EDIT: The 2010 AP story linked below clarifies that he had an “Entry Level Separation” from the Marine Corps. That is entirely different from a “dishonorable” discharge, and does not result in a felony conviction. The same story, however, restates the AK-47 claim, a firearm I find it unlikely he could afford.

That makes me wonder: Who identified the firearms? The article lists “AK-47 rifle, a .22 long rifle and a pistol”. If the police gave the press this list, why didn’t they describe the caliber of the pistol? If anyone else provided the list, then why should I trust their ability to identify firearms? I doubt that anyone with the employment history indicated would own any object worth as much as a pre-1981 “Title 2″ firearm.

As well, if the police fired any significant number of shots, they should have killed him. I might believe that he fired enough shots for witnesses to have counted hundreds, but even really cheap 7.62x39mm rounds cost over $10 for a box of 20. I doubt he ever spent $50 on ammunition for his illegal firearms.

I wonder if we will ever get the truth about this story.

Why then, do we have to go ahead and ban guns at all costs. Why shouldn’t we take a lesson from a story like this, and let people keep their guns to prevent the loss of life that would almost certainly flow forth from citizens holing up and shooting it out with police who came to collect guns by force? I suspect the people whose lives would be lost aren’t the right kind of people, and they can just die for all the democrats care.

The mother told police her son had been stockpiling guns and ammunition “because he believed that as a result of economic collapse, the police were no longer able to protect society,” the affidavit said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....341D13.DTL

A bit of a new spin …

“Neighbors said Mr. Poplawski had been kicked out of North Catholic High School and then was dishonorably discharged from the Marines three years ago, and had worked a series of short-term jobs in recent years.
But no one could explain why he did what he did on Saturday.
“I’d like to understand why,” Deputy Chief Donaldson said. “It’s senseless.” ”

Not a whiff of the Chosen One’s name appears in the article.
But the AP was the first one to get the story out, so let’s guess which version ran in the morning papers today, nationwide???

Barbie hits it on the head.

NOTHING you see from the administration, which includes the propaganda arm, the MSM, is without purpose.

Not wanting to waste a crisis (or tragedy, I’m sure), Obama and Axelrod’s disappointment the other day must have been palpable – the mass murderer in Binghamton was an immigrant himself One could see Chuck Schumer working up to gun control hysteria.

Obama is more than happy to rape the Constitution.

Shame on the AP – for peddling crap in a blanket as reality, for down-playing the obvious for an agenda and more importantly for lying in service to The One ™.

What part of shall not be infringed do the Klownposse in DC and The One ™ not understand.

Ptat – love that last part yeah – Congress could pass laws making murder illegal. That should do it. – LMAO