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Whenever the right-wing media echo chamber and political hype machine gets hysterically overworked about an issue, violence tends to follow. Take for instance, when they all lost their collective minds over the fake and roundly debunked Planned Parenthood videos; arsons at health clinics and a mass shooting quickly followed.
So unfortunately it is no surprise that violence has followed the right-wing’s collective freak out over President Obama’s reasonable and much-needed expansion of background checks for firearm purchases. A still unnamed man in Redding, California living in an apartment complex began randomly shooting at people. Witnesses said that the man was ranting and screaming about President Obama’s gun actions, running inside and outside apartments, firing indiscriminately.
“We heard the five shots — everyone was screaming,” said resident David Rice. “He came out screaming ‘Obama! Obama! Obama!’ (Police) told him to come out with (his) hands up, and he kept telling them ‘No, no, no.’”
Neighbor Cathy Lunsford had a scarier interaction with the deranged man, who grabbed her and pulled her into his apartment. “As soon as he shut the door, he hugged me and he kissed me on the forehead,” said Lunsford, who was forced to watch as he shot at people. “He was aiming at a guy, and then he just got sloppy — he was shooting everywhere.”
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