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A Known Quantity

The FBI was warned about the trans Iowa shooter before the shooting. He had been posting disturbing messages on Discord and someone reported it to the FBI. The FBI never responded. [More]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…

It’s almost like deliberate indifference…

[Via Michael G]

Imams Demand Action

Republicans have reacted with prayers following the Perry school shooting but no proposals to change gun laws. [More]

Whereas Democrats reacted before the facts were known by demanding “universal background checks,” “assault weapon” and magazine bans, and a host of other irrelevant infringements that wouldn’t have made a damn bit of difference– the loser even used a Biden-approved pump-action Fudd gun.

I wonder what the owners of Al Jazeera would do with such a troubled teenager in their country…

Or with Karine Jean Pierre, for that matter…

Perry High School Shooting

Active shooting confirmed at Iowa high school on the first day after winter break [More]

NBC News made sure to tie it in with “the Iowa caucuses, which will kick off the 2024 presidential Republican primary process.”

And yes, of course:

This is new and breaking. Check back here for updates.

UPDATES

Waiting on live newscast from authorities to begin…
Sheriff gave limited details. Police arrived within seven minutes. The situation is over. They can’t yet say how many inuries but there were “multiple.” They know who the shooter was but aren’t saying yet. They’ll be giving an update this afternoon. They said the White House is monitoring the situation (can’t let a crisis go to waste), and they made a point of quoting blood dancer Kris Brown of Brady.
CNN reports “The shooter in the Perry High school shooting is dead, according to law enforcement official.”
[UPDATE: SHOOTER TIKTOK HAD PRIDE FLAG]
Look what “Iowa armed teachers” turns up. Some of the links say the problem is finding an insurance carrier, which the legislature has the power to fix if the companies want to do business in the state.

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