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Timeline per the NYT: 

Around 7 p.m. A shooting at a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening led to “multiple casualties,” according to the authorities. That was followed by reports of a shooting at Schemengees Bar &the Grille, a 12-minute drive away.

Around 8 p.m. The authorities released photos of an armed suspect and urged people to stay inside with their doors locked. Hundreds of officers were working across Maine to find the gunman, said Mike Sauschuck, who oversees public safety for the state.

8:30 p.m. Officials in Auburn, the neighboring city, urged residents to shelter in place, lock all doors and report suspicious people.

Just before 9 p.m. The Lewiston police identified Schemengees Bar & Grille as a second shooting location. They asked drivers to stay off the roads to allow emergency responders access to the hospitals.

Around 9:15 p.m. The Lewiston police released photos of the vehicle they were searching for, a small white car whose front bumper may be painted black.

Around 11 p.m. The police department in Lewiston named Robert R. Card of Bowdoin, Maine, as a person of interest in the shootings, saying that he “should be considered armed and dangerous.” They urged members of the public not to approach Mr. Card or make contact with him if they saw him.

Around 11:30 p.m. Mr. Sauschuck said that a vehicle of interest had been found in Lisbon, about eight miles from Lewiston. The person of interest remained at large.

After 6 a.m. Maine’s State Police said it was expanding its shelter-in-place advisory for Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city after Portland, to include the nearby town of Bowdoin. Classes at Bates College in Lewiston, at Lewiston Public Schools and in neighboring school districts were canceled on Thursday.

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thoughts and prayers - it's all we do.  Every other option is impossible.

Yep. Thoughts and prayers are working though. Just remember “it could have been worse”.

I am looking forward to the caliber experts in this thread over the next week or so.
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I thought about this and now I am praying that some reckless police officer shoots this bastard before he murders any more innocent people.

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Just now, AnTiM said:

I thought about this and now I am praying that some reckless police officer shoots this bastard before he murders any more innocent people.

Decent chance most of the cops in the state are hiding until someone else deals with the problem for them.

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2 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Decent chance most of the cops in the state are hiding until someone else deals with the problem for them.

They’re probably on the line with Colonel Trautman right now.

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11 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

republicans will have to do some research on the shooter before deciding who they're mad at.

That, my friend, is a horrifying piece of truth. Well said.

The hate engine is revved up and ready to go.

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9 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I was told that there would be good guys with guns to stop shit like this.  Where the fuck were they?

We need to flood the area with more guns so the good guys will be ready next time. That or MMA training like manly Hannity. 

Is right wing America going to be as appalled by this as they are about the Hamas attack on the innocent? Will they see the similarity of experience for victims of terrorism and mass shootings?

No. Our violence is like our movies where good guys shoot bad guys thus Scheiss Meister's post. Well done.

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59 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

a small white car whose front bumper may be painted black.

I've seen people turn their heads
And quickly look away
Like a newborn baby
It just happens everyday

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From “X” 10 hours ago. I told my wife when they showed his Outback some yahoo would claim he was a gay Democrat.


“Lewiston, Maine is a heavy Democrat area. The murderer drives a Subaru Outback. Early reports are that he is a convicted pedophile.

Tomorrow this dirtbag will be a MAGA Republican, despite all evidence to the contrary.

Don't ever give up your guns”

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Again, the focus will be on the number dead -- 22. It's awful.

What's lost in the wash are:

- the likely millions in medical bills combined for the 50-60 said to be injured
- Lost wages from having to shelter in place
- Cost of paying police, first responders to care for the wounded and capture the shooter
- Cost of forgone earnings from the deceased or permanently injured
- Cost of burial expenses for those killed
- the psychological impact on every one there and on the national psyche that this continues to happen
- multiple businesses where this occurred that are likely to go under, if not have to completely end up being demolished/rebuilt
- what sounds like a small, idyllic town that's going to be permanently scarred and associated with this

If you put a monetary value on it all (you can't), we're talking tens of millions of dollars in damages, all due to one person and a $500-$2000 weapon.

Forget -- if you ever could -- the actual emotional impact of these things. Just put it in dollar terms to take the emotion out of it. It's insane. 

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4 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Again, the focus will be on the number dead -- 22. It's awful.

What's lost in the wash are:

- the likely millions in medical bills combined for the 50-60 said to be injured
- Lost wages from having to shelter in place
- Cost of paying police, first responders to care for the wounded and capture the shooter
- Cost of forgone earnings from the deceased or permanently injured
- Cost of burial expenses for those killed
- the psychological impact on every one there and on the national psyche that this continues to happen
- multiple businesses where this occurred that are likely to go under, if not have to completely end up being demolished/rebuilt
- what sounds like a small, idyllic town that's going to be permanently scarred and associated with this

If you put a monetary value on it all (you can't), we're talking tens of millions of dollars in damages, all due to one person and a $500-$2000 weapon.

Forget -- if you ever could -- the actual emotional impact of these things. Just put it in dollar terms to take the emotion out of it. It's insane. 

so what who cares tv show GIF
 

muhhh freedums

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10 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

From TexAgs:

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TexAgs represents the weirdness of the hard core Aggie in most things. Their political board, which I can only rarely stomach, is a study in MAGA thinking such as it is.

 

 

I enjoy that they can never imagine a place where having all wheel drive is immensely useful.  

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22 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

From TexAgs:

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TexAgs represents the weirdness of the hard core Aggie in most things. Their political board, which I can only rarely stomach, is a study in MAGA thinking such as it is.

 

 

Subaru changes the narrative? Rural new England is full of three things:
1) Artisanal woolens
2) Subarus
3) Duckboot MAGA

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Again, the focus will be on the number dead -- 22. It's awful.
What's lost in the wash are:
- the likely millions in medical bills combined for the 50-60 said to be injured
- Lost wages from having to shelter in place
- Cost of paying police, first responders to care for the wounded and capture the shooter
- Cost of forgone earnings from the deceased or permanently injured
- Cost of burial expenses for those killed
- the psychological impact on every one there and on the national psyche that this continues to happen
- multiple businesses where this occurred that are likely to go under, if not have to completely end up being demolished/rebuilt
- what sounds like a small, idyllic town that's going to be permanently scarred and associated with this
If you put a monetary value on it all (you can't), we're talking tens of millions of dollars in damages, all due to one person and a $500-$2000 weapon.
Forget -- if you ever could -- the actual emotional impact of these things. Just put it in dollar terms to take the emotion out of it. It's insane. 
Yeah, but did you consider the POSITIVE economic impact that will come about from this?

* Every police dept in Maine will now get to rubber stamp purchasing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new body armor, tactical gear, super-duper x-ray vision goggles, etc. Plus a few tanks might come in handy. Might as well get some shoulder-mount rocket launchers while you're at it.
* There will be a massive uptick sales of candles for the vigils that will take place over the coming weeks.
* What about hardening those bowling alleys and local dive bars? Steel plated entry doors, ballistic glass for windows, and TSA-style screening devices at all entrances are huge profit items. And nothing says "freedom" like entering a bunker & sitting behind 2" glass while watching your buddies roll a smooth 137 as you drink a few NE-style IPAs.
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8 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:


D'Souza appears to have said written this, but as a sandalone tweet, not as a response to Robert Card.
 


 

We actually do regulate which vehicles are allowed on streets and who can drive them. Being mass shootings are almost exclusively a male phenomenon and insurance companies take gender into in account in setting auto insurance rates, it feels like an unintentional point is being suggested here. 

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2 hours ago, TexArcher said:

The mental health argument is so tired -- as if nobody's crazy in England or Japan.

Republicans -- just admit that you care more about your big dick toys than about the lives of strangers.  Admit that you think it's a percentages game, and you're willing to live with the tiny chance that someone you care about gets shot in exchange for the powerful, big dick feeling you get from owning an assault rifle.

You're not fooling anyone with this other misdirection anyway.  And, you're entitled to think this way.  Just stop lying about it.

That's what kills me. The obvious BS and lying about it. Just admit that you love your guns more than you love other people's children being alive. It's the fucking truth behind your actions.

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30 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Yeah, but did you consider the POSITIVE economic impact that will come about from this?

* Every police dept in Maine will now get to rubber stamp purchasing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new body armor, tactical gear, super-duper x-ray vision goggles, etc. Plus a few tanks might come in handy. Might as well get some shoulder-mount rocket launchers while you're at it.
* There will be a massive uptick sales of candles for the vigils that will take place over the coming weeks.
* What about hardening those bowling alleys and local dive bars? Steel plated entry doors, ballistic glass for windows, and TSA-style screening devices at all entrances are huge profit items. And nothing says "freedom" like entering a bunker & sitting behind 2" glass while watching your buddies roll a smooth 137 as you drink a few NE-style IPAs.

Don't forget the leaders of the NRA getting a salary bump because the donations coming in will jump X- fold

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11 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I was told that there would be good guys with guns to stop shit like this.  Where the fuck were they?

This loser was the poster boy for a "good guy with the gun".

until he wasn't.

 

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Posted
9 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:


D'Souza appears to have said written this, but as a sandalone tweet, not as a response to Robert Card.
 


 

that is the exact opposite of common sense.

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I am waiting for the AR I purchased a few days ago to arrive at the FFL. It will sit in my gun safe after range testing until it’s time to fight Trump’s militia Gravy Seal army in my Red House-Speaker-lives-here State.  Not a certain scenario, obviously, but not a totally impossible one either. 

 

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13 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

republicans will have to do some research on the shooter before deciding who they're mad at.

Some new ones lately and some oldies

  • Genetically modified marijuana
  • ADHD medicine
  • Vaccines
  • Video games and other incel behavior
  • lack of God in school
  • The Border!
  • What about Chicago?
  • pick your favorite Dem District Attorney
  • wind turbines
  • lithium batteries
  • TicTok

 

 

It's definitely not the guns, the romanticizing of guns, examples like Proud Boys cosplaying militia and storming the Capitol and worshiping incels like Kyle Rittenhouse for shooting people

 

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16 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Fatty can’t respond right now, he’s busy evading law enforcement in Maine. furiously masturbating.

 

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1 hour ago, Royalfan5 said:

I enjoy that they can never imagine a place where having all wheel drive is immensely useful.  

Odd from a bunch that pays more than most house notes to drive a big, lifted 4 wheel drive truck (that's never been in 4 wheel drive) to their office in The Woodlands every day. 

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13 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Hey y'all.  Hannity trains in MMA to defend himself against this sort of thing.

 

 

6 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I would love to see his plan put into action.

I considered spoilering this but here he is in his gym

 

 

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Fun message from the boy this morning:

"Also love waking up to the news of another mentally ill MAGA freak slaying my fellow countrymen."

 

Just remember folks, this truth is very, very important: what happened in Maine last night as 70-80 people had their bodies ripped through with bullet is a policy success, not a policy failure.  When you design a policy/set of polices to have a certain outcome (guns flowing more freely than clean tapwater, zero mental health mechanisms in the law to protect people, and an entire half of the political spectrum fomenting anger and hatred as their political currency), and that outcome occurs, you have succeeded, not failed.  This isn't an accident.  It's not a failure.  It's a success story of a purposeful policy.

If you support the modern incarnation of the GQP, which stands for guns everywhere, all the time, for everyone, and also, all of you gun owners should be in a constant state of rage against any "other" we can think of, you are an accessory to murder.  Own it.

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17 minutes ago, Gengs1 said:


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if this above didn’t make any change, nothing will. We just need to accept our family may get gunned down won a Wednesday night at a restaurant and that we won’t do anything about it 

Exactly. Cost of doing business in the US.



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