Quote Originally Posted by Melvin View Post
Who says it is illegitimate? You? Who says it was unprovoked? There are 2 sides to every story and then there is the truth.

And by the way is the unconstitutional power grab not an illegitimate unprovoked attack??
Quote Originally Posted by DHC View Post
Ronin, to Dorner the attacks *are* legitimate - just as legitimate as the hypothetical "unconstitutional powergrab" you reference. The fact pattern is different, but there are very clear parallels to be drawn. It becomes a matter of degree in multiple dimension. What amount of injustice by authorities will inspire you to take action? What actions will you take - graduated or 'all-in'? Lots of parallels to be drawn.

None of this is to be interpreted as defense of his killing spree.

FWIW
I can answer both in one post- Dorner the crazy asshole is wronged by the department- be it with or without just cause... wrongful or legitimate termination is not a justifiable excuse to murder people. From the reports it would appear that he targeted and murdered his victims, as he stated he was going to do in his manifesto. As for LEOs/mil going around door to door on a gun confiscation, that is HUGELY different than being fired (with or without just cause).