July 4, LAX shootings and more

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So anyway, what next?

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Personally, I think anyone actually trying anything on a day when the paranoia is rampant seems a bit like poor planning.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I wish there was more information- was this a terrorist incident or normal American violence?

― mike hanle y, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The fact that it was at El Al's counter raises the possibility of this being something more than slightly suspect.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

someone said the thing in SAN DIMAS was just an accident. like a poor old guy's plane broke down and he crash-ed.

― RJG, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That looks innocent, But as lynskey said earlier when I was discussing it with him, no-one attempting to jump a plane is going to go to an airport with a gun, security's too tight. Which lends credence to the "lone nutter" theory.

― Matt, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I just mentioned this news item to some American friends of mine - asking whether they had any more information - and borrowed Mike Hanle y's quote about was this 'just normal American violence'.

My friends have gone mental and are not speaking to me now, saying they can't believe how offensive that comment was.

Surely hardly a day goes by when we don't get to hear of a shooting somewhere in America, to the point that our reaction to the news can be rather blasé?

― C J, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, I mean people getting killed, how fifteen minutes ago.

― J Blount, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Forgive my cynicism, but I presumed that a) there was very little chance of an attack on such an obvious day and that b) the whole increased security thing was a stunt to combine the patriotism of Independence Day with the whole Fortress America War on Terror thing.

― alext, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely hardly a day goes by when we don't get to hear of a shooting somewhere in America, to the point that our reaction to the news can be rather blasé?
It's very unfortunate, but I fear CJ's otm here. How much of it is due to the gun laws is very debateable.

― MarkH, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It was Serge, the psychopathic seal.

― Queen G of the pinched nerve in her neck, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Personally, I think anyone actually trying anything on a day when the paranoia is rampant seems a bit like poor planning.
Terrorists have rarely been known for their high regard for human life. I do wonder, though, what is going through a person's mind when planning something like this.
― Nichole Graham, Sunday, 7 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...
Happy 4th of July LA
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Monday, 4 July 2011 13:17 (fourteen years ago)

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― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

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