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Federal authorities are responding to a shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a small community southeast of San Antonio.
In a press conference Sunday night, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety described the scene: Around 11:20 am, the suspect, dressed in black, approached the church and began firing an assault rifle. He then entered the church and continued firing.
Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed that at least 26 people were killed. A Texas Department of Public Safety official said the ages of the victims ranged from 5 to 72 years old. The AP reports that the pastor's 14-year-old daughter is among the dead.
The Department of Public Safety confirmed to NPR that at least 20 others were wounded. A DPS official said in the press conference that the gunman was confronted by an armed civilian outside of the church.
The shooter, who was found dead in neighboring Guadalupe County, has been identified as Devin Kelley, 26, a former Air Force member.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 06 2017, @05:03AM (10 children)
I hear you, but is it because they're so unconcerned that they're installing panic rooms and building bunkers and travelling around in armored cars?
When the French Revolution finally kicked off it didn't matter how armored the aristocracy's chateaus were.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @06:40AM (7 children)
Unlike the French Revolution, it wouldn't take weeks of traveling in disguise to flee the country. Hop on a plane and you can be out of the country inside of six hours.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @06:55AM (6 children)
And then what?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @07:17AM (5 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @09:28AM (1 child)
So, good riddance, we'll manage easier without them.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @03:23PM
Yes, we didn't need that prosperity anyway. There's a reason most people aren't on board with revolution. It's because the revolutionists completely ignore the harm they cause and are perfectly willing to starve the populace (in the process creating more inequality than they attempted to fix) for frivolous ideological reasons.
(Score: 3, Informative) by TheRaven on Monday November 06 2017, @09:45AM (2 children)
sudo mod me up
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 06 2017, @02:17PM (1 child)
Currencies and markets totally wouldn't crash and erase that wealth immediately. Local warlords and gangsters totally wouldn't take advantage of the collapse of the American superpower to seize all that distributed wealth.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @03:25PM
Indeed. The wealth that couldn't be moved would probably be lost, but not everything outside of the country.
There are other countries out there in the world.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday November 06 2017, @06:45AM (1 child)
That has to be the last incarnation of "pissing down economy" (grin)
Cause the next step is recruiting a personal army against violent riots - war like, can't speak of economy in the social sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 06 2017, @02:14PM
I know with an apocalypse breaking out my first thought as a highly paid body guard would be to lay my life down for the rich dude whose electronic bank account in the Caymans will be instantly worthless instead of taking the fancy body armor, weapons, and evac chopper out to rescue and protect my own family.
I hope when that happens said body guards snap pics of the look on the rich dude's face as they lift off, because it would be the most shared image of all time.
Washington DC delenda est.