The FBI said Saturday morning that there is “no evidence” that a mass shooting that killed five at a mall north of Seattle on Friday has any connection to terrorism.
“We have no indication this was a terrorism act,” an assistant special agent in the FBI’s Seattle office said at a Saturday press conference, as reported by ABC News. “There is no evidence to support that.”
Authorities are still looking for the gunman who killed five in a mass shooting at a mall north of Seattle. Police described the shooter as a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a rifle, according to the Associated Press.
Well, that’s a relief. Nothing to worry about.
There isn’t any evidence either way at this time.
Unless the FBI knows something they’re not passing along.
" ‘No Indication’ That Washington State Mall Shooting Was ‘Terrorist Act’"
Tell that to the families of the victims.
"The lack of consensus as to what a terrorist is can affect policies designed to deal with terrorists. Some view them as soldiers that can be held at the end of a war and are entitled to various privileges spelled out in the Geneva Conventions. Others view them as criminals that should be tried in civil courts. Still others will argue that terrorists are best treated as a category to themselves and need policies tailored to them.[14] This is the case because a) they often cannot be prosecuted because they commit suicide and b) prevention is more important that punishment.
In November 2004, a Secretary-General of the United Nations report described terrorism as any act “intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act”.[15]"
But has HO weighed in with an inane self-congratulatory opinion yet?
There is a ballot initiative this election to allow restriction of gun sales in Washington State: