Also just kind of in passing heard during his brothers rant that he was rich? Have no idea what gun he used, apparently had 10 of them with him, but earlier there was some speculation that a real fully automatic was probably too expensive. Not for him apparently.

Brother really does seem dumfounded about the whole thing, but of course even brothers are not privy to someones inner demons...

We had at least 10 people from my department there. Two work directly for me. They are okay. My running partner, best friend, who is closer than a brother to me and is a detective on our department, was at the concert with his wonderful wife. They saw three people standing next to them go down. They are on their way home now. She's a wreck of course. He was SWAT for a long time and is okay, but freaked out his wife had to go through that.

The hardest part is trying to describe how I feel about this. Obviously horrible for the victims, glad my people are okay. There's a cross on a very high hill a couple of miles from here. Brutal run to get there. Gotta go pray up there. No, it's not the guns fault. There's sin in the land and with it comes messed up people. He could have done more damage with a truck. It's his fault and his alone!

sphere wrote:

Glad you're okay, that's some heavy shit to digest.

I heard one witness who called into a radio show say something to the effect of, thank god it was a country show, because there were (who he believed to be, I guess) "military and first responder types" off duty in the crowd, putting fingers in bullet holes all around him, demonstrating a level of heroism and bravery he still can't process.

Talk to friends and family as often as possible. This will stick with you for a while.

so far the big news on this thread is:

1. how this will affect NFL players taking a knee
2. whether this was antifa's work (which you clearly hoped it was)

sphere wrote:

Glad you're okay, that's some heavy shit to digest.

I heard one witness who called into a radio show say something to the effect of, thank god it was a country show, because there were (who he believed to be, I guess) "military and first responder types" off duty in the crowd, putting fingers in bullet holes all around him, demonstrating a level of heroism and bravery he still can't process.

Talk to friends and family as often as possible. This will stick with you for a while.

A CBS Vice President feels differently (about country music fans). Well, an ex-CBS Vice President. Facebook "outs" another one. //

No kidding, I'm beginning to think there might just be a defective gene in some people that have no filter whatsoever, even to their darkest thoughts. And it seems to reside in politicians, entertainers, sports figures, and successful business and corporate folks..Maybe it is the same gene all the serial cheaters have too...It would be shocking, if it didn't happen so frequently....

thankful that I do not possess this gene! I know a few who do though.