense to keep an eye on him. Another classic case of society failing to look after each other. If I was living in the states and that guy was living near me, I would be keeping an eye on him for sure. If he started acting too damn strange I would let the police know or I might even look up the local anti-racism groups and alert them about this guy.
Originally posted by freedomwv
reply to post by samsamm9
I was going to say he could have been suffering from PTS put after reading the article you posted I am shocked...truly shocked. The warning signs must have been there for years. What the hell is wrong with people? If you have a heavily tattooed white power guy, who also is the leader of white power band, living in your hood it would make common sense to keep an eye on him. Another classic case of society failing to look after each other. If I was living in the states and that guy was living near me, I would be keeping an eye on him for sure. If he started acting too damn strange I would let the police know or I might even look up the local anti-racism groups and alert them about this guy.
Claims to be a post on ATF board from shooter:
A letter from Wade M. Page is posted on the ATF website...
“From: Badman400
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:19 PM
To: Terrell, Barbara A.
Subject: No registering of long guns
Wake Up!!!!
No more restrictions on law abiding gun owners! These restrictions do nothing about the criminals they are meant to affect. Why punish and render defenseless the very people that deserve to be protected while HELPING the offenders with such laws? The only other use for such laws is for government to gain control over the people. This is America, and I AM THE GOVERNMENT, not you! Remember who you work for, and your oath!
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve to encourage rather than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Sincerely,
Wade M. Page
Stop tying the hands of the good guys!”
source: PDF file
Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
He's a white supremacist all right. His letter to the ATF has also been noted;
Claims to be a post on ATF board from shooter:
A letter from Wade M. Page is posted on the ATF website...
“From: Badman400
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:19 PM
To: Terrell, Barbara A.
Subject: No registering of long guns
Wake Up!!!!
No more restrictions on law abiding gun owners! These restrictions do nothing about the criminals they are meant to affect. Why punish and render defenseless the very people that deserve to be protected while HELPING the offenders with such laws? The only other use for such laws is for government to gain control over the people. This is America, and I AM THE GOVERNMENT, not you! Remember who you work for, and your oath!
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve to encourage rather than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Sincerely,
Wade M. Page
Stop tying the hands of the good guys!”
source: PDF file
He went on a mass-murder spree with weapons he insists should not be taken from the hands of people like himself.
The FBI is also looking for a second "person if interest".
Page served at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the psychological operations unit in 1994, and was last stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., attached to the psychological operations unit. He was an E4 psychological operations specialist, but was never deployed
Wade M Page
121 Woodbine Trl Easley, SC 29640-9349
(864) 269-5510
Age: 50-54
Associated: Ashley Moss
Originally posted by fnpmitchreturns
Here's what I find interesting about this case ....
Page served at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the psychological operations unit in 1994, and was last stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., attached to the psychological operations unit. He was an E4 psychological operations specialist, but was never deployed
yet another mass shooter who was into the physiology of psychological studies/involvement ....
I wonder the odd of the batman shooter and this guy were both some how way involved in psychological studies