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When you choose to open fire on a group of people, you’re committing terrorism. Except, that’s not the FBI’s definition of terrorism. When people hear the word ‘terrorism,’ they think of words like ‘Muslim’ or ‘Islamic Terrorist.’ It might even conjure up memories of the 9/11 terror attacks or the shoe bomber. Names like James Holmes, Jared Lee Loughner. and Ted Kaczynski come to my mind.
Only one of the three names mentioned has been classified a domestic terrorist. The other two were counted as lone wolves.
Between 1978 and 1995, the Unabomber killed 3 people and injured 23 with his mail bombing campaign. He gets counted as a domestic terrorist because he was using bombs and not guns. Only killed 3!
Jared Lee Loughner and James Holmes killed more people each than Ted and both got classified as lone wolves. All because they were white and the crime was committed with firearms. Of course, in 1995, by the time Kaczynski’s bombing career had come to an end, we hadn’t yet as a nation made it to the twilight zone like we see today.
Let’s get real. If both shooters had been brown they wouldn’t be classified as mentally ill.
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