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http://www.salon.com/2015/07/24/he_was_ ... socialflow

This isn’t the first time he’s targeted a movie theater. John Russell Houser, America’s latest mass shooter, had reportedly threatened violence against theaters before he opened fire in a Louisiana cinema last night, killing two others and himself.

Houser, who’s had several run-ins with the law dating back to the 1980s, allegedly once attempted to burn down the office of a lawyer representing theaters that showed pornography. Former attorney John Swearingen told NBC News on Friday that Houser had once tried to burn down his Columbus, Georgia, law office back in the 1980s.

“I represented somebody — maybe several people — he did not like, and he tried to hire someone to burn the law office,†Swearingen said.

According to the local sheriff, Houser applied in 2006 for a permit to carry a concealed weapon but was denied because he had been arrested on an arson charge. The sheriff did not say whether Houser had been convicted. In Alabama, where Houser resided “off and on†for a nearly a decade, residents are not required to apply for a permit or license to buy or own a handgun so no background could be done.

Emerging reports also indicate that Houser was a far-right activist. Houser appears to have been a fan of the Tea Party, the Westboro Baptist Church and Golden Dawn — and extreme right-wing neo-Nazi political party in Greece. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Houser attended a conference hosted by former KKK leader David Duke in 2005 and the host of a talk radio show Houser frequently called into, described the 56-year-old as a “radical Republican.â€

“He was anti-abortion. The best I can recall,†former radio host Calvin Floyd told the Washington Post. “Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to women having a say in anything. You could talk with him a few minutes, and you would know he had a high IQ but there was a lot missing with him,†Floyd explained.

Last night, Houser stood up in a crowded screening of Amy Schumer’s comedy “Trainwreck†at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana and opened fire, killing two young women and injuring nine other people.

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How long before he's worshipped as a right-wing martyr?
5 seconds. I saw idiots trying to call him a Obama lover to deny his link to them
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5 seconds. I saw idiots trying to call him a Obama lover to deny his link to them

That's what I've noticed as well, that it didn't take the nuts long at all to try to distance themselves from him. Not only did he hate women, he was just as racist as they are, so calling him an Obama lover is the equivalent of calling one a n-word lover.

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Sometimes I wish I were less cynical so I could be more surprised...but I don't find his personally selected identifying markers to be shocking. I'm reminded of this recent news piece (link not broken because Chicago Tribune); there is so much anger towards women out there, especially from men full of repressed rage: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati ... story.html

I'm also reminded of this recent story about a guy who was probably targeting sex workers. Suppose we'll have to see how motivated the police are in connecting the many dots, but this guy was likely a burgeoning serial killer: http://jezebel.com/hero-woman-acting-in ... 1720012696

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I am ashamed to live in a state where no background check is required to get a concealed weapon permit. The state of Alabama aided this man in that way. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones and I'm glad this monster is dead.

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I am ashamed to live in a state where no background check is required to get a concealed weapon permit. The state of Alabama aided this man in that way. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones and I'm glad this monster is dead.

My thoughts r with the families as well!! I'm glad he is dead also!

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Does it really matter that he claimed to be a Christian? As far as I can tell from news stories, this wasn't a religiously motivated shooting, so why does it matter?

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Does it really matter that he claimed to be a Christian? As far as I can tell from news stories, this wasn't a religiously motivated shooting, so why does it matter?
has thoughts on woman and such were based on conservative Christian attitudes. So shooting womans Washington based on his beliefs
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Most Christians aren't women hating, neo-Nazi, Tea Party nuts with a recorded history of mental illness and violence. There were multiple factors at play here. I really don't think we can solely blame one.

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Most Christians aren't women hating, neo-Nazi, Tea Party nuts with a recorded history of mental illness and violence. There were multiple factors at play here. I really don't think we can solely blame one.
of course not but it is part of it.
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of course not but it is part of it.

Then why make just one the focus of the title? Why not any of the others?

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Then why make just one the focus of the title? Why not any of the others?

because the extreme limit of words in the title?

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I find it interesting/disturbing that he went to a showing of Amy Shumer's movie, given that it's a film about a woman having casual sex. That can't have been an accident.

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for sure and a movie where there would be lots of women there....there is no way he sat behind two women by accident....so very sad for their families and loved ones.

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I find it interesting/disturbing that he went to a showing of Amy Shumer's movie, given that it's a film about a woman having casual sex. That can't have been an accident.

Agree!

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Well again conservatives think everyone should be armed. Bobby jinal said we need guns in dark movie theaters and he can't believe this happened in Louisiana.

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