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| Gunman injures 1 in Swiss Islamic centre shooting |
| 2007-11-14 |
| A lone gunman used a military assault rifle to fire on a dozen worshipers at an Islamic centre in French-speaking Switzerland late on Monday, injuring one seriously, police said on Tuesday. A 23-year-old local man, described by police as a practicing Swiss Muslim, was detained in connection with the attack. Police had scrambled to intercept a man carrying a weapon openly on the streets of Bussigny-pres-Lausanne near the lakeside city of Lausanne, according to a police statement. The man entered the centre and fired over a dozen rounds toward a prayer room, police spokesman Jean-Christophe Sauterel said. “He injured one person seriously before worshipers immobilised him on the ground,” police said. Sauterel said a possible motive for the shooting had not been established and that the man had acted alone. The man used his military weapon and ammunition, police said. Switzerland’s militia system allows soldiers to keep their weapons and ammunition at home, which has become the object of controversy in the wealthy Alpine country following recent attacks and high suicide rates involving military weapons kept at home. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 In a very distorted way, I would like to see the Supremes affirm the DC gun law (not the decision). Think about the revolution that would cause in America. People think Roe vs. Wade is the catalyst to civil war but they are wrong. Abortionists and their friends are armed with scapels, coat hangers and rubber gloves. However, how many guns and gun owners are there compared to those who don't own or know how to use? It would be lights out for the Democrats and gun control advocates politically. But the Supremes know this and will probably waffle just like in the 30's. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-11-14 08:59 |
| #3 SwitzerlandÂ’s militia system allows soldiers to keep their weapons and ammunition at home, which has become the object of controversy in the wealthy Alpine country following recent attacks and high suicide rates involving military weapons kept at home. Well, well, well. Doesn't this fit ever so nicely with the argument before our supreme court today? Imagine the luck of this very phrase coming into print on the very day our own court was supposed to rule on this issue!!! You see, we don't have the "right to bear arms", our militia system only allows us to store the guns and ammunition in our homes. Expect a media blitz on this exact same meme until our Supreme Court decides this issue. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Grort2835 2007-11-14 07:11 |
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| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Shins1195 2007-11-14 06:43 |
| #1 Well, at least this lone gunman didn't have a |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-14 03:33 |