News report of active shooter on capitol hill

Hopefully he gets to keep it up until we get to replace all the monkeys at once.

Damn.  LOL

You really think the 2nd string will be better?

When you're already guaranteed a losing effort from the first teamers, does it matter whether or not you try the backups?

My first thought was... Dam, that's just wrong.

Then my second thought was... You know, you might have a point, which is pretty sad. :-)

That's why I didn't speculate further than what the media originally put out......because those boneheads never get it right.

Correction, wanted it to be a Tea Party nut with a gun.  

That's exactly what I was telling my wife when we were watching the news last night.  They were going on and on about mental health issues and that the police putting their lives on the line weren't even being paid, but they were still out there doing there jobs.  

I know what you're saying but they unfortunately don't know what's going on in the car and what the plans are.  You're talking split seconds to determine if it's a crazed terrorist with a car bomb or something else.

A car is a deadly weapon, so if you use it in an intentional manner that could result in death, the police have the right to stop you with whatever means necessary.

Now obviously when you put the hindsight glasses on and see that it's a troubled mother with her baby in the car it's a whole different story, but even then if the troubled mother sped down the sidewalk mowing down a kindergarten class on a field trip it changes that dynamic as well.

I don't fault the police at all in this situation.  They did what they were trained to do and they stopped the threat.  It sucks that a young lady lost her life, but it's fortunate that she's the only casualty.

So, if I rob a bank and while running out of the store the police shoot me.  Does the news report it as a shooting, or do they report a bank robbery where the suspect was shot by the police?  They certainly don't just call it a shooting.

There was gunfire heard, the media reported what they heard.  Now that the situation is under control it is known that it was not a shooting, it was a disturbed young lady trying to ram through barriers who was shot by police.

Crime statistics are comprised of what the bad guy/gal was doing.  We call it a "shooting" when bad guy shoots somebody.  We don't call it a "shooting" when the police shoot somebody.

It really doesn't matter, but anti-gun folks like to pump up the stats of criminals shooting other people as much as they can.  So if they can label this another "shooting" to help their cause then they will.

If someone breaks into your house it's a break-in.  If you defend yourself with a baseball bat, it wouldn't seem odd to you if the news reported a "batting?"  Is that really the topic? 

Correct, they will report a robbery. 

Also correct, to report on the crime being committed for relevancy.

Also correct, why not further your agenda by calling it a shooting, mislable firearms as "assault" rifles and to make sure to specify the word "violence" anytime you are mentioning a firearm. 

If those headlines get you riled up, this one will make your head explode.

"Connecticut woman gunned down in DC thought Obama was communicating with her".  Damn liberal elite media.  Oh wait, that was Foxnews.  Eh, well I'm sure they're still trying to push some kind of anti-gun, anti-cop, poor victim agenda.  

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/04/connecticut-woman-killed-after-capitol-hill-chase-reportedly-had-mental-health/

Kevin, We ARE talking about FoxNews-there's really no place for...facts!