Investigators -- Dallas Gunman Purchased All Guns Legally

From Breitbart's Big Government:

On July 11 investigators looking into the Dallas Police ambush said the gunman purchased his weapons “legally.”

This means the gunman–Micah Xavier Johnson–joins a growing list of attackers and alleged attackers who complied with gun controls in order to acquire their firearms.

That list includes Omar Mateen (Orlando), Mainak Sarkar (UCLA), Sayed Farook and Tashfeen Malik (San Bernardino), Noah Harpman (Colorado Springs), Chris Harper Mercer (Umpqua Community College), Vester Lee Flangan (Virgina), John Russell Houser (Lafayette), Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (Chattanooga), Dylann Roof (Charleston), Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi (Garland), Jared and Amanda Miller (Las Vegas), Elliot Rodger (Santa Barabara), Ivan Lopez (Fort Hood 2014), Darion Marcus Aguilar (Maryland mall), Karl Halverson Pierson (Arapahoe High School), Paul Ciancia (LAX), Andrew John Engeldinger (Minneapolis), Aaron Alexis (DC Navy Yard), Tennis Melvin Maynard (West Virginia), Wade Michael Page (Sikh Temple), James Holmes (Aurora theater), Jared Loughner (Tucson), Nidal Hasan (Fort Hood 2009), Jiverly Wong (Binghamton), Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech), Naveed Haq (Seattle), and Mark Barton (Atlanta).
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On July 8 the Congressional Black Caucus responded to the Dallas Police ambush by calling for a ban on AR-15 rifles. But Breitbart News reported that Johnson used a Russian-made rifle–the Izhmash-Saiga is Russian made–thereby demonstrating that a ban on AR-15 rifles would have done nothing to prevent the attack from taking place.

Mna, liberals just can't get a break where the facts actually fit their narrative on gun control.

Dallas shooter linked to leftist revolution groups, nation of Islam?

From The American Thinker Blog:

Facts are still being gathered, but a few developments have surfaced that suggest that Dallas terrorist Micah Johnson had ties to and sympathies for the Nation of Islam, the Black Panthers, and the radical African American Defense League.

I called it. For several hours after the shooter was ID'd, the Drive-By media named the suspect, an army veteran, but did not show his picture. The media did include his quote of wanting "kill white people." I assumed it was because he was black and any pictures would only reinforce the stereotype of a thug.

CBS -- Army recommended disciplinary discharge for Dallas shooter

From Hotair:

After initial reports of multiple snipers in the Dallas massacre on Thursday night, it became apparent that the mass murderer was one man — a former soldier named Micah Xavier Johnson. How did a decorated Afghanistan combat veteran end up among the worst of police assassins in US history? CBS News dug into Johnson’s background, and found a disturbing decline in his behavior, but nothing that would have warned law enforcement of the imminent threat.

This video report has less information than the accompanying article. As it turns out, the Army booted him out of Afghanistan for serious misconduct — serious enough to recommend a disciplinary discharge rather than counseling:

Starting in 2009, Johnson served in the Army Reserve as a private first class with a specialty in carpentry and masonry, the military said.

In May 2014, six months into his Afghanistan tour, he was accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier. The Army sent him stateside, recommending an “other than honorable discharge,” said Bradford Glendening, the military lawyer who represented him.

That recommendation was “highly unusual,” Bradford said, since counseling is usually ordered before more drastic steps are taken.

“In his case, it was apparently so egregious, it was not just the act itself,” Glendening told The Associated Press. “I’m sure that this guy was the black sheep of his unit.”

And that’s his attorney speaking.

Somehow I just not surprised to find this out.

Obama, Democrats Exploit Dallas Attack To Push For More Gun Control

From The Federalist:

It didn’t take long for the political blame game to begin after the Dallas shootings Thursday night. As in Orlando, so in Dallas. But this has become an established pattern in American politics.

Three days after the Orlando nightclub massacre last month, the New York Times ran an editorial blaming the attack on a political environment created by the GOP’s “corrosive politics” and anti-gay bigotry:

While the precise motivation for the rampage remains unclear, it is evident that Mr. Mateen was driven by hatred toward gays and lesbians. Hate crimes don’t happen in a vacuum. They occur where bigotry is allowed to fester, where minorities are vilified and where people are scapegoated for political gain. Tragically, this is the state of American politics, driven too often by Republican politicians who see prejudice as something to exploit, not extinguish.

Today, less than 24 hours after a gunman ambushed and killed five Dallas police officers and wounded more than a half-dozen more, the Congressional Black Caucus convened a press conference to condemn Republicans for not supporting stricter gun control legislation. “Republicans, what on Earth—why are you recoiling and not giving us a debate on gun violence?” said Rep. G.K. Butterfield. “Why not give it a hearing? Give us a debate. Give us an up or down vote on legislation on gun violence.”

Hours later, President Obama gave a statement commending the Dallas police and law enforcement officials everywhere. But he couldn’t resist adding a comment about gun control.

We will soon find out that the Dallas Shooter passed a universal background check. So since the background check failed, confiscation should be the next step, according the President 4Putt!

3 Police Officers Killed, 8 Wounded by Snipers in Dallas #BlackLivesMatter Protest

From Breitbart Texas: There are reports of shots fired during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. It appears to be an active shooter situation. It has been reported that may possibly be two shooters.