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Potential "glory shooter" ends rampage with 1 fatality

JermanatorJermanator Posts: 16,244 Senior Member
in Personal Defense #1
...Himself. As things should be. He had bombs make up, a pistol, and some sort of rifle. I guess his plan was to set off the fire alarm and start picking people off. It didn't seem to work out. What the hell kind of rifle is an "American-Tech"? Did this guy plan on going on a murderous rampage with a tactical looking 10/22?

Link to article...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57574979/police-fla-college-drop-out-found-dead-had-planned-campus-attack/
Is this the rifle from American Gun Tech?
http://m249.us/photos.php
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  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    #2
    No idea about the rifle. But I heard an officer say it was a .22 Magnum rifle. So I have no idea what kind of rifle they are talking about.
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Posts: 18,362 Senior Member
    #3
    Would they all chose that way out before they act out their plans....
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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,434 Senior Member
    #4
    I'm guessing the "American-Tech" is reporter speak for a 10/22 in an ATI stock.

    Good deal that the shooter just offed himself and no one else was hurt.
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  • LMLarsenLMLarsen Posts: 8,337 Senior Member
    #5
    What a maroon. He's supposed to off himself after everyone else...
    “A gun is a tool, no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.”

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  • KSU FirefighterKSU Firefighter Posts: 3,249 Senior Member
    #6
    I like his method better.
    The fire service needs a "culture of extinguishment not safety" Ray McCormack FDNY
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  • LMLarsenLMLarsen Posts: 8,337 Senior Member
    #7
    It is better for the rest of us.
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  • olesniperolesniper Posts: 3,767 Senior Member
    #8
    The .45 was a High Point.................makes you wonder if he intended to kill himself or if it just went off by itself.
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  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,288 Senior Member
    #9
    alphasigmookie wrote: »
    So my question is...where the heck did he find .22lr ammo!
    Maybe that's why he offed himself (and saved the taxpayers millions) - he couldn't FIND any .22LR ammo...
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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,434 Senior Member
    #10
    Just heard an unconfirmed report that it was an "American Tactical" MP-5 copy:

    http://www.americantactical.us/1480/detail.html
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  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    #11
    bullsi1911 wrote: »
    Just heard an unconfirmed report that it was an "American Tactical" MP-5 copy:

    http://www.americantactical.us/1480/detail.html

    O.K. That makes more sense. It's a GSG rifle made in Germany and imported and sold by several distributors.
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  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,108 Senior Member
    #12
    Wow. I can't believe UCF's ban on firearms in school housing didn't prevent this...
    Meh.
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  • GunnerK19GunnerK19 Posts: 1,094 Senior Member
    #13
    I listened to the story on TV. Something was said by a member of the school faculty about the guns and ammo in the room being against policy. Well, seeing how he had a massacre planned, I doubt the school policy violation was of much importance to him. :nono:
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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,434 Senior Member
    #14
    breamfisher wrote: »
    Wow. I can't believe UCF's ban on firearms in school housing didn't prevent this...

    Pretty sure it's against the law and policy to build improvised explosives on campus as well.

    The magic unicorns that run the no-gun, no explosives, no massacre forcefield must have run out of rainbows and sunshine to feed on.
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  • RimfireRimfire Posts: 849 Senior Member
    #15
    I am relieved that there was only 1 fatality.

    However, that isn't an Assault Rifle by any stretch of the imagination. I mean where's the bayonet? The telescoping stock? The flash suppressor?

    Just proves that you can't legislate away stupid nor undesired behaviors. Criminals are going to do what they do no matter how many words written on a piece of paper.
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  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,288 Senior Member
    #16
    Rimfire wrote: »
    Just proves that you can't legislate away stupid nor undesired behaviors. Criminals are going to do what they do no matter how many words written on a piece of paper.
    You said it!
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

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  • bruchibruchi Posts: 2,581 Senior Member
    #17
    He could had used a piece of rope and saved himself a lot of trouble.

    I wonder how many in the media looked up the rifle HOPING it was a black evil assault rifle.

    Wait, what I am saying?

    They don't do fact checking!
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  • KSU FirefighterKSU Firefighter Posts: 3,249 Senior Member
    #18
    It was "tactical", so according to the media, it was an evil "black rifle".
    The fire service needs a "culture of extinguishment not safety" Ray McCormack FDNY
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  • 41magnut41magnut Posts: 1,306 Senior Member
    #19
    bullsi1911 wrote: »
    Pretty sure it's against the law and policy to build improvised explosives on campus as well.

    The magic unicorns that run the no-gun, no explosives, no massacre forcefield must have run out of rainbows and sunshine to feed on.

    :rotflmao:

    Would be more funny if it were not such a true statement
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