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Hate Crime? Family Research Council Shooter Posed as an Intern — Carried Chick-fil-A Bag

Aug. 15, 2012 4:35pm Jason Howerton

The armed man who walked into the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council and reportedly shot a security guard Wednesday morning has been identified as Floyd Corkins, 28, of Virginia, NBC News reports.

Corkins was taken into custody by the FBI following the shooting and was being interviewed.

Family Research Council Shooter Identified as Floyd Corkins, 28, Carried Chick fil A Bag

Local and federal investigators work to gather evidence after a security guard was shot in the arm at the headquarters of the Family Research Council August 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said. (Credit: Getty Images)

“We don’t know enough yet about him … or mentally what he’s thinking,” said James McJunkin, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office.

The guard, who was an employee of the FRC, was taken to a hospital in stable condition after being shot.

“Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today,” the group’s president, Tony Perkins, said in a statement.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in a statement that he was appalled by the shooting. “There is no place for such violence in our society,” he said. “My prayers go out to the wounded security guard and his family, as well as all the people at the Family Research Council whose sense of security has been shattered by today’s horrific events.”

The Family Research Council advocates conservative positions on social issues and strongly opposes gay marriage and abortion. Fox News reports that Corkins posed as an intern and was carrying a Chick-fil-A bag with him during the attack.

Sources told Fox News that after guard took away his gun, the suspect said, “Don’t shoot me, it was not about you, it was what this place stands for.”

Perkins was an outspoken defender of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s public stand against same-sex marriage, which made the fast-food chain a flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars. The Cathy family foundation has funded the Family Research Council.

“He’s taking a bold stand,” Perkins said after Cathy’s comments were reported. “Chick-fil-A is a Bible-based, Christian-based business who treats their employees well. They have been attacked in the past about their stand. But they refuse to budge on this matter, and I commend them for what they are doing.”

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mbriz
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:28pm
I don’t condone the violence, but when you spend your time hating, this is going to happen.

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oinia
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:20pm
Any reports yet linking the shooter to the Tea Party? Hmm Brian Ross? No speculations of right-wing extremism, George Stephanopoulus? MSNBC, CNN, CBS – why no made-up allegations that this was motivated by Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and the Founding Fathers?

For the last two weeks there has been a boatload of rhetoric and vandalism resounding from the LGBT crowd inciting hatred against Chik-Fil-A supporters and Christians. The media has fanned those flames with their one-sided coverage. Hate is hate, and the proof is in the violence.

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joey g
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:18pm
this is chris matthews fault…his hateful talk put this guy up to this….

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- mbriz
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:30pm
  ya, rush, beck, hannity, they never spread hate, that’s all they do.
  
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sirocco78
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:17pm
Did shooter have a hate motive??? Seriously? What a stupid lead-in. 100 percent of individuals who decide to shoot an unarmed innocent is inspired by hate.

“Hate crimes” need to be abolished.

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sdeakins
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:12pm
But but but but was he a Tea Party member?

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venerablebede
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:11pm
The MSM Liberal Media and the Democrats are to blame. They pumped up the hate against Chick Fil A and Christian groups. This poor deluded man was a mind slave of of the Democrat controlled MSM media like MSBC, ABC and CNN.

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- PutMoreOnMyPlate
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:20pm
  He will be glorified as a hero though the rest of us know where the real hate lies.
  
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- mbriz
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:33pm
  You people are nuts, blame the media, that’s always your ignorant responce. The media on both sides sucks, you give them far too much credit.
  
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- PutMoreOnMyPlate
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:39pm
  Honestly I don’t care for the news anyway. I cut off my cable and my home’s access to the outside world relies on the Internet. Tis why I troll this site :) So call me ignorant but I think the TV is one big brainwash.
  
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Bobaz
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:10pm
Another out of control liberal homosexual demonstrating that they are all the same when it comes to pressing home their agenda of special rights.

These people really have no value to society.

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birdog41
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:07pm
when will Rambo Imanual come out and apoligize for inciting this type of hatred that he not only condones but held a press conference to tell chic fil they were not welcome in his town.

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RonGeneM
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:05pm
George Stephanopulos “Hey Brian Ross, you think it was one of those Tea Party guys” Brian Ross, “He had a gun so I’m pretty sure it must have been one of those Tea party people.”

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PhineasJWhoopee
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:05pm
When I was a kid gay meant “happy”. Homosexuals have turned the meaning of gay into” angry”.
Obama is unleashing his army of degenerate parasites loose on the citizens of the United States.
When he asks them “will you help me destroy this country”? His obama zombies chant ” yes we can”

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PutMoreOnMyPlate
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:04pm
So let me get this straight. The Family Research Council (which I support) is considered by the SPLC as a “hate group.” Where’s the precedence for the FRC ever being behind a “hate crime?” This is sad and my prayers are with the security officer that was shot and for the shooter. Because no one has to fear from any Christian or any Christian organization other than being loved to death. It’s going to get worse before it’s over and we all need to know what side of the fence we’re on.

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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:04pm
The right always gets the flack from the government and the propaganda machine (MSM) but it is the left who are always pulling the trigger. Leftist are nothing short of pure evil.

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Tri-ox
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:49pm
And there you have it – MORE VIOLENCE from the ‘cult of obama’. How much more destruction – how many more deaths and injuries by obama’s cultists must we suffer before we say “NO MORE!”?

If we are to survive as a nation, obama must be removed from power.

So – where is the official statement from “America’s first gay president”?

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DLG1956
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:47pm
I thought it was illegal to carry a gun in DC?

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Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:32pm
“after guard took away his gun, the suspect said, “Don’t shoot me, it was not about you, it was what this place stands for.”

Odd that he thought that it was okay that he shoots them, but gee, “don’t shoot me back cause it’s not about you.” What a nut!

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:12pm
Its obvious that the shooter was a tea party plant. Only pro violence right wing religious nuts that carry a bible in one hand and their guns in the other. You know its true Beckbots. You dont have anything else to live for since your old and irrelevant.

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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:56pm
  Proof to back up your claims, pinko? You have no right to complain about so-called right wing extremists when you leftists are way more violent and dangerous.
  
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- tarm778
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 9:09pm
  Even tho trollmonger is a very fitting name for you, I think Richard_Cranium suits you much better.
  
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HTuttle
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:47pm
I understand Obama has called for a sitdown with the shooter.

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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:05pm
  Is he going to have a beer with it?
  
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HTuttle
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:46pm
Read some Liberal site comments. Half are saying ‘good for the shooter’.

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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:57pm
  And these same hypocrites preach tolerance and diversity.
  
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PPMStudios
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:42pm
Why is a group called a “hate group” when they don’t agree with a liberal or progressive point of view?

What happened to the First Amendment?

If ‘Gay Marriage’ was as popular with the public as the MSM would have us believe, then Liberal states like Oregon and California would have overwhelmingly voted in favor of it.

But guess what? They didn’t! Every time this has come up for public vote, IT’S LOST!!

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AlcoholicMB
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:41pm
“Don’t shoot me” even though he just shot you. Gutless little POS

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crisnick
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:38pm
Violent crimes, assuming they are not committed by someone mentally challenged enough to not know what they are doing, are caused by one of two things, greed or hate. If he had nothing to gain by it (i.e. money, promotion, etc.), then he did it out of hate, making it a hate crime. What makes people think it is not a hate crime unless the victim is a minority?

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:36pm
And you will not see 1 single loon (leftwing ideologue) condemn this..

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- Diane TX
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:56pm
  The gay groups issued a joint statement condemning this, but I haven’t been able to post it here. Although, I don’t think that their statement is the REASON that I can’t post it here, instead it’s probably some combination of letters that aren’t making it through the automatic censor.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:34pm
The left will refer to their false claims that conservatives and T-Partiers were responsible for the past versions, and say “They do it too – they started it”. That is what they do with their fantasy footage., That is why they do it, so they can re-write history according to their ridiculous lies that will be then repeated and replayed as some kind of factual truth. Lies, then refer to footage of their accusations as articles of truth as if it was true then. It’s simple alinsky!

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fande3rls
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:32pm
He obviously was listening to randy roades, rachael madow, ed shultz, allen colmes, rosie odonell, allofthe extremeist liberal talk show hosts who advocate hate against ,Christian groups also the southern poverty law center (who calls the family research center a hate group). this is the true hate group.

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- Diane TX
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:42pm
  I agree. Christians need to be included in that protected class of hate crimes based on religious beliefs.
  
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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:06pm
  Ditto!
  
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- PutMoreOnMyPlate
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:09pm
  ^ Amen <3
  
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mpoconnor7
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:32pm
I hope CNN and MSNBC made sure not to forget to tie this guy to the Tea Party.

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