tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post5331636925308139746..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Terrorism in Tennessee?Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-34658815386007298642015-07-19T10:31:27.394-04:002015-07-19T10:31:27.394-04:00I suppose, if you want to look at it from that per...I suppose, if you want to look at it from <i>that</i> perspective, life <b>is</b> a prison. And since, from that perspective, the only release is death, I can understand suicide, but that still doesn't justify or explain murder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-81603904608682992742015-07-17T22:19:57.699-04:002015-07-17T22:19:57.699-04:00My understanding is that the shooter wasn't mi...My understanding is that the shooter wasn't military, so his "gun rights" do come back into play, at least theoretically, and many of your points are irrelevant. If he's been confirmed as the author of the blog some were citing earlier, then he'd come to believe that life was a prison, but whether that was other people's fault was unclear. Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-9912724748868654742015-07-17T16:07:21.423-04:002015-07-17T16:07:21.423-04:00This isn't even a question of "gun rights...This isn't even a question of "gun rights", since the perp and victims were marines, all are required to be armed and trained in the use of those arms. Obviously you can't take away soldiers' arms even if it were possible to eliminate the second amendment. But what I think bears investigation is whether or not (and how much) American muslims in the military are stigmatized by their fellow soldiers. Since many of this guy's neighbors seem to indicate he was a quiet, but "nice" person and I have to assume that at least some of those interviewed were not muslims. He had no known ties to any anti-American group or movement. It could well be that he simply felt persecuted for his religion, by his co-workers and "lost it".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com