Unhinged Wayne LaPierre Advocates Putting Guns in Schools as Gunman Kills 4, Wounds 3 in Altoona, PA
Posted: December 21, 2012 Filed under: Crime, open thread | Tags: guns, National Rifle Association, violence, Wayne LaPierre 50 Comments
A short time ago, NRA Executive VP Wayne LaPierre gave a press conference in which he suggested turning American into an armed camp by assigning “armed police officers” to guard every school in the country. Washington Post:
In his first extensive public remarks since last week’s mass shooting at a Connecticut school, the head of the National Rifle Association called Friday for lawmakers to take action to put police officers in all schools in an effort to curb such violence.
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said at a news conference in Washington.
LaPierre called on Congress “to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in this nation.”
Will the money for that be coming out of the hides of elderly social security recipients along with all the other things wingnuts want to spend money on?
Simultaneously with LaPierre’s speech, an armed man in Altoona, PA began “randomly” shooting people.
Emergency officials have rushed to to the scene of a deadly shooting in Blair County, PA. Officials in Altoona, Pennsylvania say that four people were killed, including the shooter, and three state police officers were injured in the deadly shooting. According to KDKA-TV, the state troopers are not in critical condition. One trooper’s bulletproof vest stopped a bullet that struck him in the chest. Another trooper was injured in a crash, and the third was injured by flying debris, likely to be shattered glass. The troopers shot and kill the suspect, who sources say was Jeffrey Lee Michael of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Before he died in a shootout with state troopers, the man killed two other men and a woman.
Four people are dead — including the shooter — and three state troopers were injured this morning in a shooting incident in Frankstown Township, Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio said.
The gunman and two other men and a woman are all dead, Consiglio said.
The woman was killed at the Juniata Valley Gospel Church, a nondenominational church outside of Geeseytown on Juniata Valley Road, sources tell the Mirror.
Two troopers were wounded during a shootout with the suspect, Consiglio said. One trooper was hit in his bulletproof vest and another was hit by flying glass when the gunman fired at his state police vehicle.
A third trooper was injured in a crash involving the suspect, Consiglio said.
No word on what kind of weapon the shooter used. Watch Wayne LaPierre’s wild and wooly press conference here.
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Wayne LaPierre is a shameful idiot who should be shunned out of American life! I hope NRA members finally have their fill of this utter lunacy and revolt, but am not holding my breath waiting for it.
I just don’t even know what to say. Disbelief, yet I knew it would happen again. How many people have to die before the guns are regulated? How many? How many before those NRA cowards finally stop? How many before our “representatives” including the POTUS finally DO something about this violence and not just talk about it? It’s disgraceful on their part.
You’re right, BB – wild west, gun totin’ America gone insane. It makes me weep.
Their back, Bonnie and Clyde…………….
Disbelief and disgust, BB…I had no idea all this was going on, was there any statement from the NRA after the shooting in PA made headlines?
nope … but they’re all going on Dancing Dave’s on Sunday for his flaccid questions.
During LaPiere’s press conference today a man holding a sign that read “The NRA Kills” walked in front of the Podium and held up the sign cutting off the camera angle of LaPiere. He stood there a few seconds before being ejected. He screamed “the NRA kills” and other slams at the NRA, all the way out of the room. If LaPiere can’t stop one LONE SIGN CARRIER at his own press conference, who would trust him to do anything meaningful to protect our children? Fuck the NRA.
Good for that protester!
It’s kind of surprising that LaPierre or one of his minions didn’t pull out a gun & shoot the protester on the spot. Whoever that protester is, he’s got a gold plated “set.”
There were 2 protesters. The first a man, the second was a female. Here is a video of the 1st protester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scglZ43fe3w
Just realized the 2nd protester is at the end of the video
They always talk how the only way to stop an armed shooter is another guy with a firearm. Shouldn’t we be allowed to bring guns and knifes on airplanes?
Not to mention to NRA press conferences.
Everyone over the age of 10 should have to carry a gun so that if someone starts shooting, everyone will shoot. If anyone gets killed in the crossfire, it will be their own fault. They should have had a bigger gun.
You are a brainless liberal.
Thank you. From you, that’s a profound compliment.
roflmao … compelling argument … being sane is a challenge for you isn’t it?
wow, I see you’re from Canada … please, give me a reason to call the mounties now.
“You are a brainless liberal.”
Go Canuck yourself, you friggin idiot!!
I couldn’t resist letting that one through.
LOL BB, that was funny.
Speaking of Police States: Governor Huey P. Jindal
http://thelensnola.org/2012/12/21/jindal-gaining-reputation-for-punishing-people-who-stand-in-his-way/
Long list of people who criticize or make his policies like bad that get sacked from jobs:
@AP Iowa high court says bosses can fire workers who they consider an ‘irresistible attraction’: http://apne.ws/VaZ364
eeeshhh ….
Crazy, women hating people run our country.
WTF?!!
Next up: burquas.
But it would be far more logical to fire the man in this case.
Guess he needs to hire gay guys at his practice … or maybe the wife should consider finding a different husband.
Because some dentist has no control of his impulsive penis a woman loses her job?
It’s a no-win situation for us. If we’re not attractive it’s a problem and if we are attractive it’s a problem.
pope thinks biggest threat to humanity and civilization and god and all that is ….
Gay marriage and adoption …
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/21/pope-gay-marriage/1783911/
Just more unhinged people in world news suggesting stupid things …
Well I think this pope is a huge threat to humanity. That brown shirt is still a fascist.
Ok, here we go. TEH GAY are dangerous to humanity? Y’all better be careful, I could be the 666 or the 444 or maybe even the 555. 🙂
In case you missed it, Democratic Leaders also held a press conference in which they said that Obama’s horrible last offer is the new starting point for negotiations. They already own those Social Security cuts, now they’re going to offer even more? Why don’t they just take all the old people out and shoot them?
What is with those idiots? You’d think they’ve go through spine-removal surgery once elected to Congress.
You do not negotiate by throwing your constituents to the enemy.
Obama negotiates that way. According to Politico he is currently meeting with Harry Reid at the WH–probably trying to talk Reid into passing the Ryan Budget in the Senate.
/snark
Seriously, Romney might as well have won the election the way things are going.
TPM:
Obama is giving a presser/speech on the fiscal cliff at 5 pm. Don’t know if he’ll answer questions.
CSPAN @cspan
Pres. Obama statement from WH on #fiscalcliff LIVE shortly on C-SPAN & @cspanradio & online here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Delivers-Statement-on-the-Fiscal-Cliff/10737436864-1/ …
Playing Taxes Hold ’Em
Really bad they didn’t even get to the inauguration before selling us out. Damn!
Fortunately, Boehner won’t be able to get enough Republicans in the House to vote for what Obama just proposed. I hope the House refuses to go back to work until after Jan. 1.
Wonder if the liberal block can defeat Chained-CPI? They may be able to hold it hostage from the left, which would be great for a change.
It wasn’t mentioned in Obama’s speech.
More than 500 Americans have died from gun violence since Newtown. How many news orgs have reported that fact? Zero; http://bit.ly/UVLDZy
I feel sick.
Local coverage of that shooting: http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/sources-1-trooper-shot-another-injured-blair-co/nTcf5/
Bill Moyers: America ‘turned violence into a profit center’ and has ‘fetish with guns’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/20/bill-moyers-america-turned-violence-into-a-profit-center-and-has-fetish-with-guns/
The NRA Nightmare: Mercs in our Schools
http://timshorrock.com/?p=1706
and of course, women are to blame for the violence at Sandy Hook … we feminize men!!!!
(This is the second in the series now!)
Conservative Columnist Doubles Down On Women Are To Blame For Newtown Argument
upping the andrea mccardle crazy one column at a time!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/21/1370841/conservative-columnist-doubles-down-on-women-are-to-blame-for-newtown-argument/?mobile=nc
Approx 150,000 schools in the USA. And I guess we also need to have armed guards at , 370,000 churches as well. Theres 500,000 new job’s.
At least until the armed guards start dying of gunshot wounds.
Here’s an update on the shootings in PA:
Unbelievable.
Guess whose coming to my neck of the bayou?
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They are really a piece of work. I saw them the first time about 20-25 years ago at one of the first Gay Pride marches in my southern State and they were, even then, using the “god hates fags” signs. Back in those days when they were only taunting L/G’s the community at large didn’t much care what they were doing, so they flew under the radar. When the Iraq war started and body bags began coming home they realized they could get much more attention if they could somehow tie the death of U.S. Soldiers to a society that didn’t hate gay people enough. They’re a bunch of sick folks.