Deadly shooting near the Empire State Building

[jimnyc]

One of the strictest cities in America regarding gun control. Apparently this was a fired employee that didn't care for his pink slip and came back for a little revenge. I just got off the phone with my wife who was in the area for a business meeting. She said the entire area is an absolute mess right now and anyone driving in the vicinity is screwed and will be stuck for awhile!


Eight people are believed to be wounded and at least two people are dead Friday after a shooting outside the Empire State Building in the Midtown area of Manhattan. The two victims include the gunman, who was shot and killed by police near the tourist entrance of the landmark skyscraper.

The shooting occurred at around 9 a.m. ET at Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. The New York Post reported that the incident was the act of a disgruntled former employee. The gunman was fired from his job on Thursday and returned to his office Friday morning to target his boss, local and federal officials told NBC News, according to a tweet.

The shooter followed his coworker down 33rd Street, and shot him outside of Legend's Bar, the Post reported. It is unclear if he fired into a crowd of pedestrians outside of the Empire State Building, or if pedestrians were caught in crossfire, reported the New York Daily News. A bystander was killed.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/multiple-people-hit-shooting-near-empire-state-building-133611266.html

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13455394-several-shot-2-killed-outside-empire-state-building?lite

By Andrew Mach, Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst, NBC News
At least four people were shot Friday morning outside the Empire State Building by an apparently disgruntled ex-employee of a business inside the building, officials told NBC News. Two people are dead, including the suspected gunman.

It wasn't immediately clear if the gunman's wound was self-inflicted or if he was shot by police.

As many as eight others were being treated for various injuries. Their conditions are unknown at this time.

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More crazy killing for the antigun nuts to droooooooool over and scream confiscate the guns!
And the Media just loves to splash it in the headlines for that reason.-Tyr

[CSM]

Well, it sure looks like strict enforcement of existing gun control laws failed again. The obvious answer is to ban the manufature and sale of guns on a global scale .... except for Muslims.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Well, it sure looks like strict enforcement of existing gun control laws failed again. The obvious answer is to ban the manufature and sale of guns on a global scale .... except for Muslims.

Yep, muslims will need their guns to protect Allah, dont ya know.;););)-Tyr

[Anton Chigurh]

I blame Obama. This poor guy was out of work for a year due to Obama's policies.

(Mocking Obama's claim that Romney killed a woman by Bain capital shutting down a steel mill long after Romney left Bain.)

[jafar00]

More crazy killing for the antigun nuts to droooooooool over and scream confiscate the guns!
And the Media just loves to splash it in the headlines for that reason.-Tyr

Well it seems far too easy for a nut to get multiple guns and ammo and walk into a school, theatre, temple, tourist attraction.....

If there was more control of ownership, there would be less guns, and less shootings like this. It's only logic.

[cadet]

Well it seems far too easy for a nut to get multiple guns and ammo and walk into a school, theatre, temple, tourist attraction.....

If there was more control of ownership, there would be less guns, and less shootings like this. It's only logic.

No, see, jafar, that only works if people listen. You don't know who's going to crack. could be the nicest guy every, could be some guy who doesn't care if there are gun laws or not.
If you ban gun sales, the underground market will sell plenty to the people that want them. Then you end up with a bunch of people being gunned down by the only person with a gun.

If, on the other hand, everyone has a gun... One guy comes in to shoot, and is shot down before he can cause any huge damage.

What was that news story... gunman robbing bank shot down by 5 customers.

Moral of the story, gun laws only affect law abiding citizens. If you plan on doing crime, you arn't going to worry if it's illegal.

[cadet]

http://www.wnd.com/2007/04/41196/
And here's just a taste of what i'm talking about. you can look up the crime rate statistics by state, and then the harsh gun law statistics by state, and see the truth of all of this.

Think about it this way, "Hmm, i'm gonna steal that ladies purse. I got my gun, ain't nobody else does. No fear!" vs. "Crap... what if she has a gun on her... or that guy watching..."

[Little-Acorn]

If there was more control of ownership, there would be less guns, and less shootings like this. It's only logic.

What makes you think that more of a failed policy, will suddenly start "not failing"?

[jafar00]

Australia has very strict gun laws. About the only people legally allowed to own guns are farmers who have a problem with wild animals.

The last shooting massacre in Australia was the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996.

So, the last massacre in Australia was 16 years ago. The US has at least one a month lately.

Either Americans are a lot nuttier than Australians, or the gun laws are working in Australia. Sure there is a small black market with drug gangs and bikies shooting each other in Sydney lately, but overall, gun crime is quite rare in Australia.

[jimnyc]

Australia has very strict gun laws. About the only people legally allowed to own guns are farmers who have a problem with wild animals.

The last shooting massacre in Australia was the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996.

So, the last massacre in Australia was 16 years ago. The US has at least one a month lately.

Either Americans are a lot nuttier than Australians, or the gun laws are working in Australia. Sure there is a small black market with drug gangs and bikies shooting each other in Sydney lately, but overall, gun crime is quite rare in Australia.

And in Swtizerland, every adult male must have a gun, and there is basically no crime. Same for Kennesaw, Georgia, and no crime there either. And we're not talking about regulations, but outright MUST own guns. Funny how crime goes so far down when the knowledge is out there that everyone has a gun.

[jimnyc]

And in Swtizerland, every adult male must have a gun, and there is basically no crime. Same for Kennesaw, Georgia, and no crime there either. And we're not talking about regulations, but outright MUST own guns. Funny how crime goes so far down when the knowledge is out there that everyone has a gun.

Oh, and then take places like Washington DC, and Chicago - some of the toughest gun laws in America, also extremely high murder and crime rates. So much for that theory!

[jafar00]

And in Swtizerland, every adult male must have a gun, and there is basically no crime. Same for Kennesaw, Georgia, and no crime there either. And we're not talking about regulations, but outright MUST own guns. Funny how crime goes so far down when the knowledge is out there that everyone has a gun.

Maybe that is more indicative of the US having a sick society. It would appear the Swiss have a better idea of how to live together in peace than you do.

[jimnyc]

Maybe that is more indicative of the US having a sick society. It would appear the Swiss have a better idea of how to live together in peace than you do.

Maybe so, maybe so. But then maybe they ought to regulate knives in Islamic countries, to reduce people having their heads sawed off? Or maybe regulate "mans" fists, so as to reduce the amount of beatings that women receive. That's a sick society to me.

[jimnyc]

Australia has very strict gun laws. About the only people legally allowed to own guns are farmers who have a problem with wild animals.

The last shooting massacre in Australia was the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996.

So, the last massacre in Australia was 16 years ago. The US has at least one a month lately.

Either Americans are a lot nuttier than Australians, or the gun laws are working in Australia. Sure there is a small black market with drug gangs and bikies shooting each other in Sydney lately, but overall, gun crime is quite rare in Australia.

I'll admit its a problem, we need to stop these criminals and find out why they're doing these heinous crimes. I don't proclaim them not to be happening. And you say WE live perhaps in a sick society. Will you admit the atrocities that happen in Islamic areas? You say like once a month this happens - here is just the past 30 days in Islamic led areas:

List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 30 Days (http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/TheList.htm)
<tbody>
Date
Country
City
Killed
Injured
Description


2012.08.24
Iraq
Baghdad
6
12
At least six people are murdered when Islamic terrorists throw grenades into a hotel.


2012.08.24
Iraq
Baghdad
3
8
Sunnis fire mortars into a group of Shiite worshippers, killing three.


2012.08.23
Afghanistan
Spin Boldak
6
0
Three children and two women are among six civilian blown into bits by a Taliban bomb.


2012.08.23
Afghanistan
Ahmad Khil
3
0
Hardliners kidnap and kill three local soldiers who were on their way home to visit families.


2012.08.21
Nigeria
Goniri
2
0
Gunmen shouting 'Allah Akbar' burn down several buildings and shoot two villagers to death.


2012.08.21
Nigeria
Borno
1
0
Islamists open fire on a rival cleric, killing him outside his mosque.


2012.08.19
Ingushetia
Malgobek
7
10
A Fedayeen suicide bomber enters a funeral and slaughters at least seven mourners.


2012.08.19
Afghanistan
Lashkar Gah
3
8
Islamic bombers kill three people at a cemetery.


2012.08.19
Yemen
Abyan
3
2
An al-Qaeda suicide bomber takes out three souls.


2012.08.19
Pakistan
Haripur
0
6
Six people are attacked by fundamentalists for watching television during Eid ul Fitr.


2012.08.18
Iraq
Mosul
6
0
Muslim terrorists kill six family members in their homes.


2012.08.18
Pakistan
Michni
4
0
Four young men are brutally gunned down by radical Sunnis.


2012.08.18
Afghanistan
Herat
4
12
Fundamentalist bombers murder four people at a crowded market.


2012.08.18
Yemen
Aden
21
9
An al-Qaeda rocket attack and suicide bombing leaves over twenty people dead.


2012.08.17
Pakistan
Karachi
2
18
A bus carrying Shiite students is hit by a bombing that leaves at least two dead.


2012.08.16
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
25
0
Twenty-five Shiites are pulled off a passenger bus by Sunni extremists and shot and beheaded.


2012.08.16
Iraq
Kirkuk
1
6
Terrorists bomb a family home, killing one member and injuring six.


2012.08.16
Iraq
Daquq
6
25
A Shahid suicide bomber snuffs out the life of six other souls.


2012.08.16
Iraq
Husseiniyah
7
42
Sunni car bombers take down seven Shiites.


2012.08.16
Pakistan
Quetta
3
0
Three members of the Hazara religious minority are exterminated by Sunni gunmen.


2012.08.16
Iraq
Baghdad
26
58
A Religion of Peace blast at a Shiite produce market leaves twenty-six dead.


2012.08.16
Pakistan
Kamra
1
1
The Taliban kill at least one defender in an assault on an airport.


2012.08.16
Nigeria
Maiduguri
1
0
Boko Haram shoot a community leader to death at a mosque.


2012.08.16
Iraq
Zafaniya
34
57
Nearly three dozen people, mostly women and children, are slaughtered by a car bomb at an amusement park.


2012.08.15
Pakistan
Karachi
1
0
Sipah-e-Sahaba gunmen take down a Shiite.


2012.08.15
Afghanistan
Bagh Sara
0
9
Three grenades into a rival mosque where people are praying.


2012.08.15
Afghanistan
Heart
0
15
Taliban bombers leave fifteen shoppers at a market bloody and maimed.


2012.08.15
Iraq
Qahataniya
2
0
Two brothers are murdered in their house by Sunnis for being members of a religious minority.


2012.08.15
Iraq
Muqdadiya
7
25
Ramadan car bombers send seven Shiite souls to Allah.


2012.08.15
Nigeria
Kaduna
1
0
A Boko Haram bomb intended for a moderate imam goes off prematurely, killing a passerby.


2012.08.15
Thailand
Yala
1
1
Muslim militants shoot a 47-year-old to death at a tea shop.


2012.08.15
Iraq
Baqubah
2
9
A Jihad car bomb leaves two dead.


2012.08.15
Afghanistan
Peshawar
6
0
Six Taliban victims are found tortured and stuffed into gunny bags.


2012.08.15
Pakistan
Kurram
3
31
Three security personnel bleed out following separate bombings by Muslim radicals.


2012.08.14
Pakistan
Orakzai
5
18
Five innocents are cut down by a Taliban ambush on a police patrol.


2012.08.14
Thailand
Narathiwat
1
1
Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a local villager several times in the head and torso.


2012.08.14
Afghanistan
Kunduz
12
30
A bomb planted on a motorcycle at a crowded bazaar sends a dozen shoppers to Allah.


2012.08.14
Afghanistan
Zaranj
36
110
Four coordinated suicide bombers slaughter three dozen people, including women and children.


2012.08.14
Thailand
Yala
1
0
A 52-year-old plantation worker is cut down by Muslim gunmen.


2012.08.14
Egypt
Asyut
1
0
Salafis storm a Christian-owned store and murder the owner.


2012.08.14
Dagestan
Buinaksk
1
0
Islamists blow up a car, along with an occupant.


2012.08.14
Nigeria
Damaturu
9
0
Nine people are slain by Boko Haram Islamists.


2012.08.14
Dagestan
Khasavyurt
2
1
Suspected Islamists shoot two police officers to death.


2012.08.14
Pakistan
Sangar
1
2
An innocent person is murdered during an attack by Islamists.


2012.08.14
Indonesia
Sukabumi
1
0
A cleric is murdered by members of an Islamic sect.


2012.08.13
Nigeria
Gombe
1
1
A guard is killed during a Religion of Peace assault on a Catholic church.


2012.08.13
Afghanistan
Ishkamish
5
0
Islamic hardliners blow up five locals.


2012.08.13
Egypt
Sinai
2
0
A man and his son are shot to death by Islamists shortly after denouncing them.


2012.08.13
Pakistan
Charsadda
2
0
A young couple is shot to death by the woman's family for marrying without their permission.


2012.08.13
Pakistan
Quetta
0
13
Thirteen people are badly wounded when religious fanatics set off a bomb at a restaurant.


2012.08.13
Pakistan
Saro Wano
1
1
A preacher is machine-gunned in his mosque by Religion of Peace rivals.


2012.08.12
Iraq
Suleiman Bek
8
0
Eight more Shiite teens are rounded up and murdered by Sunni gunmen.


2012.08.12
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
Suspected Muslim terrorists murder a 55-year-old sleeping in his truck.


2012.08.12
Iraq
Jurf al-Sakhar
3
5
Mujahideen bombers take down three Iraqis.


2012.08.12
Iraq
Baghdad
2
0
Two charity workers are assassinated by religious rivals.


2012.08.12
Somalia
Mogadishu
1
0
A radio journilist is assassinated by suspected Islamists.


2012.08.12
Afghanistan
Alishang
4
0
Four Afghans are dismantled by a Taliban roadside bomb.


2012.08.12
Pakistan
Miranshah
3
3
Sunni terrorists kill three local soliders with a roadside bomb.


2012.08.12
Afghanistan
Panjwai
4
4
Four people are cut down by a Taliban ambush.


2012.08.12
Pakistan
Mera Kachuri
2
0
A father and son are brutally tortured to death by militant Muslims.


2012.08.12
Philippines
Alip
2
4
Two people at a banana plantation are mowed down by Muslim militants.


2012.08.11
Afghanistan
Delaram
11
0
A Taliban in police uniform surprises eleven local cops and shoots them to death.


2012.08.11
Pakistan
Peshawar
1
0
A guard at a mosque dies preventing a shooting rampage by rivals.


2012.08.11
Iraq
Amerili
7
0
Sunnis ride into a town, single out seven young Shiites and execute them in cold blood.


2012.08.11
Somalia
Mogadishu
2
2
Two Somalis bleed to death from shrapnel injuries suffered during an al-Shabaab attack.


2012.08.11
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A 41-year-old plantation worker is riddled with bullets by Muslim 'separatists'.


2012.08.11
Pakistan
Bara
4
1
Four local tribesmen are ambushed and killed by Lashkar-e-Islam militants.


2012.08.11
Afghanistan
Jambaran
1
1
Religious radicals assassinate a tribal chief in his home.


2012.08.11
Syria
Jdeidet Artouz
1
0
A journalist is murdered following threats from al-Nusra.


2012.08.10
India
Moominabad
1
0
The Islamic Movement of Kashmir murders a retiree outside a mosque.


2012.08.10
Yemen
Mukalla
2
1
Two men are killed following an al-Qaeda car bomb blast.


2012.08.10
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A 28-year-old man is shot off his motorbike by Muslim 'separatists.'


2012.08.10
Iraq
al-Muqdadiyah
3
2
Mujahideen bombers send three Iraqis to Allah.


2012.08.10
Iraq
Mosul
5
70
A Shahid suicide bomber targets a Shiite mosque, slaughtering at least five worshippers.


2012.08.10
Afghanistan
Musa Qala
6
1
Women and children are among six civilians torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb.


2012.08.10
Syria
al-Bab
3
0
Unarmed men are thrown from a roof to shouts of 'Allah Akbar'.


2012.08.10
Afghanistan
Balkh
1
0
A female school principal is murdered in her own home by suspected fundamentalists.


2012.08.10
Iraq
Dujail
4
0
al-Qaeda gunmen take down four Sunnis.


2012.08.10
Iraq
Haditha
3
0
Terrorists kill three members of the same family.


2012.08.10
Nigeria
Kombul
4
3
Four Christians are cut down in their homes by a Muslim raid on their village.


2012.08.10
Philippines
Datu Unsay
1
0
A local cop is slain by Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.


2012.08.10
Lebanon
Akkar
1
9
Religious clashes leave one dead.


2012.08.10
Philippines
Jolo
1
0
A Christian man is gunned down by Abu Sayyaf terrorists on his way home from church.


2012.08.09
Dagestan
Botlikh
5
0
Islamists open fire on a group of police, killing five.


2012.08.09
Pakistan
Upper Dir
2
0
Two border guards are murdered during a Taliban assault.


2012.08.09
Iraq
Baghdad
2
19
Islamists bomb a marketplace, killing two patrons.


2012.08.09
Afghanistan
Helmand
3
0
Three American soldiers are invited to dinner by local police, and then murdered.


2012.08.09
India
Baktoor
1
0
Islamic militants kill a border guard during an infiltration attempt.


2012.08.09
Iraq
Fallujah
4
4
Children are among the casualties when Islamic 'insurgents' blow up a family home.


2012.08.08
Afghanistan
Asadabad
4
3
Four people are slain by a Fedayeen suicide bomber, including an aid official.


2012.08.08
Nigeria
Okene
3
0
A woman is among three people gunned down by terrorists 'chanting Islamic praises'.


2012.08.08
Somalia
Mogadishu
8
2
An al-Shabaab roadside bomb leaves eight dead.


2012.08.08
Iraq
Suwayra
13
30
Sunni car bombers massacre thirteen Shiite worshippers at a packed religious ceremony.


2012.08.08
Iraq
Baghdad
1
1
The minister of Culture is assassinated in an attack that leaves his wife badly wounded.


2012.08.08
Iraq
Baiji
8
0
Islamic State of Iraq members enter a home and exterminate a family of eight.


2012.08.08
Dagestan
Endireiaul
0
1
A former imam is shot after coming out against terror.


2012.08.08
Syria
Hourani
1
3
One person is killed during a clash between Sunni and Shia.


2012.08.07
Afghanistan
Paghman
9
3
Hardline Islamists blow up a civilian minibus, sending nine souls to Allah.


2012.08.07
Somalia
Garowe
1
0
A local lawmaker is shot to death outside a mosque by al-Shabaab.


2012.08.07
Syria
Beaver Ridge Canaan (http://www.beaver-ridge.com/beaver-ridge.htm)
16
0
Sunni militia attack a housing complex for religious minorities, killing sixteen.


2012.08.07
Pakistan
Shah Khan
2
0
Two tribal elders are murdered by suspected Islamists.


2012.08.07
Thailand
Pattani
0
9
Nine school guards are injured by a Muslim bomb.


2012.08.07
Iraq
Hamiat
3
6
Three children are pulled into pieces by bombs planted in two homes.


2012.08.06
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A non-Muslim motorcycle repairman is shot in the head by Islamic 'insurgents'.


2012.08.06
Iraq
al-Haswa
3
13
Jihadi car bombers take out three Iraqis.


2012.08.06
Iraq
Khanaqin
2
2
Sunnis bomb a Kurdish family home, killing two.


2012.08.06
Chechnya
Khankala
3
3
Three local soldiers are killed by a Fedayeen suicide blast.


2012.08.06
Pakistan
Jamrud
1
0
Hardliners fire into a truck, killing the driver.


2012.08.06
Dagestan
Tsuntinsky
2
1
Islamic snipers pick off two local cops.


2012.08.06
Philippines
Shariff Aguak
2
1
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters kidnap, torture and execute two local soldiers.


2012.08.06
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
Four Muslims murder a 55-year-old man with a shotgun.


2012.08.06
Iraq
Hillah
4
0
Four Iraqis on a minibus are torn to shreds by 'insurgent' bombers.


2012.08.06
Nigeria
Maiduguri
1
0
A church pastor is shot to death in his home by two Islamists.


2012.08.06
Syria
Damascus
6
0
Sunni terrorists massacre an entire Shiite family in their home, including hanging the youngest child.


2012.08.06
Nigeria
Okene
20
9
Sharia proponents enter a church and open up on members with machine-guns, slaughtering at least nineteen, including the pastor.


2012.08.06
India
Sendabal
1
2
A youth dies when two groups clash at a mosque over a prayer disagreement.


2012.08.06
Afghanistan
Charsadda
1
3
The Taliban tie a landmine to a donkey that fatally injures a local cop.


2012.08.06
Iraq
Baghdad
2
0
Two local officials are murdered by Mujahid gunmen.


2012.08.05
Somalia
Mogadishu
1
0
al-Shabaab gunmen assassinate an airport manager.


2012.08.05
Philippines
Maguindanao
1
11
At least one woman is killed when Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement members overrun a Catholic village.


2012.08.05
Pakistan
Gilgit
2
4
Two passengers bleed out from splinter injuries after Islamic militants toss a grenade into a bus.


2012.08.05
Pakistan
Milwat
1
0
Lashkar-e-Islam militants murder a peace committee volunteer.


2012.08.05
Iraq
Mosul
3
0
Suspected al-Qaeda open up point-blank on three local cops.


2012.08.05
Afghanistan
Bamiyan
6
12
Taliban ambush and kill four Afghans and two NATO troops coming to their defense.


2012.08.05
Nigeria
Damaturu
7
9
Seven Nigerians are disassembled by a Shahid suicide car bomber.


2012.08.05
Pakistan
Faizabad
3
12
A Religion of Peace bomb kills two children and a woman.


2012.08.05
Egypt
Sinai
16
7
Gaza Jihadists cross the border and murder sixteen Egyptian border police.


2012.08.05
Pakistan
Bahawalnagar
4
3
A woman and her daughters are hacked to death with an axe by her husband and sons on suspicion of 'relations with neighbors'.


2012.08.05
Syria
Jdaidet Artuz
1
0
A Shiite film director is assassinated by Sunni terrorists.


2012.08.05
Iraq
Tuz Khurmatu
4
2
Jihadi bombers send four Iraqis to Allah.


2012.08.05
Nigeria
Maiduguri
4
0
Four people are shot to death in their homes by Boko Haram Islamists.


2012.08.04
Afghanistan
Ghormach
3
12
Taliban fundamentalists toss a bomb into a market, sending at least three souls to Allah.


2012.08.04
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A 57-year-old cop is ambushed and killed by Muslim militants.


2012.08.04
Yemen
Jaar
49
37
An al-Qaeda suicide bomber blows forty-nine funeral-goers into pieces.


2012.08.04
Afghanistan
Gala Joy
8
10
Eight are killed when two groups of Islamists work out their differences.


2012.08.04
Pakistan
Gilgit
1
0
A 34-year-old Shiite farmer is tortured and beheaded by Wahhabi radicals.


2012.08.03
Afghanistan
Daulatzai
0
23
Two dozen people are injured when Mujahideen set off a bomb at a rival mosque during prayers.


2012.08.03
Yemen
Sanaa
1
0
Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen strafe a car with bullets, killing the driver.


2012.08.03
Pakistan
Charsadda
0
2
Two workers are injured when Islamists throw a grenade into a humanitarian agency helping flood victims.


2012.08.03
Iraq
Dhuluiyah
4
4
Four Iraqis are torn apart by an 'insurgent' roadside bomb.


2012.08.03
Syria
Damascus
21
17
Militants with al-Qaeda ties are blamed for sending mortars into a refugee camp, killing at least twenty-one.


2012.08.03
Kenya
Nairobi
1
9
An Islamist throws a grenade into a supermarket, killing at least one.


2012.08.03
Iraq
Baghdad
5
11
Drive-by Jihadis take down five Iraqis.


2012.08.03
Pakistan
Risalpur
11
23
Mujahideen plant a bomb on a child's tricycle at a market, which rips eleven people to shreds.


2012.08.03
Afghanistan
Kunar
2
0
A woman is among two people killed in attack by Sunni hardliners.


2012.08.03
Saudi Arabia
Qatif
2
1
A clash between Sunni and Shia leaves two dead.


2012.08.03
Syria
Damascus
1
0
al-Nusra terrorists kidnap and execute a television presenter.


2012.08.02
Iraq
Tikrit
4
0
Four policemen are machine-gunned at close range by Sunni terrorists.


2012.08.02
Iraq
Balad
3
0
Three Iraqis are blown to bits by an 'insurgent' bomb.


2012.08.02
India
Kasargod
1
0
A Hindu leader is shot to death by Muslim militants.


2012.08.02
Iraq
Baghdad
9
32
Women are among the casualties when Sunnis bomb a market in a Shiite neighborhood.


2012.08.02
Jordan
Baoun
1
0
A 22-year-old divorced woman is stabbed to death by her brother for not submitting to his control.


2012.08.02
Iraq
Kirkuk
4
0
Muslim terrorists enter a home and cut the throats of a father, mother and two daughters.


2012.08.02
Dagestan
Kizilyurt
1
1
One police officer is dead and another loses a leg to Religion of Peace attacks.


2012.08.02
Pakistan
Akhorwal
1
0
Tehreek-e-Taliban gunmen murder a local man.


2012.08.01
Afghanistan
Jalrez
4
0
Four civilians are kidnapped and murdered by the Taliban.


2012.08.01
Somalia
Mogadishu
1
0
A comedian is shot to death after mocking Islamists on stage.


2012.08.01
Pakistan
Mochiwala
1
1
A woman is shot to death by her brother on suspicion of illicit relations.


2012.08.01
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
Muslim gunmen murder a local official on his way home from work.


2012.08.01
Pakistan
Lahore
0
23
Twenty-three casualties result from Islamists bombing a fruit market.


2012.08.01
Somalia
Mogadishu
1
0
At least one other person is killed when two suicide bombers detonate.


2012.08.01
Yemen
Abyan
5
0
Five people die during an al-Qaeda grenade and gunfire attack.


2012.08.01
Somalia
Mogadishu
6
0
Six guards are taken apart by two Fedayeen suicide bombers.


2012.08.01
Pal. Auth.
Tulkarm
1
0
A Palestinian man stabs his teenage daughter to death in a suspected honor killing.


2012.08.01
Pakistan
Tandlianwala
2
0
A woman is strangled by her brother over 'loose morals'.


2012.08.01
Pakistan
Lagharai Thal
1
0
Religious radicals gun down a school teacher.


2012.08.01
Pakistan
Hyderabad
1
0
A young woman is shot to death by her brother for marrying of her own free will.


2012.07.31
Thailand
Pattani
2
4
Islamic militants fire into a tea shop, killing two patrons.


2012.07.31
Yemen
Jaar
2
3
Ansar al-Sharia gunmen on motorcycles open fire on a police station, killing two.


2012.07.31
Iraq
Saqlawiyah
2
2
Two family members are killed by an 'insurgent' roadside bomb.


2012.07.31
Iraq
Baghdad
15
35
Jihadis bomb a passport office, killing fifteen innocent people waiting in line.


2012.07.31
Somalia
Mogadishu
1
9
An Islamist bomb outside a soft drink factory leaves one dead.


2012.07.31
Iraq
Baghdad
7
21
A car bombing outside a restaurant leaves seven dead.


2012.07.31
Syria
Aleppo
40
0
Approximately forty 'loyalists' are beaten and executed to chants of 'Allah Akbar'.


2012.07.31
Iraq
Mosul
1
3
A man is killed, and his baby, mother and wife injured in their own home by Muslim terrorists.


2012.07.31
Pakistan
Karachi
0
11
Eleven nurses fall ill after hospital food is poisoned to punish Ramadan eaters.


2012.07.30
Nigeria
Sokoto
1
0
Three Boko Haram gunmen shoot a shoe-shine worker to death.


2012.07.30
Pakistan
Mardan
4
0
Terrorists shoot four farm workers to death.


2012.07.30
Afghanistan
Tarinkot
5
0
Five civilians at a mosque are sent straight to Allah by Religion of Peace bombers.


2012.07.30
Nigeria
Sokoto
2
30
Fedayeen suicide car bombers take down a hairdresser and a cop.


2012.07.30
Kenya
Mandera
1
0
al-Shabaab gunmen spray the car of a mobile phone dealer with bullets, killing the driver.


2012.07.29
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A 45-year-old man is shot three times in the head by Islamic terrorists.


2012.07.29
Nigeria
Kano
2
2
An air force officer is ambushed and killed by Muslim gunmen along with his aide.


2012.07.29
Iraq
Fallujah
7
9
Seven local cops are bombed or shot to death by Ramadan terrorists.


2012.07.29
Iraq
Muqdadiya
4
13
Jihadi bombers take down four civilians.


2012.07.29
Mali
Aguelhok
2
0
A married couple is buried up to their necks and stoned to death for adultery.


2012.07.29
Pakistan
Mansehra
0
2
Fundamentalists bomb a CD shop selling music and a primary school for girls.


2012.07.29
Kenya
Mandera
1
0
Islamists gun down a driver for a telephone company.


2012.07.29
Afghanistan
Chak
1
1
A man is killed and his young so injured in an ambush by Sunni fundamentalists.


2012.07.29
Yemen
Radah
1
0
A 14-year-old boy is cut to pieces by an al-Qaeda bomb.


2012.07.29
Nigeria
Kano
2
0
Two Christians are gunned down outside their homes by Boko Haram Islamists.


2012.07.28
Yemen
Sanaa
1
0
al-Qaeda radicals hand a 12-year-old a packaged bomb, which is then detonated remotely, disassembling the child.


2012.07.28
Thailand
Pattani
2
0
A teenager is among two Buddhists murdered by Muslim 'separatists.'


2012.07.28
India
Anantnag
2
4
Two tourists are killed when Muslim militants toss a hand grenade at a taxi.


2012.07.28
Thailand
Pattani
4
2
Four Thai soldiers are brutally shot to death at close range by Muslim terrorists.


2012.07.28
Thailand
Yala
1
0
A Muslim 'separatist' assassinates a rival Muslim in a mosque.


2012.07.28
Iraq
Samarrah
5
0
Mujahideen shoot five women to death in their own home.


2012.07.27
Thailand
Pattani
1
1
Militant Muslims fire on a young married couple, killing the 18-year-old woman.


2012.07.27
Dagestan
Makhachkala
1
0
A police officer is shot to death in his car by Islamic militants.


2012.07.27
Somalia
Baidoa
4
3
Four local soldiers are killed by an al-Shabaab bomb blast.


2012.07.27
Dagestan
Makhachkala
3
0
Three people are killed when Islamic extremists set off a car bomb.


2012.07.27
Thailand
Pattani
1
0
A 66-year-old man is gunned down in a Muslim ambush.


2012.07.27
Pakistan
Mardan
6
0
Jihadists shoot six people to death in separate attacks.


2012.07.27
Nigeria
Maiduguri
7
0
Suspected Boko Haram barge into four homes and murder seven residents.


2012.07.27
Pakistan
Quetta
1
0
Wahhabi terrorists torture a Shiite man with knives and then kill him.


2012.07.26
Thailand
Yala
2
0
Two villagers are machine-gunned by Islamic 'insurgents'.


2012.07.26
Philippines
Sumisip
5
22
Abu Sayyaf terrorists attack a Christian farming village, killing at least five.


2012.07.26
Philippines
Sumisip
10
17
An Abu Sayyaf clash with local troops responding to a prior massacre leaves ten dead.


2012.07.26
Nigeria
Bauchi
3
1
Suspected Islamists ambush a group of policemen, killing three.


2012.07.26
Thailand
Yala
1
0
Muslim militants shoot a local several times in the torso.


2012.07.26
Pakistan
Khar
15
23
Religion of Peace militants detonate a shrapnel bomb at a crowded market which kills fifteen people, including those dying later in the hospital.


2012.07.26
Iraq
Hadid
11
0
Eleven security personnel are killed in an al-Qaeda ambush.


2012.07.26
Egypt
Shubra el Khayma
0
1
A Christian doctor is brutally blinded by Salafist Muslims after asking them to stop firing weapons in celebration.


2012.07.26
Pakistan
Akka Khel
3
4
Three people outside a mosque are blown to bits by Religion of Peace rivals.


2012.07.25
Nigeria
Maiduguri
2
3
Sharia fanatics attack an Indian-owned business and murder the owners.


2012.07.25
Syria
Homs
9
0
News breaks of nine Alawite bus passengers are split off from the rest and decapitated by Sunnis.


2012.07.25
Pakistan
Gulbehar
1
0
A 14-year-old girl is murdered when Lashkar e Jhangvi gunmen attack a Shia ceremony.


2012.07.25
Thailand
Yala
5
1
Muslim 'separatists' kill five police officers with a bomb hidden in a car.


2012.07.25
Jordan
Jerash
1
0
An honor killer stabs his sister and then runs over her several times with a truck after suspecting her of 'immoral behavior'.


2012.07.25
Nigeria
Borno
3
0
Three people are killed in an Islamist ambush.


2012.07.25
Iraq
Diyala
4
12
Four local cops are killed by Muslim terrorists.


2012.07.25
Pakistan
Dabori
3
0
Three defenders are killed during a Taliban ambush of a local post.


2012.07.25
Pakistan
Bara
1
0
Islamists kidnap a 70-year-old man, slit his throat and then spray him with bullets.


2012.07.25
Iraq
Ad-Dawr
5
4
Four children under the age of 10 are dismantled along with their mother by Religion of Peace bombers.

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[jimnyc]

Let's add in this little tidbit which has been confirmed as true. This was posted on another board as an image, which of course I am "borrowing" and posting here. This is about Australia:

http://i49.tinypic.com/34rbzpk.jpg

[jimnyc]

And for the record, the buy back program was supposed to have taken place 1997-1998

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

And for the record, the buy back program was supposed to have taken place 1997-1998



Gun buyback program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
A gun buyback program is a program instituted by an official body to have handguns or other kinds of weapons turned in. A reward is usually posted for these weapons. The goal is to reduce the number of guns, especially illegal guns, on the street, and provide a process where citizens can turn in weapons without fear of prosecution.

[edit] In AustraliaMain article: Gun politics in Australia
The Australian gun buybacks of 1996 and 2003 were compulsory compensated surrenders of newly-illegal firearms. They are therefore not directly comparable with the US-style voluntary buybacks.

The 1996 Buyback took 600,000 newly illegal sporting firearms, including all semi-automatic rifles including .22 rimfires, semi-automatic shotguns and pump-action shotguns. The publicity and use of the misleading framing 'automatic and semi-automatic' term gave the impression that the main target was what are called in the US media 'assault weapons', but almost all were sporting rimfires and shotguns. Because the Australian Constitution prevents the taking of property without just compensation the Federal Government decided to put a 1% levy on income tax for one year to finance the compensation. The buyback was predicted to cost $A500 million and had wide community support.

The 2003 handgun buyback compensated the confiscation of about 50,000 newly illegal pistols, the majority being target arms of greater than 9mm calibre (generally used for IPSC competition), or smaller handguns with barrels less than 4" such as pocket pistols, which were mostly licensed for target use as since 1996 licenses cannot be issued for self-defense in Australia. Even anti-gun activists criticised this exercise as pointless because almost all of the confiscated firearms were immediately and legally replaced with others that met the new rules.
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They disarmed the law abiding citizens and gun crimes went up. Brilliant logic by liberals, says, hey lets disarm the law abiding citizens so the criminals can have easier victims.-Tyr

[taft2012]

I just got off the phone with my wife who was in the area for a business meeting. She said the entire area is an absolute mess right now and anyone driving in the vicinity is screwed and will be stuck for awhile!


Hahhaha, there's the typical New York response for you.

I remember watching video of the crowds running away during 9/11.

Two planes had crashed into the Towers, unknown countless thousands of people were dead or dying, and a middle aged woman goes running past the camera saying "Oh no! How am I going to get home?"