Two radicalized American jihadists, one of whom was already convicted of lying to the FBI about his attempts to go to Somalia, tried to attack a cartoon contest in Texas. They did so b/c it was absolutely a First amendment protest of Islamic extremism b/c it was a contest judging images of Muhammad. Same thing that got the paper in Paris shot up.
OK, so they were thumbing their nose at it, but that's exactly what the First Amendment is about in this country, and we have for more than 200 years enjoyed an absolute right to gather and say whatever we want.
So these two guys, apparently well armed and in body armor, arrived to cause what would have been an historic terror attack on American soil.
What happened? A traffic officer who clearly got in his range time dropped them both with only minor injuries to one officer, before they could even get to the building.
So why is this guy not getting a parade in DC? He thwarted a deadly attack that would for sure have taken numerous innocent lives and sent a chill across our Constitutional rights. Maybe he'll get the credit he deserves at some point, it's still an ongoing investigation and it hasn't all been solidified so this may be a premature concern, but it does seem certain at this point this was a terror attack ended before it started by a well trained law enforcement officer.
I did like a quote I saw from Todd Starnes: "A pair of would-be jihadists learned a very important lesson over the weekend – in America, we shoot back."
This was a case of a LEO doing the job, not a privately armed person, but I still feel better knowing as many law abiding, responsible people as possible in this country have an answer for these lunatics.
Oh, and can we please break out the Scarlett letters for these fools so we have a good solid target? Better yet, let them go to Somalia or Syria, just don't let them come back!
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