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Brian Isaack Clyde [View all]
In a post on DU someone was defending "Gun Nuts" as people that we need to compromise with in order to win them over. First of all, not all gun owners are gun nuts, and many (I would estimate a majority of) gun owners share our views of sensible gun control. The gun nuts, on the other hand, view any form of public safety legislation as a personal attack and threaten violence in response. Sometimes those threats become actions, and far too many gun nuts make the news after taking far too many innocent lives.
The 22-year-old man who opened fire Monday morning on the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas had shared images and a video of weapons on social media in recent days.
Brian Isaack Clyde, who authorities confirmed was the gunman, served in the Army for two years. Soldiers who served with Clyde said he came from a family of military veterans and often participated in war re-enactments.
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Clyde was photographed with a large knife and multiple high-capacity magazines fastened to a belt as he opened fire on the federal building before 9 a.m. Monday.
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"I don't know how much longer I have, but the [expletive] storm is coming. However, I'm not without defense," he says in the video, holding up what appears to be a rifle wrapped with duct tape. "[Expletive] ready. Let's do it."
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2019/06/17/know-brian-clyde-gunman-opened-fire-federal-courthouse-downtown-dallas
Brian Isaack Clyde, who authorities confirmed was the gunman, served in the Army for two years. Soldiers who served with Clyde said he came from a family of military veterans and often participated in war re-enactments.
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Clyde was photographed with a large knife and multiple high-capacity magazines fastened to a belt as he opened fire on the federal building before 9 a.m. Monday.
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"I don't know how much longer I have, but the [expletive] storm is coming. However, I'm not without defense," he says in the video, holding up what appears to be a rifle wrapped with duct tape. "[Expletive] ready. Let's do it."
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2019/06/17/know-brian-clyde-gunman-opened-fire-federal-courthouse-downtown-dallas
In another part of the article, a telling insight into the compensation factor of gun nuttery is revealed: "One meme he shared referred to a “Chad rampage” vs. a “virgin shooting” — the Chad vs. virgin trope is a common “incel” meme, which is short for “involuntary celibate.” The meme contrasted how two men — a "Chad" and a "virgin" — would go about carrying out a shooting."
The Second Amendment was not written for, and does not protect, the rights of a sociopath to own a gun. Yet many do because the NRA and other organizations that represent gun manufacturers (death merchants) openly buy corrupt politicians with blood money for profits and greed.
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