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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 3:17 pm

eyedoc wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:28 am

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 3:27 pm

Rafe wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 2:45 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 12:27 pm Generally you want to stop the bleeding first. People can die from spurting arterial bleeds quicker than not breathing. Opening the airway is a good thing and if they don't breath on their own CPR might help, but it wouldn't be my first step.

Yeah. Manual chest-compression CPR ain't exactly the first thing you'd go to if someone has a sucking chest wound. Or, "Officer, the victim was clearly bleeding out from a femoral artery wound so I immediately started CPR."

Please never let Steven Spainhouer be anywhere near me if I get shot... And Spainhouer has been constantly and incessantly tweeting and posting about it since it happened. In fact, he's changed his Twitter profile to quote a tweet he launched yesterday about the event. And he's giving interviews anywhere and everywhere. You read his spiel, and it sounds like he personally laid hands on and tried to save every single individual who had been shot or even just fell down and sprained an ankle.

Sounds very much to me like a smarmy small-time politician who is doing everything in his power to maximize his 15 minutes of fame on the back of a tragedy.

Wonder if Mr. Spainhouer has any training in trauma first aid or tactical combat casualty care?

He is only your typical liberal lying to push his agenda. He was not there doing what he said he did.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/witness-who- ... ons-police

The Allen Police Department said Spainhouer's public comments caused them to conduct a second interview with him, after which they revealed he had given several incorrect statements.

"Mr. Spainhouer arrived between 3:44 and 3:52 p.m. and was not first on the scene, nor was he on the property while gunfire was occurring," the department said, adding that Spainhouer "did not perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or administer first aid" and "did not move a deceased mother who was covering a live child."

"As inaccurate reports can be prevalent in such situations, it is essential to confirm information before sharing it," the department said. "Please take note of this to prevent unintentional spreading of misinformation."

If he made those claims in a first interview with the police, it seems he has broken the law by giving false statements to the police. Charges should be brought against him. I am not saying to throw him in jail, maybe probation or a fine. But then he can spend the rest of his days with his lies as his official record.

Ruark wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 11:48 am

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 7:20 am it means that a very small group is pulling the strings in information and the robotic media crowd wiggles all of its fingers and toes. Only the few Conservative outlet can keep a story alive.

I've often said that the biggest threat to our country and freedom isn't the government, it's the media. The key is the massive flow of information we have now. In the past, something would happen and we'd read about it 2 weeks later in the Sunday paper and that would be the end of it.

Now, though, any idiot can just make a remark, and literally within minutes, a billion people are influenced by it. This is a very, very dangerous situation that really hasn't received much attention. Look at the cities that have burned because of false narratives (e.g. Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Treyvon Martin, Tamir Rice, George Floyd, et. al.) being spread by the media with the force of a nuclear explosion.

Perfect example: Colin Kaepernick (sp?) kneels during the national anthem at a football game. Whoopity-doo, big deal. But within a few DAYS, thousands of high school kids were kneeling during the national anthem at their Friday night football games. A week or two later, college and pro teams are kneeling all over the country. All from that single incident.

We've always held "freedom of speech" in the highest regard, and I was always disgusted by how some countries control or oppress what appears in their news media. But you know, I look at what's been happening here, and sometimes I wonder...................

PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 12:25 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:38 am More confirmation that this event was staged.

Not staged, but he was likely "assisted" along the path of his mental break.

Jose_in_Dallas wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 12:05 pm

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 11:24 am Sure just coincidental that anti-2nd Amendment Democrat Steven Spainhouer was close by and rushed to the scene, so he can conduct many interviews spouting his views on firearms control .
https://www.facebook.com/CollinCountyTX ... painhouer/

I thought that odd as well and Google'd him after reading one of the earlier articles just now. Also odd that said that this was not a mental health issue and was a firearms issue and calls for a ban of automatic assault weapons. As far as I know, this was a semi automatic AR involved and not a full auto correct? Also I find it hard to believe that he beat all first responders to the soon and rushed to save lives by performing CPR on victims.

I genuinely do not know, but does performing CPR help a gunshot victim? I would think the first course of action would be to stop the bleeding.

Excaliber wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 9:51 am More details. Note the comments multiple people reportedly made to him about him being likely to go on a shooting rampage in different environments:

https://heavy.com/news/mauricio-garcia/

This existential crisis demands that we reassess our core values and priorities as a society, and it deserves our collective commitment to change and grow if we are to stem the tide of this terrible phenomenon.

Excaliber wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 8:21 am
Pro tip:

A lone male who gets out of a private vehicle dressed in tactical gear with no easily seen agency identifiers and armed with a long gun at a location without a violent incident already in progress is most likely not an undercover cop or a cop of any other kind either.

If you see that situation developing, it's a real good time to use the first few seconds to take up an advantageous position behind cover in his blind area and be ready to act when he removes the last vestiges of doubt about his identity and intent.

2farnorth wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 7:20 am I saw a report last night that he had been discharged from the Army because of mental problems. Why was he able to purchase firearms?

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:39 pm The mass shooters in their insanity are using better tactics. This is the first I am aware of driving up to the entrance of the store popping out and starting to shoot. That gave little time for anyone to react. Plus rifle was hidden until he popped out with it. No walking from a parking space in full tactical gear with a rifle to alert anyone. Did he move his car with him? As he was killed in a different part of the center. If he did this would have kept more ammunition nearby.

We can thank the bravery of this officer for keeping the magnitude of this event as small as he did.

A security guard was murdered by the shooter. Does anyone know if he was armed?

A brave store clerk guided customers into a back closet. She was then murdered by the shooter. Did the shooter enter stores or did he only shoot in the sidewalk areas where we have seen the terrible pictures?

7:30 pm on May 8, 2023

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1655 ... 55712.html

Have no idea if any of this is him. Guy who wrote it seems to think it’s all real. It’s from his social media posts to OK.RU, apparently quite a NAZI fan.

Visited the center 3 weeks before. Pretty much spelled out all he was doing online. Google the time where it was the most crowded.

Gunman had received firearms training as guard

Garcia had worked for at least three security companies and had undergone hours of firearms proficiency training in recent years, according to a database maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

None of the companies immediately responded to requests for comment.

The gunman was approved to work as a security guard in Texas from April 2016 until April 2020, when his license expired, according to his profile in the Texas Online Private Security database.

As part of his work, Garcia received Level II and Level III security training. The former covers security laws in Texas; the latter, which is required for all commissioned security officers and personal protection officers in Texas, includes firearm training and the demonstration of firearm proficiency, according to Jonah Nathan, vice president of Ranger Guard, a security guard service in Texas not affiliated with Garcia’s employers.

Garcia completed a separate firearms proficiency training course in 2018 which requires six hours of continuing education, according to the database.

What we know about the slain Texas mall massacre suspect Mauricio Garcia...He was identified as a suspected neo-Nazi sympathizer by authorities.... Garcia had several social media accounts and appeared to be drawn to neo-Nazi and white supremacist content. He was also wearing, when he was killed, a patch on his chest with a right-wing acronym.

philip964 wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 8:02 pm Hero cop got a head shot.