When the San Bernardino shooter story broke yesterday, the media response was almost entirely predictable. There were calls for more gun control, calls to Planned Parenthood nearby(yes, really), and indictments of broader American gun culture before a thing was known. When it broke that the shooter had a Muslim surname, you could hear a pin drop. Since then, the media has told us not to jump to any conclusions, and apparently some are still characterizing this as WORKPLACE violence.
Evidence suggests otherwise. As the Daily Caller reports:
Syed Rizwan Farook was heavily involved in his local mosque and focused his energies on memorizing the Quran, he wrote in a short-lived dating profile in 2013.
“I spend much of my free time in the masjid,” Farook, then 28, wrote on his profile for the dating site, BestMuslim.com. He also enjoyed “memorizing the quran and learning more about the religion,” he added.
Farook and his wife, 27-year-old Tashfeen Hakim, killed 14 people at a holiday party being held for county workers at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Cal. on Wednesday. Farook worked as a health inspector for the county and had been at the party before he and Hakim began their attack.
The couple was killed during a shootout with police later on Wednesday. They had four guns, investigators have said. And though authorities have not officially classified the attack as terrorism, more evidence is pointing in that direction.
Farook reportedly had contact with known terrorists in the Middle East. He has also traveled to the Middle East and to Pakistan multiple times. It has also been reported that Farook viewed ISIS propaganda online. Investigators found a heavy arsenal of guns, ammunition and pipe bombs at their house in Redlands, Cal.
Got it. So the shooter had a deep commitment to the Islamic faith, had travelled to Saudi Arabia, and possessed an arsenal of not just guns, but pipe bombs. I know what you’re thinking. Perhaps he was just a devout guy who loved hunting(Christians). Perhaps if the government just banned pipe bombs, none of this would have happened(seriously, get on it, Congress!). Maybe if his coworkers respected his safe space, it wouldn’t have come to this.
Or maybe you’re sensible and you think this is probably another case of a radcial Jihadist operating on American soil. Maybe you recognize that radical Islam is a threat to our civilization and our way of life.
Maybe you’re every American who exists outside the collective bubble that is the lamestream media.
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