The rare black "Crazed Lone Gunman"

[MrScorpio]

Needless to say, the white supremacists, the police misconduct apologists and the NRA will all have a field day.

Black lives are in even more danger today.

[underpants]

1. The DC sniper?

Well, that's two at least

[MrScorpio]

3. That was, what, 14 years ago?

How many white crazed lone gunmen have we had in the interim... I'm sure that the anti-black bias crowd will fail to make that distinction.

[underpants]

5. Yeah. I was just trying to point out how rare it is.

I don't have to tell you that seeing that he was "black" tells a lot of people all they need to know.

The veteran part will not be highlighted. When the report came out about the risk of radical unhinged vets coming back from the wars it was met with complete white knuckled outrage.

[LongtimeAZDem]

6. Aaron Alexis and Ismaaiyl Brinsley (nt)

[uponit7771]

12. 2 over 14 years... goes to the OPs post

[MADem]

2. Rare, indeed. The paradigm is a white guy, often with a passing familiarity with the

"stars and bars."

I think there will be a slew of cognitive dissonance happening in many discussions on this sad subject.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

9. Actually, from what I gather . . .

The racial make-up of mass shooters in the U.S. is more or less proportional to the racial makeup of the U.S. population as a whole.

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data

[giftedgirl77]

4. My kids are on lockdown in the house.

We are all on eggshells.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. no words gg

[JustAnotherGen]

7. I can't say I disagree with you

Yet - where were all of those folks when Dylan Roof . . . oh wait. They were applauding the police for taking him to Burger King.

[rbrnmw]

10. I don't recall black folks pointing their fingers at all white people either

[eppur_se_muova]

11. He can join all those white "disturbed loners" who were blown up by robot bombs.

Oh, wait ...