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The D.C. capitol shooting this last week provided one more example of how the United States is being transformed into a nation of cowards, bullies, and tyrants.

If you listened only to the initial reports you might believe that gunmen were running wild in the District of Columbia, but that was not the case.

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From wkrn.com:

A Tennessee man from the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville has been identified as the person involved in Monday’s shooting at the U.S. Capitol.

According to the United States Capitol Police, Larry R. Dawson is accused of drawing a weapon while attempting to enter the security screening area of the Capitol Visitor Center around 2:40 p.m.

The 66-year-old was shot by police and is currently in stable but critical condition at a Washington D.C. hospital. It’s unclear at this time how many officers fired or how many times Dawson was shot and where.

He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed.

News 2 learned just before 10 p.m. Monday that weapon was a pellet gun, possibly a BB gun, that resembled a real one.

The incident led to a total lockdown of the Capitol as both staff and visitors were told to shelter in place.

Capitol Police also said Dawson’s car was secured and will be searched after a search warrant is granted.

News 2 did some digging and found Dawson’s address in Antioch is the same for St. Luke’s Community Church, whose website lists Dawson as the pastor.

Neighbors told News 2 they don’t know of any actual church, and were shocked as they learned of Dawson’s alleged involvement in the Capitol.

“I was devastated, because I would have never dreamed that he would be involved in something like this allegedly, and that he would be hurt,” Anthony Hopkins told News 2.

Hopkins added, “This really scares you when something like this happens, because this is not local, this is pretty much global.”

A man who neighbors said was Dawson’s son-in-law was outside the house Monday but would not comment on the shooting.

On the self-proclaimed pastor’s church website it also states he has been to Washington three times last year to ask Congress to approve a higher minimum wage, a “movement” he says he is fighting for.

According to CNN, Monday was not Dawson’s first time at Capitol Hill. The 66-year-old was issued a “stay away order” by the D.C. Superior Court in October 2015 following an outburst in the House of Respresentatives chamber.

CNN says he “…loudly stated to Congress he was a ‘Prophet of God,’” during that incident.

News 2 also found our very own Andy Cordan interviewed Dawson exclusively back in 2003 and was the only news station there when he was arrested by Franklin police for allegedly writing inappropriate letters to an underage girl.

At the time, Dawson was her school bus driver in Williamson County.

From www.allenbwest.com:

On this Easter Sunday, we have horrific news to report from Lahore, Pakistan. More than 65 people have been killed and more than 300 injured — mostly women and children — in a suicide bombing at a park today.

While the Islamic State is top of mind this week after a string of attacks, this attack is being claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction which said it had targeted Christians celebrating this holy day.

Witnesses said they saw body parts strewn across the parking lot once the dust had settled after the blast.

“When the blast occurred, the flames were so high they reached above the trees and I saw bodies flying in the air,” said Hasan Imran, 30, a resident who had gone to Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park for a walk.

Officials said 65 people were killed and about 300 wounded. Police Superintendant Mustansar Feroz said most of the casualities were women and children.

The Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.

“The target was Christians,” a spokesman for the faction, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said. “We want to send this message to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that we have entered Lahore.”

“He can do what he wants but he won’t be able to stop us. Our suicide bombers will continue these attacks.”

Islamist militants in Pakistan have attacked Christians and other religious minorities often over the past decade.

Mustansar Feroz, police superintendent for the area in which the park is located, said most of the injured and dead were women and children.

Media footage showed children and women standing in pools of blood outside the park, crying and screaming and rescue officials, police and bystanders carrying injured people to ambulances and private cars.

Dozens of women and children were seen being wheeled into hospitals, covered in blood. Many of the injured were transported to hospitals on taxis and auto-rickshaws due to a shortage of ambulances. Hundreds of citizens arrived outside hospitals to donate blood.

Local television channels reported that many of the dead bodies were being kept in hospital wards as morgues were overcrowded.

“We were just here to have a nice evening and enjoy the weather,” Nasreen Bibi said at the Services Hospital, crying as she waited for doctors to update her on the condition of her two-year-old injured daughter.

“May God shower his wrath upon these attackers. What kind of people target little children in a park?”

What kind of people indeed.

In the wake of the attack the local government ordered parks closed; main shopping areas were also shut down and many of the city’s main roads were deserted, according to Reuters.

We pray for the victims and their loved ones — and for some sanity to return to this world.