Could this statement be any clearer? From ClickonDetroit:
“It’s easy, and a lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church. Plus it would make the news. Everybody would’ve heard. Honestly I regret not doing it. If I can’t do jihad in the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here.”
He had also told the undercover agent that a church would be an easy target because people are not allowed to carry guns there and that it would make the news. . . .
As a reminder of a few of the other similar cases see this list.
gun free zones, mass public shootings
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