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Quiet Em

(610 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:40 AM 4 hrs ago

Disturbing details on the man who shot the Democratic Party office in Arizona

On Wednesday morning, federal agents seized roughly 120 firearms including "machine guns" and a grenade launcher out of Kelly's home along with roughly 250,000 rounds of ammunition according to court documents.

A reporter overheard mention of handguns being found in a master bathroom safe and the words “machine gun” and silencers.”


A prosecutor said during Kelly's initial appearance that officers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also recovered numerous silencers, scopes for various levels of distance including long range and body armor. The prosecutor added that some of the guns in Kelly's home were already loaded.


https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/24/tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings-case-jeffrey-michael-kelly/75813613007/
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Disturbing details on the man who shot the Democratic Party office in Arizona (Original Post) Quiet Em 4 hrs ago OP
Photo of his garage & weaponry laid out Dennis Donovan 4 hrs ago #1
Geesh underpants 4 hrs ago #4
Terrorists for Trump. FUNNY this isn't all over the news CousinIT 4 hrs ago #6
Yeah, a guy refilling his water pistol 2 miles from the Maralago Sanitarium would probably get lmore coverage Montauk6 3 hrs ago #10
More like 2 counties away. Last year. It was alleged. Otto_Harper 3 hrs ago #18
Drove by there a couple of days ago - NINETEEN police cars bedazzled 2 hrs ago #43
yeah, because then it would be news NJCher 3 hrs ago #29
The reason for that is to sell to felons who can not purchase in stores. Big profit. LiberalArkie 2 hrs ago #34
So true. In my rural area, weapons are currency. nt allegorical oracle 2 hrs ago #40
Yep. Likely a pretty common 'investment' in Arizona. Also, smuggling to sell in Mexico is a profitable 'sideline' Attilatheblond 2 hrs ago #41
In any other era of American history, it would be disturbing. Aristus 4 hrs ago #2
"Law abiding citizen" my ass! ProudMNDemocrat 4 hrs ago #3
He's part of the "well-regulated militia", dontcha know.... TheRickles 3 hrs ago #20
So was Kyle Rittenhouse SCantiGOP 3 hrs ago #24
And how many others like him are there in the country? wnylib 1 hr ago #53
about 200,000 or so verargert 1 min ago #55
You don't acquire weapons like that for home defense. You acquire them to cause mass casualties. hadEnuf 2 hrs ago #33
MAGAt with an asterisk. Sneederbunk 4 hrs ago #5
I live in a small town among the Magats, gab13by13 4 hrs ago #7
The 'conservative' brain and fight or flight. That is exactly what is happening. erronis 3 hrs ago #14
Recommended. H2O Man 4 hrs ago #8
Luckily he won't be around to vote for the orange Hitler kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #9
I think he's already lost them. House of Roberts 3 hrs ago #13
This is chilling and something we need to talk about more... FirstLight 3 hrs ago #11
If any of those weapons are illegal, House of Roberts 3 hrs ago #12
Keep him locked up, he's a danger to society and especially Democrats MagickMuffin 3 hrs ago #15
Where the hell do you buy a grenade launcher? LNM 3 hrs ago #16
If the Alamo had been as well stocked with arms as this maniac's house DFW 3 hrs ago #17
And slavery would have remained illegal in markodochartaigh 1 hr ago #48
Hopefully Old Crank 3 hrs ago #19
Nope. Mosby 3 hrs ago #23
Good thing there aren't other Whackos like Kelley in America Martin Eden 3 hrs ago #21
He will get all his guns back. Mosby 3 hrs ago #22
The article doesn't mention (that I could see) what he was hoping Wiz Imp 3 hrs ago #25
Considering he shot up the office just after midnight when nobody was in the office, Martin68 3 hrs ago #30
Fortunate that this nut job didn't.... democratsruletheday 3 hrs ago #26
Just as well the guy has been arrested. He sounds like mass murder waiting to happen. Martin68 3 hrs ago #27
Enough ammunition to kill 250,000 people. Dangerous! ck4829 3 hrs ago #28
Must of Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #31
I wonder what job he does. markodochartaigh 1 hr ago #49
I hope Traildogbob 2 hrs ago #32
Who else is hoarding weapons like this MAGAt? malaise 2 hrs ago #35
Destroy It All NBachers 2 hrs ago #36
John "shithead" Roberts would make the grenade launcher...... wolfie001 2 hrs ago #37
No one in his family or his friends thought this was excessive? Why did he need an arsenal to feel safe? From whom? Deuxcents 2 hrs ago #38
FRiends and family are obviously braindead. No one with his mindset could keep it a secret. walkingman 2 hrs ago #39
My theory is there is a lot of paranoia among drumpsters. That's why his roughneck allegorical oracle 2 hrs ago #42
That's a lot of ammunition. I bet there is a hell of a lot of different type ammo bluestarone 2 hrs ago #44
Any chance the neighbors did not know??? Sancho 2 hrs ago #45
he was also putting up racist signs with bags of white powder attached. Kali 1 hr ago #46
"the right to bear arms" just needs to be clarified. CCExile 1 hr ago #47
pic of the freak orleans 1 hr ago #50
Holy Shhhh Lemon Lyman 1 hr ago #51
The MAGA/TFG supporter is a dangerous nut case LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #52
Warning sign enid602 8 min ago #54

CousinIT

(9,859 posts)
6. Terrorists for Trump. FUNNY this isn't all over the news
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:15 PM
4 hrs ago

It damn well would be if a Dem supporter did it!

Montauk6

(8,454 posts)
10. Yeah, a guy refilling his water pistol 2 miles from the Maralago Sanitarium would probably get lmore coverage
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:25 PM
3 hrs ago

OK, maybe not 2 miles...

bedazzled

(1,837 posts)
43. Drove by there a couple of days ago - NINETEEN police cars
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:06 PM
2 hrs ago

Just on the Southern side. Innumerable police in flack jackets. Not including those on the side of the barrier where mere mortals are not permitted. The entire island of Palm Beach is paralyzed because of mango mussolini and he isn't even there. Glad I don't live there. Traffic is a nightmare. Imagine the cost!

Attilatheblond

(4,055 posts)
41. Yep. Likely a pretty common 'investment' in Arizona. Also, smuggling to sell in Mexico is a profitable 'sideline'
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:03 PM
2 hrs ago

Cartels can't wage war on officials and peaceful Mexican people without guns & ammo from the US. Guns and munitions that come from US go to cartels who create untold violence is part of what drives desperate refugees to cross the border. One root of 'the border crisis' is US citizens who are happy to load up a car with weapons and sell at profit to criminal armies south of the border.

The store where the Uvalde shooter got his gun was already under investigation by ATF, and maybe FBI, for the huge volume of very large sales of guns and ammunition. Many gun stores are active participants in making things worse in Mexico and along the US border. They are arming cartels and enabling continued warfare. They are partners in creating the problem the GOP pols then use to campaign.

Aristus

(68,001 posts)
2. In any other era of American history, it would be disturbing.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:49 AM
4 hrs ago

Right now, it barely moves the needle. We know these demented shitheads are out there, spending all their money on guns and ammo instead of anything else that might improve their worthless and empty lives.

We just need to keep bringing them in, charging them carefully and judiciously, and sending them away for however long their treasonous crimes call for.

ProudMNDemocrat

(18,778 posts)
3. "Law abiding citizen" my ass!
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:50 AM
4 hrs ago

Who in fuck needs an arsenal of weapons and ammo to protect himself?

It's this man's intentions the ATF will be asking about.

wnylib

(24,017 posts)
53. And how many others like him are there in the country?
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 03:21 PM
1 hr ago

Are these the Trumpers that we need to watch out for in this election year if they are dissatisfied with the outcome? Or even if they are happy with the outcome and want to shoot up some liberals?

hadEnuf

(2,603 posts)
33. You don't acquire weapons like that for home defense. You acquire them to cause mass casualties.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:32 PM
2 hrs ago

Or for a museum.

Any other excuse is pure BS, especially when they have already used them for political terrorism.

gab13by13

(24,511 posts)
7. I live in a small town among the Magats,
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:15 PM
4 hrs ago

No crime to speak of and yet many Magats keep loaded guns in their house. Some have attached a strobe light to a rifle and keep it by their beds to blind the Immigrant intruders.

I asked one why he is so afraid that he has to keep loaded guns in his house, his reply to me was that he isn't afraid now that he has loaded guns.

The area of the brain of "conservatives" that deals with flight or flight is more pronounced, easier to trigger. Actual studies have been done that prove this.

H2O Man

(75,144 posts)
8. Recommended.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:22 PM
4 hrs ago

This is speculation on my part, granted, but I don't think this is what Amendment 2 is all about.

kimbutgar

(22,945 posts)
9. Luckily he won't be around to vote for the orange Hitler
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:22 PM
4 hrs ago

And he is now on the fed’s watch list and might lose those guns !

FirstLight

(13,820 posts)
11. This is chilling and something we need to talk about more...
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:34 PM
3 hrs ago

These people are prepping for battle... Make no mistake.

Not that i doubt the ability of our current Administration to handle things... But it could be uglier than the first attempt.
I'm glad im sorta rural...vut then again, some very red areas in nearby NV are a little nerve-wracking...

House of Roberts

(5,624 posts)
12. If any of those weapons are illegal,
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:35 PM
3 hrs ago

after being arrested for committing an act of violence and giving BATFE probable cause to search his residence, I doubt he gets any of them back or gets out of jail any time soon.

MagickMuffin

(16,990 posts)
15. Keep him locked up, he's a danger to society and especially Democrats
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:37 PM
3 hrs ago


UNAMERICAN to the core of his miserable existence!


DFW

(56,279 posts)
17. If the Alamo had been as well stocked with arms as this maniac's house
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:43 PM
3 hrs ago

Santa Ana wouldn’t have stood a chance.

Mosby

(17,237 posts)
22. He will get all his guns back.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:51 PM
3 hrs ago

His lawyer will agree to a plea deal that doesn't include felonies.

Wiz Imp

(1,203 posts)
25. The article doesn't mention (that I could see) what he was hoping
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:03 PM
3 hrs ago

To accomplish. Was he just looking to terrorize people? Or was he looking to do actual damage to the building and/or kill or injure people?

Martin68

(24,379 posts)
30. Considering he shot up the office just after midnight when nobody was in the office,
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:07 PM
3 hrs ago

he seems to have been letting off steam. Or practicing - getting up his nerve for a real attack. In either case, her should remain locked up. Does he have a license for "machine guns?"

markodochartaigh

(1,873 posts)
49. I wonder what job he does.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:36 PM
1 hr ago

It's possible too, that he has made a lot of money off the real estate bubble in Arizona.

Traildogbob

(9,813 posts)
32. I hope
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:29 PM
2 hrs ago

The Harris administration goes all in on an anti terrorists task force to start weeding out the real terror threat facing us right here on our soil.
Our threat is much more immediate here, and sending massive military equipment and personnel to the Middle East like Bush and Cheney did under the fear tactic of Terror, is money that could be used to protect us here, in our own damn yard. Not calling for military forces hit the streets, just intel gathering and finding these individuals and Militia gangs.
We can start with finding those posting the onslaught of death threats out there every damn day.
I have seen big ass Bubba trucks here Flying American and trump Flags with Militia painted on The damn rear windows. Currently hunting FEMA and not out hunting dear and bear right now that the season is open.
When Trump loses and gives the “GO” order, many more like this ass will start “killing” trump opposition.
Remember the College rally with Charlie Kirk a while back and the Khaki wearin bro’s shouted, “when does the shooting start” with roars from the crowd.
And the idiots like Kelly can’t wait.

wolfie001

(3,400 posts)
37. John "shithead" Roberts would make the grenade launcher......
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:47 PM
2 hrs ago

......legal for minors who appear republican (white)

Deuxcents

(19,175 posts)
38. No one in his family or his friends thought this was excessive? Why did he need an arsenal to feel safe? From whom?
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:49 PM
2 hrs ago

allegorical oracle

(2,909 posts)
42. My theory is there is a lot of paranoia among drumpsters. That's why his roughneck
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:04 PM
2 hrs ago

rhetoric is so comforting to them.

bluestarone

(17,991 posts)
44. That's a lot of ammunition. I bet there is a hell of a lot of different type ammo
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:08 PM
2 hrs ago

On HIS COMPUTER!! Gotta be a hell of a bunch of names and addresses on there.

CCExile

(520 posts)
47. "the right to bear arms" just needs to be clarified.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:31 PM
1 hr ago

To bear arms means to carry/use arms. Nobody can carry and use more than two at once. Everybody can own two. Not 10, 20, 200, etc. Any more than two is not Constitutionally guaranteed. Fixed it, with no amendment. Furthermore, "arms" is not defined in the Constitution. Define arms to be the most common "arms" in the mid-1700s. Fire, as in firearms, isn't mentioned.

Lemon Lyman

(1,463 posts)
51. Holy Shhhh
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:44 PM
1 hr ago

Meanwhile he probably spends all day online complaining that he can't afford eggs or something.

enid602

(8,956 posts)
54. Warning sign
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:17 PM
8 min ago

I considerate a warning sign when one of my dates has a safe in the bathroom marked handguns and silencers.

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