FLL airport - Shooting today at 1 pm - 9 wounded

[soccerdad72]

I believe it was a handgun. Are those generally used for hunting (animals)? (Serious question, I have no idea. I imagine they would need a rifle as well, or a bow and arrow or such.)

My father would usually have a handgun with him along with a rifle when hunting. The purpose of a handgun (without getting too graphic) would be to "finish the job" at close range if the rifle shot didn't kill his target (deer, in his case).

I think the only time he ever used his handgun, however, was the one time a deer hit his truck on his way home from hunting camp. The deer was wounded but not killed.

 

[lynxstch]

They interviewed a man earlier who said he witnessed the entire attacks. He said he thought the gun was a 9 mm,and that after the shooter was out of ammo, he threw the gun down, and then laid down on the floor face down with his arms spread waiting for law officials to get him. Later reports said he was 'talking' to authorities and answering questions. Guess we won't know more till they really get the story straight.

 

[bcla]

I watch it too lol

I don't think a handgun is for hunting and yes, they are illegal in Canada if you don't have a permit.

That's a good question about the gun in checked luggage though. Maybe the plane didn't stop in Canada at all, it was just a Canadian airline?

Not a hunter myself, but I have talked to hunters who used handguns. Some carry a powerful handgun as a backup. Others do varmint (squirrels mostly) hunting using 22s. The guy I talked to said that game hit with an unjacketed lead bullet could be eaten if the entire wound was cut out. That was years ago though. I think a lot of places now require non-lead bullets for hunting.

 

[bcla]

I didn't say the attack makes sense. I meant security measure that make sense. One of those happens to be if you don't want this specific incident to happen again the makes sense security measure would be a travel party can only carry one or the other.

To other posters handguns can be used to hunt small game but many hunters will carry a hand gun for situations where you would not use your hunting rifle such as a shot to end an animals misery or to kill a venomous snake. I know my grandpa taught me to have both when hunting especially if we were going to be hiking to a spot first. (Also a side note in many state it is illegal to use certain calibers even for the mercy shot but a lot of hunters still do it and just hope they don't have a visit from the game warden).

Snakes are a bit hard to hit, but there are shot shells for that.

 

[bcla]

I agree. I have never understood why security is so lax when entering common areas of airports.

I've been overseas and saw paramilitary troops (may have been police or possibly military) patrolling the terminal. This country has had issues with separatists in train stations and airports.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

I bet metal detectors are coming to all airport entrances.

 

[wilkeliza]

Snakes are a bit hard to hit, but there are shot shells for that.

Snakes would definitely be hard but didn't stop my papa from trying.

 

[wilkeliza]

I bet metal detectors are coming to all airport entrances.

Wouldn't have stopped it. He had already been through security.

 

[mom2rtk]

I bet metal detectors are coming to all airport entrances.

So then someone shoots up the backlog at the new checkpoint.

 

[dclpluto]

What does this thread have to do with prostate cancer?

I didn't say it had anything to do with prostate cancer. I asked a question what does psa mean. Sorry I asked the question.

 

[charlie.nj]

(from our NJ news web site)

N.J. aunt of Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting suspect: 'He lost his mind' in Iraq

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/20...ng_suspect_he_went_to.html#incart_2box_hudson

 

[mnrose]

So then someone shoots up the backlog at the new checkpoint.

Exactly. Soft targets are virtually impossible to secure. I thought of this when going through Security for the state final football game at US Bank Stadium. We were all lined into chutes outside the stadium to have our bags checked, etc. Maybe 6-8 chutes, long lines. Perfect opportunity to take out a whole bunch of people. Sure, no guns IN the stadium. Small comfort if a wacko decides to take people out waiting to get in.

 

[RedAngie]

That's a good question about the gun in checked luggage though. Maybe the plane didn't stop in Canada at all, it was just a Canadian airline?

I don't know the details of his itinerary, but that scenario wouldn't be possible. A Canadian airline cannot transport passengers non-stop between two points in the US. Even with a stop in Canada, an itinerary from Alaska to Florida is technically illegal using a non-US airline. (Unless there were two separately booked flights.)

Update from a Yahoo story.

Despite earlier reports, Canadian Embassy spokeswoman Christine Constantin told the Associated Press that the suspect was not aboard an Air Canada flight and did not travel from Canada.
"We understand from officials he was on a flight originating in Anchorage, transiting through Minneapolis and landing in Ft. Lauderdale," she wrote.

(This would mean it was a Delta flight).

 

[star72232]

It wasn't an Air Canada flight. It was an Anchorage-Minneapolis-Ft Lauderdale flight.

 

[SirDuff]

Air Canada (the airline on which he was said to have flown) has stated that no passenger by his name flew on an AC flight today. The Canadian Embassy has also said that the passenger did not fly from Canada today.

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-38537551

 

[lorimay]

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[sam_gordon]

Delta doesn't "share" with Air Canada like they do with Air France, do they?

 

[TLSnell1981]

Delta doesn't "share" with Air Canada like they do with Air France, do they?

Not unless something has changed recently. Delta is part of SkyTeam. I believe, Air Canada is affiliated with Star Alliance.

 

[mnrose]

Delta doesn't "share" with Air Canada like they do with Air France, do they?

No. But, they do codeshare with WestJet, which I believe is a Canadian airline. Although you cannot, using WestJet codes, book anything that goes from Anchorage to the US, anywhere. Pretty sure he was on a pure Delta flight.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Our local CBS affiliate (WBZ) just said on our news

- that the shooter was in the National Guard

- that his brother said that in 2016, he told people he was being "forced to fight for ISIS"

- that he had child porn charges against him a few years back*

- and that the guns and ammo he used were transported on the airline legally

* ETA there may be some confusion about the porn charges as that could be another person of the same name