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Fri Nov-11-11 08:55 PM
Response to Reply #10 |
| -BREAKING: Shots fired from an AK-47 at the White House |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 08:42 PM |
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So that's just went thriugh the twitter |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:43 PM |
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AK's are also big among survivalist types. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-11-11 08:54 PM |
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I know but the irony never leaves me |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:55 PM |
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Yeah. M-16's (especially the earlier ones) jammed very easily. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-11-11 09:04 PM |
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And it is nasty due to tumbling |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 09:14 PM |
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Want to follow this |
Horse with no Name |
Nov-11-11 08:43 PM |
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Coming soon to Fox New: #Occupy D.C. members terrarize! White House!1! |
Fire Walk With Me |
Nov-11-11 08:44 PM |
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Don't give them any ideas |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:44 PM |
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Thinking like that makes me feel dirty. |
Fire Walk With Me |
Nov-11-11 09:05 PM |
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this kind of thing happens occasionally |
quinnox |
Nov-11-11 08:46 PM |
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UPDATES |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 08:46 PM |
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23rd and Constitution is not near the White House....its quite a ways down |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 08:49 PM |
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After the shots were fired a chase ensued. |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 08:54 PM |
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You would be forced to turn at 15th...there are snipers on the WH roof at all times |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 08:56 PM |
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It is About NINE Blocks |
On the Road |
Nov-11-11 11:04 PM |
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The Idaho plates are a concern... |
a la izquierda |
Nov-11-11 08:52 PM |
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Local reports here in DC are saying it's a stolen car.. |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 08:55 PM |
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A-ha...well you've got me there. |
a la izquierda |
Nov-11-11 08:57 PM |
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I might be jaded..but shooting happen everynight in DC..in SE it's called the DC bodycount |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:02 PM |
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Idaho is where they see all the chemtrails. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-11-11 08:57 PM |
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Teehee... |
a la izquierda |
Nov-11-11 08:58 PM |
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+1 |
Fumesucker |
Nov-11-11 09:06 PM |
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Was it a Ak47 or a machine gun? |
Synicus Maximus |
Nov-11-11 09:51 PM |
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Machine gun? WTF WTF |
LongTomH |
Nov-11-11 10:03 PM |
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Idaho plates .... hmmm |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Nov-11-11 11:43 PM |
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More, suspect jumped out of car with IDAHO plates |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:46 PM |
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God I hope no one was injured and that they catch the fucker ASAP. |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-11-11 08:47 PM |
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Depends on who was reporting it as an AK-47. |
Robb |
Nov-11-11 08:49 PM |
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Or the star pattern at night from the muzzle |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:53 PM |
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Like an AR-15 |
REP |
Nov-11-11 08:55 PM |
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Hunh. I could see that being the case. Good point. Plus, I imagine... |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-11-11 09:14 PM |
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Yes. WTF. They can ID the gun but not the shooter? |
KurtNYC |
Nov-11-11 08:53 PM |
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Now that's funny |
TomClash |
Nov-11-11 09:03 PM |
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AK-47s don't shoot people. AK-47 magazines shoot people. But I guess |
valerief |
Nov-11-11 08:51 PM |
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Good thing |
warrior1 |
Nov-11-11 08:54 PM |
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Gun has been recovered..It is believed to be equipped with a scope.. |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 08:56 PM |
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That would be an oddity...be interesting to see what this turns out to be in the end |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-11-11 08:58 PM |
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"He hates these cans!" |
valerief |
Nov-11-11 09:00 PM |
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"Things are going to start happening to me now"... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Nov-12-11 12:41 AM |
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Druganov? (sp?) nt |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-11-11 09:17 PM |
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Probably an SKS. |
tuckessee |
Nov-12-11 12:18 AM |
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there are people on DU that think all of it should be legal, unregistered and concealable |
CreekDog |
Nov-11-11 08:53 PM |
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Is that a gun or are you happy to see me? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 08:54 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Nov-11-11 08:56 PM |
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Typical real time mish mash |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-11-11 08:57 PM |
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I find twitter to be both faster and more accurate than the media consistently. n/t |
Chan790 |
Nov-11-11 08:59 PM |
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When it comes to specialized knowledge like firearms, aircraft, motorcycles,I find Twitter and other |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-11-11 09:04 PM |
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You forgot to mention THIS AK-47 |
meow2u3 |
Nov-11-11 09:57 PM |
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update 7:57 PMArizona Time |
Sedona |
Nov-11-11 08:57 PM |
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President Obama And Michelle .... |
doublethink |
Nov-11-11 09:00 PM |
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with/without the kids, and MIL? |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:04 PM |
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Didnn't see the kids with them ... |
doublethink |
Nov-11-11 09:14 PM |
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Good to know; thanks. n/t |
gkhouston |
Nov-11-11 09:11 PM |
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Second vehicle IS involved |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:00 PM |
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From what I've read it was a shoot-out between two cars south of the WH. nt |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-11-11 09:15 PM |
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In that part of downtown, they have no l/t chance of escape. |
Chan790 |
Nov-11-11 09:15 PM |
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yep...that area is not short of police manpower...prob drug deal gone bad |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:18 PM |
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Sounds about right. |
Sedona |
Nov-11-11 09:35 PM |
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AK-47 |
PoliticAverse |
Nov-11-11 09:01 PM |
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thanks that clears things up for me |
Sedona |
Nov-11-11 09:03 PM |
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Beat me to it... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-11-11 09:05 PM |
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lol. |
snagglepuss |
Nov-11-11 09:06 PM |
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lol. |
snagglepuss |
Nov-11-11 09:06 PM |
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How stupid are people, really? |
justiceischeap |
Nov-11-11 09:02 PM |
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apparently very... |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:05 PM |
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No one said that the car was close to the WH |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:06 PM |
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Did Mr. Gunmen not notice the sharp shooters on the roof of the WH? nt |
justiceischeap |
Nov-11-11 09:07 PM |
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Local Fox channel at 10pm said they are searching the boat house on Virginia Ave. |
GreatCaesarsGhost |
Nov-11-11 09:05 PM |
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Sounds like they are headed up to the canal.. |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:09 PM |
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More updates |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:09 PM |
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I remember when someone tried to do this when Clinton was president. |
LoZoccolo |
Nov-11-11 09:09 PM |
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here: |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Nov-11-11 11:50 PM |
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It's 11-11-11 |
TomClash |
Nov-11-11 09:11 PM |
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I hope they catch them and I hope they take them alive. |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-11-11 09:16 PM |
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Nothing on CNN |
WhaTHellsgoingonhere |
Nov-11-11 09:16 PM |
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It reads like a local story on the DC news |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-11-11 09:18 PM |
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On the front page of HuffPo now |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:19 PM |
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The shooting happened 'ON' Const. and 16th |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:23 PM |
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This Twitter user claims to have been behind shooter in a taxi: |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-11-11 09:31 PM |
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UPDATE |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:35 PM |
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well...hope he doesn't get hit by a car.. |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:37 PM |
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'near' white house.... |
spanone |
Nov-11-11 09:39 PM |
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The man was on 16th and Const Ave on a bridge shooting AT the WH n/t |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:41 PM |
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That bridge is not 'near' the WH... |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:46 PM |
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Oh,okay thanks :) |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 09:47 PM |
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but 16th and Const is about a block or two from the WH... DC has many Streetlight Surveillance |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:50 PM |
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I thought 16th didn't run thru |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-11-11 09:58 PM |
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It stops at Layfette park..if he was at 16th, I wonder how he made it down to Const |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 10:04 PM |
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The gal in the taxi said it was 15th st. |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 10:08 PM |
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What a pathetic expression of senseless, impotent rage |
Capitalocracy |
Nov-11-11 09:40 PM |
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I wonder what his freeper handle is. I bet the scrubbers are on call. |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Nov-11-11 11:52 PM |
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Un-reccing, for misleading and incorrect headline AND for reliance on the "twitter" as a source. |
madinmaryland |
Nov-11-11 09:57 PM |
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Twitter get's it's updates from News media...no different from Breaking News where story is evolving |
HipChick |
Nov-11-11 09:58 PM |
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If you look at the tweets some were sourcing NBC n/t |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 10:00 PM |
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I didn't see any NBC sourcing in this thread, which is why I questioned why |
madinmaryland |
Nov-11-11 11:28 PM |
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NBC is sourced in a bunch of the updates i posted and even in the OP |
Tx4obama |
Nov-11-11 11:41 PM |
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Ya have to look at the folks tweeting out the info and where the info is coming from |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 11:46 PM |
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Think Progress and NBC ARE media |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 10:00 PM |
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Sorry, but I did not see a link to the Think Progress or NBC about what |
madinmaryland |
Nov-11-11 11:30 PM |
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Will teach you this |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-11-11 11:35 PM |
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Edited to add... |
madinmaryland |
Nov-11-11 11:37 PM |
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Update from local Fox channel |
GreatCaesarsGhost |
Nov-11-11 10:07 PM |
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“Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.” Shana Alexander |
tawadi |
Nov-11-11 11:13 PM |
#91 |
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