[Trump Shooting] Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show

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Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show
abcnews.go.com

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspectin Saturday’s shooting, was registered as a Republican voter, according to Pennsylvania records.

Already the republicans are dismissing his voter registration as meaningless. Here comes the “mental illness” angle.

Edit: apparently it’s not uncommon to register with the party you oppose in PA. This is going to be a fun ride.

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It also has a shoulder thing that goes up, right? Your ignorance is on full display here.

Don't answer questions you don't know the answer to.

I don't need to use technical terms like 556 or 7.62 rounds or rimfire to prove I'm a knowledgeable gun owner.

When the other guy doesn't know what AR means, I must bring down my language and remove technicalities. What I said earlier is the gist of the argument, we all expect the shooter to have some variant of AR-15 given the range and number of shots taken.

The important tidbit, politically speaking, is that this gun was literally illegal to own in my childhood. Do you disagree with me on that?

To prove you’re a knowledgeable gun owner you should probably refrain from framing the AR-15 as a good long range weapon. It’s passable, but not what one would pick for a long range shot.