Austin Shooter Fired 100 Shots Into Downtown Buildings
An unidentified man, described as in his 50s with likely anti-government motivations which were possibly fueled by immigration, took to the streets of Austin, Texas while openly carrying his weapon.
Police say the man had targeted “multiple downtown buildings” in the gunfire before dawn, with about 100 shots ringing out into the dark streets.
“He was in full gear so he didn’t seem like a civilian, but there was no writing on any of the equipment,” the restaurant server said.
“It seemed like he was wearing a bullet-proof vest,” he added.
As Governor Elect Abbott and other lawmakers are working to expand the open carry of guns in the state it remains unclear how private citizens and law enforcement officers are supposed to be able to tell the difference between the “good guys with guns” and the “bad guys with guns”.
Abbott meets with Ted Nugent
Somehow, we’re supposed to know that these anti-government types are not the same as the other anti-government types.
So far, the “more guns” rhetoric hasn’t panned out too well.
In Texas, for example, there is no requirement to adhere to a background check or any weapons training to carry these loaded rifles in public. There is also no age limit.
Some groups have targeted Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America over their actions in seeking Kroger to change its policies in regards open carry in its stores.
The man in the image below, Kory Watkins, was seen carrying a loaded AK47 inside a Kroger store in Mansfield, Texas.
As for the Austin shooter, Police and FBI agents are still trying to determine a motive. Police Chief Art Acevedo said the shooter could be “anti-government” or have a political agenda based on his apparent targets: government buildings and police.
“The national debate today about immigration, that certainly comes to mind,”
Acevedo said. “Political discourse becomes very heated, sometimes very angry. The rhetoric is not healthy.”
I agree. It’s time for Kroger to wake up.
Personally, I’m sick of the self-serving extremists who believe the Second Amendment was created to scare the shit out of the public. We deserve to feel safe.
Big thanks to my pal out there whose anonymity will be respected here.
All images obtained via social media thereby making them fair use.
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: Anomaly100
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Kaakstorm November 30th, 2014 at 15:59
A drunk driver smashed into the tactical garden at 2:30 am this morning damaging the tactical rosemary and my truck. Was it the cars fault or should I blame Toyota? If he was a member of AAA, is it ok to implicate them too? Thanks.
Kaakstorm November 30th, 2014 at 16:59
A drunk driver smashed into the tactical garden at 2:30 am this morning damaging the tactical rosemary and my truck. Was it the cars fault or should I blame Toyota? If he was a member of AAA, is it ok to implicate them too? Thanks.
John from Texas November 30th, 2014 at 16:39
I understand none of the buildings suffered fatal injuries and that all will be functional by the start of the work week. At least the shooter made his mark on this great earth before transitioning to the next stop!
John from Texas November 30th, 2014 at 17:39
I understand none of the buildings suffered fatal injuries and that all will be functional by the start of the work week. At least the shooter made his mark on this great earth before transitioning to the next stop!
Bite ME from Texas November 30th, 2014 at 19:18
Your article is 25% crap with a heavy load of Texas bullshit. The guy was a THUG. No different than the THUGS that drive to a town to burn it down for a pair of shoes. That said SHAME ON YOU for using pictures completely unrelated to the story at hand. ASS
Obewon November 30th, 2014 at 20:44
Open carry gun nuts are killer wannabes and criminals: Discovery cancels ‘Sons of Guns’ after Will Hayden’s rape arrest! http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/showbiz/sons-of-guns-will-hayden-arrest/ Next-up: Duck & child molester Phil Robertson arrested for germ warfare ‘I don’t bathe or shave because it brings me good luck’-Phil Robertson. OMFG!
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 19:09
wow…you conflate someone marching for a cause with child rape? And you’re a moderator? If you had any, you just lost all credibility.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 20:01
Open Carry gun nuts selfishly terrorize families and children, commit more crimes as do child molesters e.g. ‘Sons of Guns’ after Will Hayden’s rape arrest. Remember the guns & ammo editor who murdered his friend in a jealous rage of unfounded paranoia?
Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder. Furthermore Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime: “The strongest evidence was for aggravated assault, with data suggesting that right-to-carry (RTC) laws increase this crime by an estimated +8% – and this may actually be understated, according to the researchers.
The murder rate increased in the states with existing right-to-carry laws for the period 1999-2010 when the “confounding influence” of the crack cocaine epidemic is controlled for. The study found that homicides increased in 8 states that adopted right-to-carry laws during 1999-2010.”-Stanford research November 14, 2014. Stanford law Professor John J. Donohue III, Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and doctoral student Alexandria Zhang from Johns Hopkins University were the co-authors of the study. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/donohue-guns-study-111414.html You people are well proven by many studies to create more homicides and crimes than any gun nut has ever prevented.
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 20:14
You are full of so much horsesh!t, that its actually painful to read. You read (and believe) a conjecture/propaganda piece from a Liberal college because it suits your agenda. Your facts are hilariously wrong, but don’t take my word for it.
https://www.dps.texas.gov/RSD/CHL/Reports/ConvictionRatesReport2012.pdf
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr
I’m sure you’ll come back with some nonsense to prove your case, but as always you will have NO FACTS. Just misdirection and lies. You see, you folks can’t win a debate with facts because the facts are the opposite what you claim. You hoplaphobia is amusing at best, but it doesn’t change the fact that Texas WILL become the 47th state to have open carry and all you wussies that get terrified of those big scary guns will just have to get used to it. You offend me with the exercise of your 1st Amendment rights and I just have to deal, so fair is fair.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 20:44
My unbiased FBI, CDC & Peer-reviewed Stanford facts are linked proving my points.
Here’s another study from Texas A & M University debunking you, and further proving my facts as posted with regard to ‘Stand Your Ground’-homicidal states as well:
“Our study finds that, that homicides go up by +7 to +9% in states that pass (‘Stand Your Ground’) laws, relative to states that didn’t pass the laws over the same time period,” he says.”These laws lower the cost of using lethal force,” says Mark Hoekstra, an economist with Texas A&M University who examined stand your ground laws. “Our study finds that, as a result, you get more of it.” http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/167984117/-stand-your-ground-linked-to-increase-in-homicide “You are full of so much horsesh!t”-SirVesa Debunked
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 20:56
But the problem with your facts is that they’re not factual. Look at the conviction rates I sent you from Texas DPS: if what you said was true, then all of those crimes, including violent crimes would be higher for CHL holders but they’re not. In every single category, the number of CHL offenders is a small fraction of what non-CHL offenders are convicted and, in some cases, the lack of CHL carrying offenders is totally absent. I understand that you dislike guns and I feel sorry for you because you will lose your crusade, but I’m sure that being a professional idealogue you can find some other perceived injustice to get behind. The amusing part of this whole conversation is that I think, in your mind, you really believe you have facts there when the FBI UCR and the Texas DPS conviction reports PROVE to you that you’re blindly following your own deception. Its kinda sad, really.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:00
Notice how your empty links illustrate you’re inability to refute my posted CDC, FBI & Texas A & M facts debunking you.
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 21:19
Because your “facts” are wrong. What the hell does the CDC have to do with gun crime? The DPS crime statistics and the FBI UCR are the ONLY records to be concerned with. How did these other venerable institutions get their information? I’ll tell you where…they made them up. But i’m done explaining to you: if you don’t even know what an SSL browsing warning is, you can’t be helped. If you go into the DPS site and browse to the document, you don’t get the message. I tried to make it easy for you linking directly to the document since you’re such a lazy researcher, but it seems that gun law statistics aren’t the only thing you’re ignorant about. Bad troll, bad.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:53
“Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder.”-FBI/CDC.” and linked facts Vs “What the hell does the (FBI) CDC have to do with gun crime?”
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:14
Your links don’t work and “facts is that they’re not factual.”-Lmao at delusional disorder paranoid gun nuts debunked with unbiased facts.
Furthermore you’re site “www.dps.texas.gov” appears to have been hijacked by MALWARE! “Your connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from http://www.dps.texas.gov (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).
This server could not prove that it is http://www.dps.texas.gov; its security certificate is from http://www.txdps.state.tx.us. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.”
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 20:58
And you’re about as unbiased as your sources…which is to say “not at all”. NPR, Stanford…really?
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:02
“Texas A&M University who examined stand your ground laws”-debunk you further as a person lacking comprehension, or working links that Debunk you e.g.
“Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder.”-FBI/CDC.
Bite ME from Texas November 30th, 2014 at 20:18
Your article is 25% crap with a heavy load of Texas bullshit. The guy was a THUG. No different than the THUGS that drive to a town to burn it down for a pair of shoes. That said SHAME ON YOU for using pictures completely unrelated to the story at hand. ASS
Obewon November 30th, 2014 at 21:44
Open carry gun nuts are killer wannabes and criminals: Discovery cancels ‘Sons of Guns’ after Will Hayden’s rape arrest! http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/showbiz/sons-of-guns-will-hayden-arrest/
Next-up: Duck & child molester Phil Robertson arrested for germ warfare ‘I don’t bathe or shave because it brings me good luck’-Phil Robertson. OMFG!
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 20:09
wow…you conflate someone marching for a cause with child rape? And you’re a moderator? If you had any, you just lost all credibility.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:01
Open Carry gun nuts selfishly terrorize families and children, commit more crimes as do child molesters e.g. ‘Sons of Guns’ after Will Hayden’s rape arrest. Remember the guns & ammo editor who murdered his friend in a jealous rage of unfounded paranoia? http://www.kctv5.com/story/18101125/former-guns-and-ammo-editor-charged-in-northern-arizona-slaying
Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder. Furthermore Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime: “The strongest evidence was for aggravated assault, with data suggesting that right-to-carry (RTC) laws increase this crime by an estimated +8% – and this may actually be understated, according to the researchers.
The murder rate increased in the states with existing right-to-carry laws for the period 1999-2010 when the “confounding influence” of the crack cocaine epidemic is controlled for. The study found that homicides increased in 8 states that adopted right-to-carry laws during 1999-2010.”-Stanford research November 14, 2014. Stanford law Professor John J. Donohue III, Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and doctoral student Alexandria Zhang from Johns Hopkins University were the co-authors of the study. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/donohue-guns-study-111414.html You people are well proven by many studies to create more homicides and crimes than any gun nut has ever prevented. No private gun owner has ever prevented any mass shooting, unless they’re off-duty police or Federal officers. Get a clue. Call 911.
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 21:14
You are full of so much horsesh!t, that its actually painful to read. You read (and believe) a conjecture/propaganda piece from a Liberal college because it suits your agenda. Your facts are hilariously wrong, but don’t take my word for it.
https://www.dps.texas.gov/RSD/CHL/Reports/ConvictionRatesReport2012.pdf
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr
I’m sure you’ll come back with some nonsense to prove your case, but as always you will have NO FACTS. Just misdirection and lies. You see, you folks can’t win a debate with facts because the facts are the opposite what you claim. You hoplaphobia is amusing at best, but it doesn’t change the fact that Texas WILL become the 47th state to have open carry and all you wussies that get terrified of those big scary guns will just have to get used to it. You offend me with the exercise of your 1st Amendment rights and I just have to deal, so fair is fair.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 21:44
My unbiased FBI, CDC & Peer-reviewed Stanford facts are linked proving my points.
Here’s another study from Texas A & M University debunking you, and further proving my facts as posted with regard to ‘Stand Your Ground’-homicidal states as well:
“Our study finds that, that homicides go up by +7 to +9% in states that pass (‘Stand Your Ground’) laws, relative to states that didn’t pass the laws over the same time period,” he says.”These laws lower the cost of using lethal force,” says Mark Hoekstra, an economist with Texas A&M University who examined stand your ground laws. “Our study finds that, as a result, you get more of it.” http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/167984117/-stand-your-ground-linked-to-increase-in-homicide “You are full of so much horsesh!t”-SirVesa Debunked via an empty FBI.Gov link & a dead FB link marked “private” indicating amosexual envy and a teeny tiny hat with no cattle. Next-up “Police: Austin Shooter Was A Right-Wing Homegrown Terrorist!”
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 21:56
But the problem with your facts is that they’re not factual. Look at the conviction rates I sent you from Texas DPS: if what you said was true, then all of those crimes, including violent crimes would be higher for CHL holders but they’re not. In every single category, the number of CHL offenders is a small fraction of what non-CHL offenders are convicted and, in some cases, the lack of CHL carrying offenders is totally absent. I understand that you dislike guns and I feel sorry for you because you will lose your crusade, but I’m sure that being a professional idealogue you can find some other perceived injustice to get behind. The amusing part of this whole conversation is that I think, in your mind, you really believe you have facts there when the FBI UCR and the Texas DPS conviction reports PROVE to you that you’re blindly following your own deception. Its kinda sad, really.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 22:00
Notice how your empty links illustrate your inability to refute my posted CDC, FBI & Texas A & M facts debunking you.
Nice flameout! Buh-bye.
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 22:19
Because your “facts” are wrong. What the hell does the CDC have to do with gun crime? The DPS crime statistics and the FBI UCR are the ONLY records to be concerned with. How did these other venerable institutions get their information? I’ll tell you where…they made them up. But i’m done explaining to you: if you don’t even know what an SSL browsing warning is, you can’t be helped. If you go into the DPS site and browse to the document, you don’t get the message. I tried to make it easy for you linking directly to the document since you’re such a lazy researcher, but it seems that gun law statistics aren’t the only thing you’re ignorant about. Bad troll, bad.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 22:53
“Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder.”-FBI/CDC.” and linked facts Vs “What the hell does the (FBI) CDC have to do with gun crime?” Lol! FBI/CDC have long reported on how to save lives. Norton detected Malware and your Teabola symptoms maybe fatal. You should hurry to see medical professionals undergoing a full blood workup and delusional disorder screenings. Before it’s too late to medicate.
As an IT security expert I use many SSL sites & your 2 of 2 DEAD links are the first ones I’ve been prevented from browsing via those explicit warnings.
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 22:14
Your links don’t work and “facts is that they’re not factual.”-Lmao at delusional disorder paranoid gun nuts debunked with actual working linked proof, via unbiased facts.
Furthermore you’re site “www.dps.texas.gov” appears to have been hijacked by MALWARE! “Your connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from http://www.dps.texas.gov (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).
This server could not prove that it is http://www.dps.texas.gov; its security certificate is from http://www.txdps.state.tx.us. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.”
SirVesa December 1st, 2014 at 21:58
And you’re about as unbiased as your sources…which is to say “not at all”. NPR, Stanford…really?
Obewon December 1st, 2014 at 22:02
“Texas A&M University who examined stand your ground laws”-debunk you further as a person lacking comprehension, or working links that Debunk you e.g.
“Gun owners shoot 22 to 43 times more friends and family than any intruder.”-FBI/CDC. “Stanford law Professor John J. Donohue III, Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and doctoral student Alexandria Zhang from Johns Hopkins University were the co-authors of the study.”-Accredited University peer-reviewed studies shred you to smithereens.
ABeagleKnots December 1st, 2014 at 13:35
Duh! This one guy proves that Texans aren’t capable of the same open carry rights that people in 45 other states prove are safe every day. Texans are dumber, and less responsible that all other Americans who have open carry rights, and this one single idiot proves it. After all, if one person does something stupid, then all others in his state should be punished, right? it’s common sense safety!
;-)
ABeagleKnots December 1st, 2014 at 14:35
Duh! This one guy proves that Texans aren’t capable of the same open carry rights that people in 45 other states prove are safe every day. Texans are dumber, and less responsible that all other Americans who have open carry rights, and this one single idiot proves it. After all, if one person does something stupid, then all others in his state should be punished, right? it’s common sense safety!
;-)