Shooting at Family Research Council

A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle with a man who expressed disagreement with the group’s conservative views in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooter walked into the lobby of the building at about 10:45 and was confronted by the security guard as if the guard were asking him where he was going.

The man then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard, Lanier said. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground, disarmed him and waited for police, she said. The guard was then taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, the chief said. FBI officials said the guard was shot in the arm.

“The security guard here is a hero, as far as I’m concerned,” Lanier said. ”He did his job. The person never made it past the front.”

The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said. A law enforcement official said at one point in the scuffle, the shooter expressed views that differed from those of the Family Research Council. The official also said the shooter was carrying a bag that had a Chick-Fil-A bag inside. Chick-Fil-A’s chief executive has expressed similar views against same-sex marriage as the Research Council.

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gendoikari87 wrote:America just needs to see a psychiatrist.

No pill is going to stop what ails this country and sadly

gendoikari87 wrote:

No pill is going to stop what ails this country and sadly

Soma. Granted it doesn't really fix the problem, it just makes it to where you just don't care.

Caliman73 wrote:

gendoikari87 wrote:

No pill is going to stop what ails this country and sadly

Soma. Granted it doesn't really fix the problem, it just makes it to where you just don't care.

I don't remember if the pill existed prior to Huxley, or if it took its name from the novel. That stuff will clean your clock if you aren't careful.