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‘Detectives with the sheriff’s office special investigation unit began monitoring Killis, who lives in an on-campus apartment. When they located his pickup truck, they could see boxes of ammunition, a bulletproof vest, and what appeared to be a gun case in plain view. After obtaining a warrant, detectives searched Killis’ truck and his apartment. They removed a loaded semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun, and a handgun. There were also several fully loaded high-capacity magazines, “set up in a tactical manner” along with an ammunition box filled with more rounds of ammunition. “The evidence indicated that they didn’t have the firearms for self-protection,” [said a detective].’

LOL. Waaaall now I don’t know, the campus of Colorado State Pueblo is a notorious killing field, and Robert Killis (helluva name) maybe needed these weapons – and, as it turns out, many, many more – in his car and apartment to stay safe. Plus he “liked to kill people” and “wanted to kill President Biden” and thought he might use “pipe bombs … to create an explosion in the courtyard where the ROTC students ate and took breaks. Killis would also talk about setting the pipe bombs off in the courtyard so when students ran, he could shoot them as they ran.”

Funny thing is if he just kept his trap shut and kept all that shit unloaded he’d probably have been fine. Colorado and Utah are America’s most gun friendly states, and their universities reflect that. But Bob’s a people person, and he just couldn’t help sharing and someone got scared and told the cops.

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This blog has covered quite a few Killises – wee lads who come to college outfitted à la Stephen Paddock because they want to kill everybody. Only a matter of time before one of them gets his wish.

Margaret Soltan, September 24, 2021 9:03PM
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4 Responses to “‘Detectives with the sheriff’s office special investigation unit began monitoring Killis, who lives in an on-campus apartment. When they located his pickup truck, they could see boxes of ammunition, a bulletproof vest, and what appeared to be a gun case in plain view. After obtaining a warrant, detectives searched Killis’ truck and his apartment. They removed a loaded semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun, and a handgun. There were also several fully loaded high-capacity magazines, “set up in a tactical manner” along with an ammunition box filled with more rounds of ammunition. “The evidence indicated that they didn’t have the firearms for self-protection,” [said a detective].’”

  1. Chas S Clifton Says:
    September 26th, 2021 at 9:44AM

    I taught at Colorado State University-Pueblo for sixteen years and don’t remember anyone being gunned down. What “notorious killing field” are you referring to.

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:
    September 26th, 2021 at 12:24PM

    Chas: I was being ironic.

  3. Chas S Clifton Says:
    September 26th, 2021 at 4:39PM

    How does one tell?

  4. Margaret Soltan Says:
    September 27th, 2021 at 12:34AM

    Chas: The phrase “killing fields” is pretty much exclusively associated with Cambodian atrocities, and is the name of the definitive film about the subject. I thought the absurdity of calling any American campus a killing field would be clear. UD

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