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Showing Original Post only (View all)"He wanted the Glock .45-caliber 'because he was small and and needed to protect himself'..." [View all]
The loner who allegedly shot nine people dead at a church in Charleston told friends that he wanted the gun he used in the massacre because he needed to protect himself. Dylann Roof asked for the Glock .45-caliber model 41 - which had a laser sighting on it - from his father for his 21st birthday in April because he was small and didnt feel that he could fight back.
Friends also revealed that two days before the massacre Dylann showed them a bag stuffed with magazines of bullets he would use in the shooting and said: Look at all my magazines!
Friends also revealed that two days before the massacre Dylann showed them a bag stuffed with magazines of bullets he would use in the shooting and said: Look at all my magazines!
Protection: Dylann Roof, who allegedly shot nine people dead at a church in Charleston, told friends that he wanted the gun he used in the massacre because he needed to protect himself
Looking back, the Meek brothers admit that there were warning signs but they didnt think Dylann was serious, even though he spewed out racist insults and called for racial segregation.
Accused Charleston killer Dylann Roof was staying with friends in a mobile home park in Red Bank, SC in the weeks before the massacre
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3135256/Inside-trailer-Dylann-Roof-living-hid-Glock-floor-days-Charleston-church-massacre-telling-friends-gun-small-needed-protect-himself.html
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Too bad he didn't use his birthday money to sign up for some body-building or marital arts classes at the local 'Y' instead. Looks like it would have done him a power of good.
Unfortunately for those nine victims, he chose the easy way. Less effort just to swing over to the local gun emporium and pick up a handgun, if you're feeling vulnerable and inadequate.
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"He wanted the Glock .45-caliber 'because he was small and and needed to protect himself'..." [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2015
OP
How did he pass the background test for a gun while facing felony drug charges? NT
Eric J in MN
Jun 2015
#1
Actually, a felony indictment is sufficient to prohibit a gun sale with background check
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2015
#17
And some of them are masquerading as liberal Democrats right on this board.
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2015
#3
"activist gun loons. There is an endless supply of these dangerous nuts"
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#23
In other words you can't defend the bogus stats so you resort to the usual MO of insults.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#37
Is that how you play your silly games? Then this must be a friend of yours --
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#50
The DOJ has been collecting stats for decades. It's known as the Unified Crime Report.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#54
"Guns aren't a solution to relationship violence generally or rape in particular."
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#46
"Most rapes" isn't all rapes. Women have the right to choose the best means of self-defense.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#53
Am I seeing things, or does he have multiple scars horizontaly on his chest?
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#4
He bought a gun because he was small and didn't feel he could fight back?
mentalsolstice
Jun 2015
#20
So rapists and stalkers are just figments of their hysterical little minds?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#36
I suspect that he was playing most of his friends as fools since he has been planning this for
jwirr
Jun 2015
#38
Hmmm...it seems he really, really wanted to kill someone/people. I am amazed nobody
Rex
Jun 2015
#48
Classic cognitive dissonance: "some/none of my best friends are........(fill in the blank).
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2015
#61
Tis indeed a mystery. Why do they feel threatened? They're the ones packing the heat! LOL!
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2015
#55
The poor thing seems to have felt inadequate, impotent, or powerless, if you will.
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2015
#63