Yeah…. we can expect the Left to downplay the Islamist threat. Just like they downplay crime in general.

NormanF on January 4, 2010 at 12:40 pm

[But while we don’t know yet whether or not this person is an Islamic terrorist, I can predict one thing for sure: if the person isn’t Muslim,]

And if the person isn’t a Muslim but a rightwing radical like the ones Janet Napolitano warned us about, what’s going to be the response of debbieschlussel.com?

Norman Blitzer on January 4, 2010 at 1:11 pm

FBI Special Agent Joseph Dickey says the gunman died shortly after the shootout that happened around 8 a.m.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/04/security-officers-shot-downtown-lv-federal-buildin/

Information Officer Barbara Morgan, two possible shooters are involved, and one has been shot in the head and killed. Metro Police are also confirming that two federal agents, a Deputy U.S. Marshal and a court security officer were involved. The court security officer has died at UMC and officials say that the Deputy U.S. Marshal is expected to survive. Morgan says police are setting up a three block perimeter around the courthouse due to the investigation on a second shooter that fled. Stay with News Radio 840 KXNT for the latest on this story.

http://www.kxnt.com/Two-Federal-Agents-Down-in-Courthouse-Shooting/6030281

wtd on January 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm

NB

Um, the system worked?

pinandpuller on January 4, 2010 at 1:23 pm

The large building, which also houses the offices of Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, was being evacuated in case a second shooter on the loose. . .The courthouse on the famous Las Vegas Boulevard is home to bankruptcy hearings as well as federal criminal proceedings. The nation’s economic woes have hit Las Vegas particularly hard.

The building, which opened in 2004, was one of the first federal buildings designed with new security standards after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=55104

wtd on January 4, 2010 at 1:24 pm

yeah just a good ole boy, Achmed from up in the hollar in Waziristan. I bet it was just a run of the mill nutcase but in the present era anything is possible.

Michael H on January 4, 2010 at 1:25 pm

video of shooting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7HiFbJyrzk

wtd on January 4, 2010 at 1:27 pm

just watched video lotta rounds fired

Michael H on January 4, 2010 at 1:34 pm

Liberal response playbook:

a.)If Conservative, then “it is a reflection of the hate spewing from talk radio and blogs.” Solution ban guns and bring on fairness doctrine. Hate crime legislation must be stiffened.

b.)If Muslim, “99% of Muslims haven’t attacked. Anyone believing this is a reflection of Muslim sentiment must be a racist or bigot. This is an individual case and he is acting out because of Guantanamo, Dick Cheney and George Bush. We had this coming.”

Yes Debbie it is getting moldy. Always anything will be spun to blame Conservatives.

CaliforniaScreaming on January 4, 2010 at 3:14 pm

There’s a good chance these shooters are Muslim though. If they weren’t, their identities would probably have been released right away.

Little Al on January 4, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Let’s just hope we have someone on the ground there that will tell the truth about what really happened instead of us having to settle for the swiss cheese story the fed is going to try to feed us about what went on. They have yet to perfume the fertilizer they were spreading after the knickerbomber and his coconspiritors, however many there were, met a little American muscle. They will be much more apt to do the same here…

Mewize on January 4, 2010 at 6:15 pm

, said 66-year-old Johnny Lee Wicks opened fire with a shotgun at a security checkpoint, touching off a running gunbattle with deputy U.S. marshals.

Although the investigation is continuing, the officials said evidence points to Wick’s anger over his benefits case as the motive for the shooting.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_14118989

wtd on January 4, 2010 at 7:27 pm

I just read the story at Mercury News. There is something that I’m curious about. The article states that the perp had a shotgun. With the amount of ammunition expended in the video something doesn’t add up to me. Shotguns as a rule are not high capacity weapons. Was there really a second shooter??

After last weeks crotch bomber I’m reluctent to buy into the “official” story.

Doug on January 4, 2010 at 7:51 pm

there is much more to this, much more.

lindap on January 5, 2010 at 6:47 am