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Live by the gun die by the gun? Former Navy Seal, author (“American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”) and sniper who claimed 150+ kills of "insurgents" from 1999 to 2009 was shot dead at a Texas shooting range along with an acquaintance. An arrest has been made by police.

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GLEN ROSE, Texas — Texas authorities say a man has been charged with murder in the deaths of former Navy SEAL and author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas gun range.

Sgt. Lonny Haschel with Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release Sunday that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster was arraigned Saturday on two counts of capital murder.

Haschel said Erath County deputies responded to a shooting at the Rough Creek Lodge at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies of 38-year-old Chris Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield.

Police said they believe Routh shot the two men at about 3:30 p.m. and fled. Routh was found at about 8 p.m. Saturday at his residence in Lancaster, police said.

Kyle wrote the bestselling book, “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,” detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.

Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura over a portion of the book that claims Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.

Kyle had asked that Ventura’s claims of invasion of privacy and “unjust enrichment” be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.

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Live by the gun die by the gun? Former Navy Seal, author (“American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”) and sniper who claimed 150+ kills of "insurgents" from 1999 to 2009 was shot dead at a Texas shooting range along with an acquaintance. An arrest has been made by police.

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GLEN ROSE, Texas — Texas authorities say a man has been charged with murder in the deaths of former Navy SEAL and author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas gun range.

Sgt. Lonny Haschel with Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release Sunday that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster was arraigned Saturday on two counts of capital murder.

Haschel said Erath County deputies responded to a shooting at the Rough Creek Lodge at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies of 38-year-old Chris Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield.

Police said they believe Routh shot the two men at about 3:30 p.m. and fled. Routh was found at about 8 p.m. Saturday at his residence in Lancaster, police said.

Kyle wrote the bestselling book, “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,” detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.

Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura over a portion of the book that claims Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.

Kyle had asked that Ventura’s claims of invasion of privacy and “unjust enrichment” be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.

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Live by the gun die by the gun? Former Navy Seal, author (“American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”) and sniper who claimed 150+ kills of "insurgents" from 1999 to 2009 was shot dead at a Texas shooting range along with an acquaintance. An arrest has been made by police.

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GLEN ROSE, Texas — Texas authorities say a man has been charged with murder in the deaths of former Navy SEAL and author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas gun range.

Sgt. Lonny Haschel with Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release Sunday that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh of Lancaster was arraigned Saturday on two counts of capital murder.

Haschel said Erath County deputies responded to a shooting at the Rough Creek Lodge at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies of 38-year-old Chris Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield.

Police said they believe Routh shot the two men at about 3:30 p.m. and fled. Routh was found at about 8 p.m. Saturday at his residence in Lancaster, police said.

Kyle wrote the bestselling book, “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,” detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.

Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura over a portion of the book that claims Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.

Kyle had asked that Ventura’s claims of invasion of privacy and “unjust enrichment” be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.

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Rambo supports the ban on assault weapons and other gun control legislative proposals... and who would know better, eh???

Sylvester Stallone says that despite his Rambo image and new shoot-’em-up film, Bullet to the Head, he’s in favour of new U.S. gun-control legislation.

Stallone supported the 1994 so-called “Brady Bill” that included a now-expired ban on assault weapons and hopes that ban can be reinstated.

“I know people get [upset] and go, ‘They’re going to take away the assault weapon.’ Who ... needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you’re carrying out an assault ... You can’t hunt with it. ... Who’s going to attack your house, a [expletive] army?”

The 66-year-old actor, writer and director said he also hopes for an additional focus on mental health to prevent future mass shootings.

“It’s unbelievably horrible, what’s happened,” Stallone said.

“I think the biggest problem, seriously, is not so much guns. It’s that every one of these people that have done these things in the past 30 years are friggin’ crazy. Really crazy!

“And that’s where we’ve dropped the ball — mental health. That, to me, is our biggest problem in the future — insanity coupled with isolation.”

http://www.theprovince.com/health/Rambo+Stallone+backs+assault+weapons+says+mental+health+problem/7906946/story.html#ixzz2JrO0xN00

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Who would know better than a Hollywood actor using fake guns and special effects who agrees with me?

He was right about one part:

"I think the biggest problem, seriously, is not so much guns"

Anyways, besides that:

- Supported Brady Bill and nutty first-step legislation.

- Believes "crazy people" and mass shootings have only been around or prevalent for 30 years.

It's not surprising a far reaching gun control nut would use this as an example for why banning "assault weapons" is a good idea, when really this article is, more than anything else, to promote Stallone's new film.

Guess I better start citing Ted Nugent. ;)

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So according to reports Chris Kyle was "mentoring" war veterans with PTSD by taking them to a gun range and placing a deadly weapon in their hands...

Seems a lot like the wack-a-doodle practise of banks giving away a free firearm to new banking customers.

Now if someone only had a gun to stop this bad man with PTSD and a gun... oh wait.

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The only crazies are in the gun rights movement.. oh wait:

Convicted Rapist is Leader of Ohio Anti Gun Movement

According to Buckeyefirearms.org, one of the organizers of an anti gun protest at a gun show in Ohio is, in fact, a convicted rapist.

In an interview with Dayton Daily News Jerome McCorry made the following statements. “We know that guns are being sold on the floor inside Hara Arena illegally” said Jerome McCorry. “No background checks no identification of any kind.”

McCorry said “AK-47s and M16s are not gonna be used for hunting, they’re not going to be used to protect anybody. These are the weapons that are coming back and being used in mass murders and mass killings.”

First off we just want to point out that private sales are still legal in most states, none of the weapons in question are fully automatic, no rifle used in a mass shooting has ever been linked to a gun show, the AR-15 is currently the most popular hunting platform in the USA and murders with rifles account for less than 400 deaths a year. OK, now that that’s out of the way.

According to Buckeyefirearms.com, the same Jerome McCorry who has given multiple interviews in the media over the years advocating for stricter gun control is in fact the same Jerome McCorry who islisted in the sex offender registry as a convicted rapist.

The Dayton Daily News made no mention of McCorry’s criminal past.

Read the full article here:

http://www.buckeyefi...s.org/node/8759

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So according to reports Chris Kyle was "mentoring" war veterans with PTSD by taking them to a gun range and placing a deadly weapon in their hands...

Seems a lot like the wack-a-doodle practise of banks giving away a free firearm to new banking customers.

Now if someone only had a gun to stop this bad man with PTSD and a gun... oh wait.

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ummmm... you do know that 1) the gun used was UNLOADED (so it's no different then giving away a free hockey stick or baseball bat with no bullets,) and 2) that scene was staged for the movie. He didn't just walk in off the street.

might as well post the garbage Alex Jones spews out and call it "fact" if you are going to use Michael Moore.

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And the American pro gun lobby is incensed that people are pointing out the incongruity of sniper Chris Kyle being murdered at a gun range and putting deadly weapons in the hands of persons suffering from PTSD.

And then things really went off the rails when one of their own and the darling of the right wing Tea Partiers - former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul tweeted:

Chris Kyle's death seems to confirm that "he who lives by the sword dies by the sword." Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn't make sense

The right wingers lost their minds and branding Paul a traitor to the cause. :lol:

In 140 characters, the newly retired congressman reminds us why he — and maybe his son — won't top the GOP presidential ticket

When news started spreading that Chris Kyle, a former SEAL and author of the best-selling autobiography American Sniper, was shot dead with a friend over the weekend — allegedly at the hands of a PTSD-suffering former Marine he was trying to help by taking him shooting at a hunting range — conservatives were incensed over the callous tweets of "some on the anti-gun Left." And then this happened:

Chris Kyle's death seems to confirm that "he who lives by the sword dies by the sword." Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn't make sense

— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013

And just like that, the three-time Republican presidential candidate's tenuous coalition of pro-gun libertarians, anti–Federal Reserve goldbugs, and foreign policy non-interventionists crumbled. Paul is an opponent of gun control — saying after December's Newtown, Conn., grade school massacre that "more guns equals less crime" and that "private gun ownership prevents many shootings" — but also of U.S. military adventurism.

Kyle, also an outspoken gun-rights advocate, earned a reputation in Iraq as one of the deadliest snipers in U.S. military history. With Twitter erupting in outrage over his comment, Paul took to Facebook to explain himself:

As a veteran, I certainly recognize that this weekend's violence and killing of Chris Kyle were a tragic and sad event. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Kyle's family. Unconstitutional and unnecessary wars have endless unintended consequences. A policy of non-violence, as Christ preached, would have prevented this and similar tragedies. -REP

That not-quite-apology didn't quell the anger or the virtual yelling. "You really are vile," tweeted GOP strategist Rick Wilson; Commentary's John Podhoretz said Paul's tweet was "appalling." The newly liberated Paul "is more callous than ever, with an extra helping of sanctimony and a healthy dollop of anti-military sentiment," say the editors of Michelle Malkin's Twitchy. Not content with just "dancing on the grave of a military hero," Paul poured fuel on the fire by invoking Jesus to justify his "ghoulish" views. Even Paul's son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — rumored to have presidential ambitions himself — rushed out a statement to Breitbart.com: "Chris Kyle was a hero like all Americans who don the uniform to defend our country. Our prayers are with his family during this tragic time."

Et tu, Rand? says Ryan W. McMaken at Lew Rockwell's LRC Blog. Yes, "every American soldier is a hero, just like the Bronze-Star-winning Timothy McVeigh and the Marine Lee Harvey Oswald." But Rand isn't the only "sycophantic" conservative throwing Ron Paul under the bus for "truth-telling about the tragic outcomes that are sure to come from time spent in a military where rape, suicide, domestic abuse and general killing are widespread."

Who can be surprised that conservatives... have been falling all over themselves to condemn Ron Paul for quoting Jesus — in correct context, by the way — to note that the violence wrought by over a decade of nonstop war in America leads to tragedy on the home front?... The most transparent were the conservatives who claimed to be former supporters of Paul who must now go support some more "patriotic" politician: One who doesn't actually question anything the military does.... This is what it comes down to for most conservatives, of course. All that stuff about laissez faire and freedom and free markets has never been more than an act and an affectation.... Among conservatives, Ron Paul has only ever had minority support, for in the end, conservatives love government, as exhibited by their latest outrage. They just love it in a slightly different way from the left liberals. [Lew Rockwell]

Well, for better of for worse, this is the genuine Ron Paul, says BuzzFeed's Rosie Gray. Paul has started sending off his own tweets "since he left office," according to a spokeswoman, so "get used to off-the-cuff Twitter activity from the former presidential candidate." Paul's "remarkably offensive 140 character eulogy" is certainly a good reminder why politicians are "protected from scrutiny by both aides trained in press relations and friendly journalistic outlets," says Noah Rothman at Mediaite.

Paul has long opposed American military action... but the former veteran has begun to conflate the missions that he opposes with the men and women who carry those missions out. The sentiment Paul broadcast in this tweet betrays a contempt for Kyle that is, at best, ill-timed.... Paul would be smart to apologize for this insensitive remark, but his political opponents should be thankful for the clarity this unguarded moment has provided the general public. Though the 2012 campaign is long over, Paul's most stalwart supporters continue to insist that the Texas libertarian is the only politician who has the best interests of the troops at heart. This tweet would suggest otherwise.

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The above article is full of a lot of useless fluff, some ridiculous alarmist rhetoric, and obfuscates Ron Paul as if he isn't a fervent supporter of the second amendment -- don't worry, he is, and guaranteed he logically opposes the ridiculous "assault weapons" bans too. He also understands, as a doctor, and a person with common sense, that a "friend" should not be taking a person with PTSD to a gun range to as a remedy, and that Chris Kyle wasn't doing either of them any favours.

The American media with respect to politics are ridiculous and just about never help people understand an issue in logical context. I see nothing wrong with what Paul said, I do see an odd reaction and media helping make a big deal out of a simple tweet.

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The above article is full of a lot of useless fluff, some ridiculous alarmist rhetoric, and obfuscates Ron Paul as if he isn't a fervent supporter of the second amendment -- don't worry, he is, and guaranteed he logically opposes the ridiculous "assault weapons" bans too. He also understands, as a doctor, and a person with common sense, that a "friend" should not be taking a person with PTSD to a gun range to as a remedy, and that Chris Kyle wasn't doing either of them any favours.

The American media with respect to politics are ridiculous and just about never help people understand an issue in logical context. I see nothing wrong with what Paul said, I do see an odd reaction and media helping make a big deal out of a simple tweet.

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