HE IS NOT MARINE! He was originally said to be Marine, but later they announced he was in boot camp for less than a couple weeks before they tossed his butt to the curb. He never became a United States Marine. The news media even recanted that fact… they said that they had wrongly announced him as a Marine, but later discovered that he was kicked out of high school, in police trouble and well known by police, and thrown out of the Marines during boot camp.
Fear a domestic violence conviction would deprive him of his RKBA?
Could Lautenberg be a co-conspirator in these murders?
Good to know.
Keep posting updates people. I am very curious how this shooter will be handled in the press compared to the poor Asian, laid off, immigrant shooter in N.Y.
FYI: The Binghamton shooter had a permit for both his pistols. So it looks like he was a legal gun owner.
he like some of you… was willing to fight to the death for his possesion of guns
You paraphrased his best friend than added your own words creating a different impression than what the friend actually said. Language is a precision instrument…not a broad brush. I’m sure it wasn’t your intent to create a flawed impression but the language needed to clarification lest some get the wrong idea.
Don’t make the same mistake as the media by projecting your thoughts/feelings onto the situation…just the facts.
THey are saying he lived at this house with his mom. He was having a domestic dispute with his mom. The media hopes to get a chance to talk to his mother. Police say they will be doing a public press conferance at 3PM eastern time.
5 total LEO shot and 3 of the 5 died of the shots.
Folks that went to school with him said he was a very nice guy and are shocked to hear such things.
His best friend said that even though this guy talked about his anger with govt. and fear over future gun control or gun bans… his pal said flat out when asked… that he did NOT feel that his buddy would act on anything and did not feel that there was a warning sign to violence.
1 officer murdered was off-duty and responding while on the drive home after working a night shift.
Neighbors say it felt as if a war zone had broken out.
Neighbors hid in basements with children. Police called it “A gun fight for sure”.
No one yet knows what prompted this situation.
Police cars had slammed and backed the cars partially over top each other to form a wall across the front of the property. The rear of the police cars were slammed into and over the hood of the car behind it. This was done to create a larger barrier.
Police Chief Nate Harper says:
Call at 7AM. 4 Officers respond and all 4 injured. Actor injured, taken to hospital. Not confirming if or how many officers died. Chief says he used assault rifle and long rifle and had a great deal of ammo. Still investigating the scene. At this time we will hold information until the 3PM press release. Original call was a domestic dispute only.
Reports say the guy feared a gun ban by the Obama Administration. Well this jackass, if its true he used an AK, just gave more “ammo” to the antis for a new AWB.
He called his best friend “ED” at 9am and told Ed that he would die today. Ed heard gun fore in the background and asked Richard Poplawski to please stop.
He told Ed he was shot 2 times, one in the chest, one in the leg. His bullet proof vest stopped the shot to the chest.
He keeps saying Zionist political stuff.
Ed says that him and his mother have frequent domestic disputes where police are called.
Ed says that Richard only owned a total of 4-5 firearms.
The antis dont need more “ammo”; they think what they think, and it isnt like a lack of public shootings is going to steer them in a different direction
This guy and the Oakland guy didn’t shoot themselves because they are different kind of shooters than the other recent mass shootings. The other mass shooters were ‘zombies’ on a mission with a plan. These other guys didn’t seem to be on a mission, just really violent guys who lashed out. Hopefully this guy will bleed out so that we don’t have to listen to years of his RKBA rantings.
Not to offend anyone here, but how about a law making it illegal to own a gun if you are over 25 and living with your Mom. Is the mom the victim in the domestic dispute?
Glad to see that the FBI has in 24 hours cleared the Taliban in the NY shooting. I don’t think 2A supporters will be so quickly exonerated if this guy ends up being the loud mouth he seems to be.
Crap, it seem lately we’d be better off if more guns ended up in Mexico.
This is true, however, a paranoid “gun-loving” wanna-be m**********r gunning down LEOs with AK is not an ammo, it is a JDAM-guided bomb for their cause.
My thoughts are with families of lost officers.
A friend claims that police were coming to get his guns and that shooter was concerned about “zionist control of the government.” :rolleyes:
This guy has “loser” written all over him. Sorry but if you’re not responsible enough to pay your own rent/support yourself, you’re not responsible enough to own firearms.
I think more and more that the police were responding to a simple domestic dispute and got ambushed. Had they been coming for his “guns” or similar, they would have come much heavier. Friend I think is sensationalizing and running through his 15 minutes at an alarming rate. There is some speculation that alcohol was involved. Surprise.
DISCLAIMER PURE SPECULATION I’m curious if there are potential issues with the SOP. I’ve HEARD from LEO friends that Pittsburgh SWAT officers have to go to staging points rather than having all their gear in their vehicles. News reports imply that it took 45 minutes to mount a rescue of the wounded officers.
Is the mom the victim in the domestic dispute?
According his buddy “Ed” it sounded as if his mother and he are commonly in disputes.
When called for the domestic dispute, the LEO were warned that the suspect has weapons. WHen they arrived, they knocked on the door and the suspect popped his head out and began firing. He was wearing body armor and did take shots from the initial 4 officers.
Police say 23 year old Richard was there with mother and possable Grand-Mother. Police knew of the potential firearms.
The off duty officer lived a block away and heard the shooting, he responded based on hearing gunfire. He was shot and is thought to be dead. He had 12 or 13 years experiance on the force and wanted to back up and support his brother LEO when he heard gunfire in his home area. He lived on that street or an adjacent street very near to this home.
The two other officers murdered were hired in 2007.
1 officer broke leg climbing fence trying to get to the area.
1 officer sustained hand injury.
When officers were pinned down while perp was perched in good vantage point, SWAT was called in and SWAT was trying to hold perp at bay and perform LEO rescue menuvers.
Richard was out all night and came home intoxicated and got into a verbal altercation. He had been out and came home, later police are called for an altercation at the house. As police were walking to the house this guy sticks head out window and the police were “AMBUSHED” before they even got to the house. The perp began taking shots at the LEO with no warning or any interaction with the LEO.
News Media has researched his background and has not been able to find any public data on past issues. Police did say that they do have past domestic issues on Richard.
My thoughts and prayers are with the fallen officers and their families, and also with the Pittsburgh Police Department after this great tragedy. I also pray that the negative impact of these events do not impact the responsible and sane, as this was clearly an example of an act of the insane. Though I do not know all of the facts I would guess that the acts of the murderer prior to this incident (what he did) clearly dictacted the circumsatnces of why he would fear loosings his RKBA.
Like all of you, I feel TERRIBLE for the loss of the great Americans, our LEO members. My heart and prayers go out to the surviving family members and LEO that must deal with the loss. God bless you all and please Lord, help carry these loved ones during these difficult times.
Also, live coverage is over. Updates will be available at 2PM and 3PM.
This is another of a recent list of bad days for sane and legal owners. We will take the damage from the insane and illegal by sacrificing our rights. A terrible day indeed for all involved.
God bless you all.
This is terrible and in my home town no less 
My prayers go out to the families of those officers. I’m really getting tired of these a-holes shooting people up lately. They’re going to eff things up for the rest of us. :mad:
Has anybody heard if this a-hole had several dozen copies of “Catcher in the Rye” piled up around his house?
Just wondering…
DISCLAIMER PURE SPECULATION I’m curious if there are potential issues with the SOP. I’ve HEARD from LEO friends that Pittsburgh SWAT officers have to go to staging points rather than having all their gear in their vehicles. News reports imply that it took 45 minutes to mount a rescue of the wounded officers.
45 minute + SWAT response times are 100% normal.
C4
45 minute minus bleed outs are similarly 100% normal.
Pittsburgh isn’t exactly a huge city and Stanton Heights is very close to any number of Police Stations including a large one in the Strip District about 2 miles away, nor is there that much traffic at that time.
On the main page of the Fox News mobile website the headline reads “Shooter kills 3 officers, may have feared gun ban” but when you click on the story it turns into “2 Pittsburgh officers injured in shooting” and very little info. CNN mobile says nothing at all about the gun ban angle.
WTF?
ETA: Fox News TV just had a update on the half hour, said the shooter was worried about his gun rights.