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Thoughts on the Family Research Council Shooting

By Aaron Goldstein on 8.15.12 @ 3:25PM

When I read Ross’ post about the shooting at the Family Research Council HQ, I was glad to learn no one had been killed and that the guard who had been shot in the arm helped subdue the assailant to the ground.

As Ross notes, Fox News is reporting that a source told them the suspect “made statements regarding their policies, and then opened fire with a gun striking a security guard.” But according to this AP story, the suspect hasn’t been interviewed and a FBI official stated, “We don’t know enough yet about him…or mentally what he’s thinking.”

So at this point we don’t know all the details. Conclusions can be drawn at a later time.

Well, there is one conclusion I can draw. Had such a shooting taken place at the headquarters of GLAAD, the liberal media would be in hour five of a week long exposition on right-wing, homophobic violence.

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Aaron Goldstein writes from Boston, Massachusetts.

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