Warning mass speculation ahead
i think this terrorism vs hate crime vs religiously motivated is a muddle of poor definitions.
When people think terrorism I think they are referring to jihad with the purpose of expanding and creating a caliphate. This is a kind of terrorism let's call it Islamic Jihad motivated terrorism
I don't think this is Islamic jihad terrorism.
You also have religiously motivated domestic terrorism. These are the abortion bombers. I think this person fits here. As his hatred was religiously motivated Against a specific group. I think the way to stop this type of terrorism is different than jihady terrorism.
Then you have your anti-government terrorism. Your mcveighs and those Oregon folks.
It's all terrorism which is made easier by the easy access to weapons. If this guy just had a semi auto hand gun less than half as many people die.
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