Shots Fired at Pentagon
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:32 AM
Shots were fired at and hit the Pentagon this morning.
The building was temporarily locked down. Pentagon police officers heard about four or five gunshots around 4:55 am fired near the south parking lot of the sprawling Defense Department headquarters. No one has been arrested.
CNN reported:
The AP reported:
Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early Tuesday, hitting the building and causing minor damage, defense officials said.
Police who protect the massive Defense Department headquarters temporarily locked down some road and pedestrian entrances to the building after a civilian reported he may have heard shots at about 5 a.m. on the south side of the facility.
A sweep of the area and facility found that some shots had hit the building, Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman said. He didn’t know how many or from what kind of weapon.
Roads and pedestrian entrances leading to the Pentagon were reopened a little after 5:30 a.m. but part of nearby highway 395 was later temporarily closed for part of the investigation.
A dozen police also were seen at around 9 a.m. walking side-by-side in a line as they combed through a grassy area on the south side of the building.
…Probably just a tea partier?
Police are investigating whether the incident is linked to the museum shooting on Sunday.
Inside Nova reported:
Police are investigating whether shots fired at the Pentagon early this morning could be related to a similar incident at the Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle.
Someone fired several shots at the museum early Sunday, shattering part of the glass roof, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok. He said his department is working with military police and Pentagon officials to determine if the incident is related.
No one was in the museum at the time. The damage is estimated to be about $20,000. The bullet holes were in the part of the building facing Interstate 95, Perok said.
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Male Silverback commented:
Bet it was a anti-war Democrat who opposes guns and violence.
StandUp4Chuck commented:
Just another day in DC.
Formerly known as Skeptic commented:
The embedded ABC video is NOT from this shooting but from the previous attack at the Pentagon where 2 guards were shot and the attacker was killed. As far as I know, nobody was hurt today.
Granny commented:
Male Silverback, I was thinking along those lines myself, wondering if this wasn’t an attempt to create a Reichstag-type incident that would allow TheWon to confiscate all the guns.
Kevin P commented:
Male Silverback & Granny – same thoughts.
Also – do they know where Obama was at the time?
MAJ Mike commented:
If they want my guns, I don’t deliever. I’ll turn in the ammunition one round at a time.
It is my fervent hope thay when my weapons are taken, the magazines will be empty, the buttstocks will be shattered, and the bayonets broken. At that point, I trust that I’ll be surrounded by the bodies of my bodyguard in Hell.
Kenny Solomon commented:
Not possible to have happened.
Firearms are not allowed to be carried anywhere in DC…… Plus, The Pentagon is a gun-free zone.
Must have been some super-fast bees who lost their way back to the hive or maybe even somebody was out there practicing for the upcoming national spit-ball championship.
Kenny Solomon
Political Analyst, T.A.S.G.
…..and an Eeeeevil Jooooooooooo too.
I carry a firearm because a police officer is too heavy.
Larkin commented:
This kind of thing would not happen if we would just disband the military and turn the Pentagon into a daycare center.
Simple.
(On another note…ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? Has the United States government become so sissified that they can’t even protect the PENTAGON?)
Granny commented:
Kenny, I could have sworn that DC firearms ban got overturned in the courts a year or two ago.
Yup, just checked – SCOTUS overturned it. And guess what happened to the crime rate?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/2/learning-from-the-dc-handgun-ban/
The Pentagon, BTW, is not in DC. It is in Arlington, VA.
bg commented:
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hmmm, why he only did what Bill Ayers & Bernadine Dhorn, as well as
many others, said they didn’t do enough of via other means.. but hey, bombing, shooting, what’s the diff these days, i mean, foreign terrorists have domestic rights ya know!! /sarc truth rant/
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Bugs commented:
I’m thinking the Pentagon and USMC Museum shootings are related. No idea who it could be, though. Disgruntled ex-military, disgruntled leftist, disgruntled Muslim, disgruntled black person, disgruntled redneck, disgruntled conspiracy theorist, or just a mentally-ill person acting out. We get some of each around here. I hope they catch whoever did it before he/she actually hurts someone.
anne47575 commented:
The Pentagon is in Virginia, not DC. Gun laws verrrry different here, PTL.
james commented:
Yea, must be just a tea partier mad about obamacare.
Auntie Em commented:
I heard “Allah Code Pink Ahkbar” from my house.
Lorenzo commented:
Please don’t take away my guns. I’m afraid and need protection.
Larry Sheldon commented:
“Probably just a tea partier?”
Nah. No doubt about it–one of those danged Presbyterians.
Militant Conservative commented:
MAJ Mike
October 19th, 2010 | 11:15 am | #7
I’ll be right there with you sir. Some of us see a need for the tree of liberty to be watered. It will get it if this election is tampered with.
Granny, you are correct the Heller decision (5-4) that there is FUNDAMENTAL right that individuals have to keep and bear arms. This decision was for the DC area only. The Mcdonald vs. Chicago struck down that cities ban on handguns as well (5-4). The NRA took the credit but they were not parties to the suit in Chicago.
powder is dry.
Joe Bean commented:
But but but I thought guns were outlawed in D.C.?
Practical Jane commented:
Tea Partiers are practical people. They wouldn’t waste the ammo.
Iconoclast commented:
Very low probability it was a liberal; they pee their panties and whimper at the sight of a firearm. Most likely some tweaker.