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    Default Mass shooting(s) after Orlando (amended title)

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    Thread opened for maximum visibilty with No.3 post and first two posts moved from the main thread on Terrorism in the USA, into which one day this thread is likely to be merged:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=24078

    Thread title changed to Mass shooting(s) after Orlando (ends).

    Another mass shooting, this one determined to be a 'lone wolf' attack with the perpetrating having ties to radical Islamism:

    Approximately 20 people are dead inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said Sunday morning, just hours after a shooter opened fire in what authorities are saying is a domestic terror attack.
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orl...club-shooting/

    The use of the term 'lone wolf'. I personally dislike it as it implies that incidents of these types are unrelated and therefore there is not a strategy to counter them. Often these attacks are related in both means (i.e. guns) and motive (i.e. ideology). Combating either is an opportunity for risk reduction. Note that the attacker in this case had both guns and a explosive device, which apparently did not detonate. Guns will continue replacing bombs as the most reliable weapons of terror, especially in scenarios where there is not a sophisticated network in operation.

    Note: The Independent is reporting that over 50 people have been killed.
    Last edited by davidbfpo; 09-27-2016 at 10:59 PM. Reason: Add Mods Note. Amend title.
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