Comments on: Fort Hood http://aworldofprogress.com/fort-hood/ an online magazine for the Progressive Human Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:48:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: News Writer http://aworldofprogress.com/fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 News Writer Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:30:05 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5932#comment-2083 Absolutely right, Wil. In fact, CNN had a profiler on last night ... name was Brown, I think .. who said exactly that: Hasan fits the profile of a mass murderer, the guy who has too many pressures -- some of which could be politics -- and takes it out on his coworkers. Hasan went postal. And you are totally right on the gun issue, although I don't think much of anything anywhere in the states would have prevented Hasan from buying weapons. And in Texas, there is no gun registration. Pity that automatic weapons ban isn't still in effect, and a whole lot stronger. Absolutely right, Wil. In fact, CNN had a profiler on last night … name was Brown, I think .. who said exactly that: Hasan fits the profile of a mass murderer, the guy who has too many pressures — some of which could be politics — and takes it out on his coworkers. Hasan went postal.

And you are totally right on the gun issue, although I don’t think much of anything anywhere in the states would have prevented Hasan from buying weapons. And in Texas, there is no gun registration.

Pity that automatic weapons ban isn’t still in effect, and a whole lot stronger.

]]> By: Wil Robinson http://aworldofprogress.com/fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Wil Robinson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:22:15 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5932#comment-2082 Forget the word terrorist. The question is, did Hasan do this because of his own politics, or because he snapped mentally like so many other "gunmen" that take out their co-workers in America? And an even better question might be: "When are we going to stop letting every nutcase get a high-powered gun?" After all, it's not like Hasan used his military-issue gun in this rampage - he used some European-made, semi-automatic Desert Eagle-type of blaster that holds 20 bullets (because man - have you ever tried to hunt deer with less than 20 bullets in your clip?). Forget the word terrorist. The question is, did Hasan do this because of his own politics, or because he snapped mentally like so many other “gunmen” that take out their co-workers in America?

And an even better question might be: “When are we going to stop letting every nutcase get a high-powered gun?”

After all, it’s not like Hasan used his military-issue gun in this rampage – he used some European-made, semi-automatic Desert Eagle-type of blaster that holds 20 bullets (because man – have you ever tried to hunt deer with less than 20 bullets in your clip?).

]]> By: Thurman http://aworldofprogress.com/fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Thurman Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:13:26 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5932#comment-2080 One step forward, several steps back. We've learned not one damn thing from the last century's worth of history, but then, that' how corporate Amerika wants us - ignorant, gullible, docile, and willing to follow orders mindlessly. I fear for the world my children will inherit. One step forward, several steps back. We’ve learned not one damn thing from the last century’s worth of history, but then, that’ how corporate Amerika wants us – ignorant, gullible, docile, and willing to follow orders mindlessly. I fear for the world my children will inherit.

]]> By: Lisa Wines http://aworldofprogress.com/fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Lisa Wines Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:44:19 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5932#comment-2076 This is a GREAT point: "Wonder if Scott Roeder thought about shouting “God is great” as he murdered George Tiller?" This is a GREAT point: “Wonder if Scott Roeder thought about shouting “God is great” as he murdered George Tiller?”

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