Wednesday, January 01, 2025
No danger to the community.
"At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when a driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year's celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning. Authorities have identified the suspect as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, of Texas who is an army veteran." CNN. "Federal officials and local law enforcement in New Orleans said that Jabbar did not act alone and that they are looking for accomplices. The FBI said Jabbar had an Islamic State flag on his truck and view the attack as a potential act of terrorism." Reuters. "Weapons and potential IED were located in the subject's vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter." FBI. "A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Towers in Las Vegas early Wednesday, killing one person in the vehicle, is being investigated, as a possible act of terrorism." Sheriff Kevin McMahill said, "gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters and large firework mortars were found in the back of the vehicle after the explosion, which occurred 15 seconds after the vehicle pulled in front of the building. It's still unclear how the explosives were ignited." CBS. However, not just the Islamic State, it seems that the US is a storehouse of loonies determined to blow themselves up and take as many unsuspecting people as they can with them. "The FBI says it has discovered more than 150 bombs during a raid on a farm in Virginia - thought to be the largest such cache seized by the law-enforcement agency in its history. Brad Spafford was arrested on 17 December in Isle of Wight County." "Mr Spafford had allegedly used photos of US President Joe Biden for target practice and expressed hope that Vice-President Kamala Harris would be assassinated." But, "A lawyer for Mr Spafford denied he is a danger to the community and is seeking his client's release from pre-trial detention." BBC. Spafford lost three fingers of his right hand in 2021 while making a bomb. Either the lawyer is equally bonkers as his client or bomb making is a normal hobby in the US and so not considered "a danger to the community". Is bomb-making now taken as a corollary to the Second Amendment which states that "A well regulated Militia" will "keep and bear arms" (US Constitution)? Over time "A well regulated Militia" has come to mean an individual has a right to possess an arsenal of deadly weapons. "There are approximately 398.5 million arms in the US," (Consumer Shield) for a total population of just over 346 million (Worldometer). "The US recorded 491 mass shootings as of Dec 18 - the lowest since 2019." This is 25% less than in 2023 which saw 656 mass shootings, the second highest since Gun Violence Archive began tracking mass shootings. Forbes. Motor vehicles are legal, guns are a right and bombs no danger to the community. Who would want to go to such a place? Between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024, 90,415 Indians, at an average of 10 Indians per hour, were arrested for trying to enter the US illegally through Canada and Mexico borders. DH. Perhaps, a greater danger to the community.
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