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Firefighters ambushed by gunman while responding to brush fire in Idaho

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4 minutes ago, Parliament said:

brainstorm all the ways to kill the asshole(s) who did it.
 

 

 

No brainstorming on prevention, then? Just the same cycle of death and empty outrage?

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There should be more guns in American circulation tbh. The American people can handle them. Thoughts and prayers for more guns.

2 minutes ago, pacman said:

No brainstorming on prevention, then? Just the same cycle of death and empty outrage?

Preventing some nutjob from taking shots at firefighters responding to a brushfire?  Let's here your thoughts!

7 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

Preventing some nutjob from taking shots at firefighters responding to a brushfire?  Let's here your thoughts!

Hear, hear!  

13 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

There should be more guns in American circulation tbh. The American people can handle them. Thoughts and prayers for more guns.

That was quick!

13 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

There should be more guns in American circulation tbh. The American people can handle them. Thoughts and prayers for more guns.

No doubt.  Instead of a 401k at birth, everyone should be issued an AR-15 as soon as they are able to pull the trigger.

Dear Lord, could the first two responses to this news been more polar opposite yet equally wacky?

4 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

Dear Lord, could the first two responses to this news been more polar opposite yet equally wacky?

Whatever you say Randy Weaver.

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6 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

Dear Lord, could the first two responses to this news been more polar opposite yet equally wacky?

I represented a guy that served on a rural fire department. He loved to hit the lights and sirens and speed to the fire, so he’d go out in the country, set fires, and then go back to town and conveniently be near the fire barn when the 911 calls came in. Finally got busted. 

49 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

Preventing some nutjob from taking shots at firefighters responding to a brushfire?  Let's here your thoughts!

Your contention is this issue is an isolated problem?

My cousin who is a part time firefighter out of LaGrande, Oregon (where I’m currently visiting for his daughter’s wedding), fights fires in these areas when he is needed.  He sent me the link just a bit ago to the press conference.  A lot of comments are saying, “Is this the guy that killed his three daughters?”

I wonder if something like that happened and then set some land on fire to have them come out.

Doesn't even move the needle.

Dying in a hail of bullets is the price you, and your children, must be willing to pay to live in a country free of terror and oppression.

As we've been repeatedly told.

 

 

1 hour ago, Kennythetiger said:

I represented a guy that served on a rural fire department. He loved to hit the lights and sirens and speed to the fire, so he’d go out in the country, set fires, and then go back to town and conveniently be near the fire barn when the 911 calls came in. Finally got busted. 

apparently firefighters lighting fires is way more common than you'd think.

8 minutes ago, elfenix said:

apparently firefighters lighting fires is way more common than you'd think.

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1 hour ago, HOOKEM4 said:

Thoughts and prayers.

How have those been working out?

It’ll be interesting to find the motive. Probably disgruntled employee. Further north in Bonners Ferry they used to have neonazis. Supposedly, from the locals not many of those are around anymore. And the motive for neonazis wouldn’t make much sense.

2 hours ago, pacman said:

Your contention is this issue is an isolated problem?

Aren't you full of questions on this issue.  I never contended anything.  You brought up prevention.  We are all ears (or eyes, as the case may be).

2 hours ago, SurlyGator said:

Preventing some nutjob from taking shots at firefighters responding to a brushfire?  Let's here your thoughts!

you’re*

20 minutes ago, Bevo said:

It’ll be interesting to find the motive. Probably disgruntled employee. Further north in Bonners Ferry they used to have neonazis. Supposedly, from the locals not many of those are around anymore. And the motive for neonazis wouldn’t make much sense.

This isn't news. What's it doing on the DT board?

19 minutes ago, Derka said:

you’re*

OK Einstein.

7 minutes ago, Foosters said:

This isn't news. What's it doing on the DT board?

I wonder where this site is headed sometimes...

3 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

OK Einstein.

I wonder where this site is headed sometimes...

In the shitter with the rest of the Country. 

Just now, gernblansten said:

In the shitter with the rest of the Country. 

 

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I hate Idaho Nazis.

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HAYDEN, Idaho -- Firefighters burned some of the remaining buildings on the former Aryan Nations compound during training exercises this week.

The 20-acre property is owned by the Carr Foundation, which offered the abandoned buildings to Northern Lakes Fire District officials for training, fire inspector Dean Marcus said.

The foundation bought the compound in April from Victoria and Jason Keenan, who won a $6.2 million judgment against the Aryan Nations and its founder, Richard Butler.

Firefighters said they had no political agenda in burning four of the seven buildings during sessions that started Tuesday evening.

"It just gives the folks the opportunity to train how we work," Chief Jeff Welch said.

A bomb squad dog searched the buildings Thursday to make sure they were safe.

Firefighters plan to torch Butler's former home and the neo-Nazi sect's former church July 15.

https://wwrn.org/articles/3963/

 

Edited to add, same date as the article, and in the general vicinity.

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Couer D'Alene is one of the most beautiful towns in the entire country.   It's also full of actual Nazis.  

My brother in law works at the ER in CdA. He might be working tonight.

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22 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Couer D'Alene is one of the most beautiful towns in the entire country.   It's also full of actual Nazis.  

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one thing about living in Couer d’Alene I never could stomach

2 hours ago, elfenix said:

apparently firefighters lighting fires is way more common than you'd think.

The firefighter version of "Stop resisting!!". Gives them the opportunity to do their thing.

6 hours ago, SurlyGator said:

Preventing some nutjob from taking shots at firefighters responding to a brushfire?  Let's here your thoughts!

You can prevent them by killing them first. 

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11 hours ago, Foosters said:

Doesn't even move the needle.

Dying in a hail of bullets is the price you, and your children, must be willing to pay to live in a country free of terror and oppression.

As we've been repeatedly told.

 

 

Oh when do we get to the part without the terror and oppression? 

13 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

I represented a guy that served on a rural fire department. He loved to hit the lights and sirens and speed to the fire, so he’d go out in the country, set fires, and then go back to town and conveniently be near the fire barn when the 911 calls came in. Finally got busted. 

https://bigbendsentinel.com/2025/02/19/former-firefighter-charged-with-alpine-arson-released-on-bond/

 

I don't think anybody is "getting their rocks off" but it's pretty important to consider why people would be so fucking crazy to do such a horrible and antisocial thing to go hunting for first responders. 

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Police sources have identified 20-year-old Wess Roley as the suspect in the sniper attack on firefighters in Idaho, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Two firefighters were killed and a third injured on Sunday after a gunman shot at them as they arrived at a blaze at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d'Alene.

Authorities believe Roley deliberately lit the fire to lure first responders to the area.

A police tactical team later "located a deceased male" - believed to be the shooter - close to where the attack took place. Authorities are yet to comment on a motive, or reveal how Roley died.

"We do believe that the suspect started the fire," Norris told a late night news conference on Sunday.

"This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance.

"We did lose a Coeur d'Alene firefighter, and we did lose a firefighter from the Kootenai County Fire and Rescue."

A third was "fighting for his life, but is in stable condition", he said.

The first report of a fire in the mountainside community was made around 13:21 PST (21:21 BST), which was followed 40 minutes later by reports firefighters were being shot at, Norris said.

The fire grew to 20 acres after it was first reported and continued to burn into Sunday night, Sheriff Bob Norris said.

More than 300 law enforcement officers from city, county, state and federal authorities to the shooting, including two helicopters with snipers on board.

Norris said Roley allegedly used a high-powered sporting rifle to fire rapidly at first responders, with officers initially unsure of the number of perpetrators involved.

After an hours-long barrage of gunfire, the suspect was found using mobile phone data.

It was unclear whether the suspect took his own life or had been hit by an officer, Norris said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15wwvggk80o

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