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Postby Loben » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:16 pm

any word on what kind of weapon was used?

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Postby Loben » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:16 pm

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Now that's an interesting bit of info, imo.


Allot of anti-Muslim sentiment in Australia tbh.

I'm just thinking of when Laura Southern went there tho.


yes, laura southern inspired this incident..yes.

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Postby Amuaplye » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:17 pm

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Allot of anti-Muslim sentiment in Australia tbh.

I'm just thinking of when Laura Southern went there tho.


yes, laura southern inspired this incident..yes.

Her, and probably Anders Breivik too.
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Postby Nantoraka » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:18 pm

He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.

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Postby Len Hyet » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:19 pm

Loben wrote:any word on what kind of weapon was used?

From the video it looked like a semi-auto shotgun of some kind, an AR style rifle, and at the end a pump action shotgun of some kind.
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Postby Costa Fierro » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:19 pm

Loben wrote:any word on what kind of weapon was used?


Automatic rifle with high-capacity magazines according to the photos on the man's Twitter page.
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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:19 pm

Loben wrote:any word on what kind of weapon was used?


Started off with what looks like a shotgun at the front door, swapped to a rifle after that.
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Postby Foxfound » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:21 pm

I... I never know what to say in response to things like this. It's hard to process. I just hope the people responsible are caught and nobody's dead.
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Postby Loben » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:21 pm

Len Hyet wrote:
Loben wrote:any word on what kind of weapon was used?

From the video it looked like a semi-auto shotgun of some kind, an AR style rifle, and at the end a pump action shotgun of some kind.


welp, new zealanders can say bye bye to their guns after this shitshow.

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Postby Nantoraka » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:21 pm

Fucks sakes, he even had a manifesto for this shit.
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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:22 pm

Foxfound wrote:I... I never know what to say in response to things like this. It's hard to process. I just hope the people responsible are caught and nobody's dead.


From the footage on Liveleak there's gonna be a bodycount, and if there's other shooters it might get even worse.
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Postby Tareldar » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:22 pm

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He saw about four people injured and two people lying on the ground. He did not know if they were alive or dead.


I watched the shooter's GoPro livestream of it. There's about 20-30 people dead in there, and one lady he shot in the street.

One guy either tried to rush him or tried to run past him and collided, but the shooter killed him.

An utter tragedy. What a nightmare.

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Postby Yusseria » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:22 pm

Nantoraka wrote:He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.


How was this dude not on a watchlist prior to this?
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Postby Tareldar » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:23 pm

Nantoraka wrote:He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.


There's a link of his manifesto and his GoPro footage if posting the links would be tolerable

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Postby Bombadil » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:23 pm

Nantoraka wrote:The gunman also posted on 8chan before he opened fire; he was definitely planning this.



Jesus fuck.. its a problem that just as global institutions are under attack the problem of nationalism, online hatred crossing borders and just..I genuinely fear for the future because all these isolated incidents will feed off each other and potentially grow unless there's strong and united global action to deal with rising global issues.

Alas the political winds are going the other way.
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Postby Costa Fierro » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:23 pm

Loben wrote:
Len Hyet wrote:From the video it looked like a semi-auto shotgun of some kind, an AR style rifle, and at the end a pump action shotgun of some kind.


welp, new zealanders can say bye bye to their guns after this shitshow.


That remains to be seen. Generally I would expect tougher enforcement of existing firearms laws, but it'd be too early to say at this stage. This is an unprecedented attack, and overall gun crime is low.
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Postby Nantoraka » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:24 pm

Tareldar wrote:
Nantoraka wrote:He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.


There's a link of his manifesto and his GoPro footage if posting the links would be tolerable

Already done.

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Nantoraka wrote:He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.


How was this dude not on a watchlist prior to this?

Hell if I know. He was spouting plans for these actions and making threats long before it actually happened. Something had to be done before, well, this.

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Postby Loben » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:24 pm

Yusseria wrote:
Nantoraka wrote:He had a twitter as well, if anyone wants to dig through this psychopath's social media. Posted pictures of his gear, engravings, and everything.


How was this dude not on a watchlist prior to this?


his twitter was only made in February, and chances are he probably lurked a lot.

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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:24 pm

Tareldar wrote:
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He saw about four people injured and two people lying on the ground. He did not know if they were alive or dead.


I watched the shooter's GoPro livestream of it. There's about 20-30 people dead in there, and one lady he shot in the street.

One guy either tried to rush him or tried to run past him and collided, but the shooter killed him.

An utter tragedy. What a nightmare.


The guy tried to rush him on a reload. Nearly worked too but he was unarmed.
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Postby Yusseria » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:25 pm

Nantoraka wrote:
Tareldar wrote:There's a link of his manifesto and his GoPro footage if posting the links would be tolerable

Already done.

Yusseria wrote:How was this dude not on a watchlist prior to this?

Hell if I know. He was spouting plans for these actions and making threats long before it actually happened. Something had to be done before, well, this.

Gonna take a wild guess and say this is just another example of authorities ignoring obvious warning signs and red flags until it was too late.
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Postby Scomagia » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:25 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Nantoraka wrote:The gunman also posted on 8chan before he opened fire; he was definitely planning this.



Jesus fuck.. its a problem that just as global institutions are under attack the problem of nationalism, online hatred crossing borders and just..I genuinely fear for the future because all these isolated incidents will feed off each other and potentially grow unless there's strong and united global action to deal with rising global issues.

Alas the political winds are going the other way.

"Nationalism" is not the problem. Psychotic fucks are the problem. For fuck's sake...
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Postby Tareldar » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:26 pm

Washington Resistance Army wrote:
Tareldar wrote:I watched the shooter's GoPro livestream of it. There's about 20-30 people dead in there, and one lady he shot in the street.

One guy either tried to rush him or tried to run past him and collided, but the shooter killed him.

An utter tragedy. What a nightmare.


The guy tried to rush him on a reload. Nearly worked too but he was unarmed.

I thought it would be the end of it at first.

He tried. Took a lot of guts. Everyone else froze, not that I can blame them. No one expects to be shot at their place of worship.

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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:27 pm

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The guy tried to rush him on a reload. Nearly worked too but he was unarmed.

I thought it would be the end of it at first.

He tried. Took a lot of guts. Everyone else froze, not that I can blame them. No one expects to be shot at their place of worship.


Oh I have nothing but respect for the guy that rushed him. I'm pretty sure he died in the process but that dude had some serious fucking balls.
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Postby Woodfiredpizzas » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:27 pm

Scomagia wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
Jesus fuck.. its a problem that just as global institutions are under attack the problem of nationalism, online hatred crossing borders and just..I genuinely fear for the future because all these isolated incidents will feed off each other and potentially grow unless there's strong and united global action to deal with rising global issues.

Alas the political winds are going the other way.

"Nationalism" is not the problem. Psychotic fucks are the problem. For fuck's sake...


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Postby Amuaplye » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:27 pm

Scomagia wrote:"Nationalism" is not the problem. Psychotic fucks are the problem. For fuck's sake...

And the fact that this problem of right-wing terrorism has been growing worse and worse since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway back in 2011.
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