Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Why is the San Bernardino shooting rare among mass shootings? Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 19:08:16 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: <0apbjc-bin.ln1@mail.specsol.com> References: <0c25bdb2-1263-4e1b-8d95-defafabdcec7@googlegroups.com> <3pu9jc-ahh.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <26c30e49-cb86-4668-96a1-f066cc18ebdd@googlegroups.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="12311"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/27RpfOS+/ZCZ+QFYOnBHY" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dSeT0zripU5puO3aMWBl8oEhguQ= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:537557 PolicySpy wrote: > PolicySpy wrote: > > >> > I would suggest that the SB shooters had local and national frustrations in addition to a following of international events. (The London subway bombers were well established in the UK but had a charismatic leader playing on their frustrations. And they were young.) >> > > > > Jim Pennino wrote: > > >> You mean "local and national frustrations" like everyone around them >> finding IS and radical Islam abhorrent? >> > > > PolicySpy wrote: > > The target suited the husband and therefor could have simply been due to conflicts with personnel management. The wife was the charismatic leader but she had to suit the husband. Two things happening nationally is that there is a tough-talking right-wing presidential candidate and a current president saying that there were no current threats in the U.S. > > It's interesting that the wife is connected to Pakistan even though she mentioned Islamic State on the internet. > > But these SB shooters are different from the London subway bombers in that the SB shooters expected to get away with the attack. They fact that they had a stockpile of arms and ammunition AND had built explosive devices is a good indicator that they were PLANNING to do something for a long time. -- Jim Pennino