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Post by doctordirt on Sept 17, 2014 9:37:08 GMT -5
It was reported in this morning's news that the man who shot and killed the Pennsylvania State Trooper and wounded another was a WWII German reenactor. Let's hope this does not bring about a lot of hysteria about the hobby and backlash from legislators/law enforcement/host locations.
It is difficult enough now to own and transport military firearms to events - no less difficult to find a location willing to host a WWII event - this kind of publicity puts us all in a bad light.
The murderer is Eric Matthew Frein from Canadensis, PA.
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Post by Kirby on Sept 17, 2014 10:31:20 GMT -5
If this is true, I'm sure the media will post a photo of him in his "Nazi" uniform.
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Post by mburch66 on Sept 17, 2014 17:19:37 GMT -5
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Post by william03 on Sept 17, 2014 19:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by bluespader on Sept 18, 2014 10:49:03 GMT -5
I was there and remember that going down.
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Post by mburch66 on Sept 18, 2014 13:46:43 GMT -5
Any word on whether they have found this guy or not? Last I heard on the news was that he might go "hunting" for more cops.  |
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Post by Kirby on Sept 18, 2014 14:45:12 GMT -5
He'll probably be a coward and kill himself when LE corner him.
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Post by Chris P. on Sept 18, 2014 15:37:49 GMT -5
I don't know, he had the balls to shoot a couple already...
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Post by Kirby on Sept 18, 2014 21:30:52 GMT -5
Those were 2 troopers that didn't know what hit them.
SWAT units will hunt him down and get him on the run and corner him, it may result in a shoot out but he'll be outgunned, outnumbered and outclassed.
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Post by doc101 on Sept 18, 2014 21:34:46 GMT -5
Thank God he was a commie reenactor!
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Post by AtlanticWallBlanks on Sept 19, 2014 11:17:51 GMT -5
The picture floating around is Yugo civil war.
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Post by arisaka on Sept 19, 2014 16:56:23 GMT -5
Thank God he was a commie reenactor! Serbian Nationalist isn't communist. |
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Post by unteroffizier38 on Sept 19, 2014 17:30:32 GMT -5
So nice to see folks are focusing on the important things, like the murdered trooper's family and hoping the other trooper recovers soon, instead of worrying about how this may or may not affect their hobby.
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Post by arisaka on Sept 19, 2014 17:57:53 GMT -5
It's not like the media is going to be grieving, they will get right on attacking as soon as this pos is caught.
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Post by unteroffizier38 on Sept 19, 2014 18:55:18 GMT -5
No, they won't. It's the media...they'll move on to something else in a few days. Rinse and repeat. If you've noticed the story isn't attracting the nonstop attention it would if he had, say, (perish the thought) targeted school kids or something. As tragic as this has been, the American media and public is such that a murdered cop doesn't attract as much attention as an NFL scandal.
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Post by doc101 on Sept 19, 2014 20:19:25 GMT -5
Relax. No one is ignoring the Troopers. We are discussing a secondary news item that impacts the hobby. That's why this is a discussion forum.
Arisaka, Eastern block is all communist.
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Post by arisaka on Sept 19, 2014 20:19:50 GMT -5
True enough. He will probably be ignored for the most part, being an actual hero.
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Post by arisaka on Sept 19, 2014 20:20:31 GMT -5
Relax. No one is ignoring the Troopers. We are discussing a secondary news item that impacts the hobby. That's why this is a discussion forum. Arisaka, Eastern block is all communist. The media mis-labelled him as Eastern Bloc, he does Yugoslavian and Serbian Nationalist impressions......... |
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Post by unteroffizier38 on Sept 20, 2014 11:09:36 GMT -5
Relax. No one is ignoring the Troopers. We are discussing a secondary news item that impacts the hobby. That's why this is a discussion forum. Arisaka, Eastern block is all communist. I'm relaxed. Just discussing. Because this is a discussion forum. |
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