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Clarence:
Apparently the Sutherland Springs church shooting was stopped by an armed citizen. It will be hard for the main stream media to ignore this.  New York Times will probably denounce it as "vigilantism", but the fact is that an armed citizen put a stop to this.

Was covered here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/06/an-unlikely-hero-describes-gun-battle-and-95-mph-chase-with-texas-shooting-suspect/?utm_term=.4ffe2ddb02d1

  https://www.mediaite.com/online/local-armed-citizen-stopped-texas-church-shooting-by-firing-at-suspect/

Fox News is reporting that the armed citizen had an AR-15 as did the killer, the Washington Post story indicates
The shooter had a pistol.  This is not clear yet.

As there was an exchange of gunfire it sure shows the value of a large capacity magazine in the hero's rifle and undemines the gun grabbers call for banning such.

SturmRugerSR9:
No motive established yet. Although his In-laws went to that church. The parents and grandparents of the wife and child he abused back a couple of years ago, that got him kicked out of the USAF on a bad conduct discharge. It also prevented him from obtaining his Texas carry permit. Hence he purchase of a Ruger AR-15 rifle.
The thing is his in-laws weren't in that church that day, but he didn't know it, or so it is believed by law enforcement.

Clarence:
As I remember, a "bad conduct" discharge is not the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge.  But I would have thought that the domestic assault would have been a prohibitor  for any firearm purchase.  

Cbmarine:
http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/TEXAS-CHURCH-SHOOTING-Attack-kills-26-people-ages-5-72-455542583.html

The Air Force says it failed to report the Texas church shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI as required by Pentagon rules.

Devin Patrick Kelley was convicted of assault against his wife and stepson in an Air Force court-martial in New Mexico in 2012. The conviction should have disqualified him from buying or possessing firearms.

Clarence:
He was denied a Texas concealed carry license.  Not sure why Texas would have this information but not NICS.  Maybe he revealed his conviction and jail time on his application. 

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