Police find pipe bombs, thousands of rounds in San Bernardino jihadis’ home

Devout Muslim Syed Rizwan Farook and his religious wife Tashfeen Malik opened fire on a Christmas party firing 65 to 75 rounds resulting in a bloodbath with 14 people dead and 21 more wounded. People were gunned down and shot while they hid beneath desks.

Officials confirmed at press conference today that Farook had traveled abroad extensively in 2014, including Pakistan (and Saudi Arabia in the Spring. His wife, Malik, had entered the country on a K-1 visa, which is a nonimmigrant visa for people engaged to U.S. citizens, and traveled on a Pakistani passport.

 At a press conference in San Bernardino, police rule appear to rule out workplace violence as a motive. They confirm that the guns were purchased legally, though only the handguns were purchased by Farook. The vehicle used was rented through yesterday, and therefore had Utah license plates. Law enforcement will release the names of the victims throughout the day.

Police said the home of the two jihadis killed was full of pipe bombs and ammunition. And said most definitely this was extensively pre-planned. NBC News is reporting that the suspects left a remote-controlled bomb on the scene of the holiday party, similar to that used by the Tsarnaev brothers in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The aim was to kill police and medical personnel. The devices apparently malfunctioned.

The police also cooperated with the local FBI branch, which was called in to help dispose of booby traps at the Redlands home of one of the [jihadis.]

The idea that Obama and his agencies refuse to call this terror is an attack on this country. Instead it’s all about gun control. What will gun control do to control pipe bombs, remote control bomb-rigged devices and the ideology at the heart of this war?

San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said authorities found 12 pipe bombs, 2,000 9 mm rounds, 2,500 .223-caliber rounds and hundreds of long rifle rounds in the rented home. Hundreds of tools that could be used to make improvised explosive devices were also found. (more….)

Federal authorities said that the two assault rifles and two handguns used in the San Bernardino massacre that left 14 dead and 21 others injured were all purchased legally in the United States — two of them by someone who’s now under investigation.

Besides the 12 pipe bombs and hundreds of tools found in the San Bernardino shooters’ home, police found another 2,000 9-mm rounds, 2,500 .223 rifle rounds and several hundred more rifle rounds, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said.

UPDATE: (CNN) — The San Bernardino shooters fired 65 to 75 rounds at the party, and later in the day fired about 76 more rounds at police during a pursuit, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said Thursday.

9:15 a.m.: Brian Ross of ABC News has coined a new term for the attack: “hybrid workplace jihad.” That is not a technical term, as it purports to be, but rather a way of bridging the political distance between what looks increasingly like an Islamic terror attack on the one hand, and President Barack Obama’s dogged insistence that it might be a Muslim couple simply “going postal.” Regarding that couple, there are now questions about the timing of their marriage. Their child–whom they left with relatives–was reportedly born in May, but they were only married earlier this year, reportedly. That raises questions about a premarital liaison–or perhaps about a sham marriage arranged for other reasons, perhaps for a pretext for Malik to be in the country. Still unclear. 8:35 a.m.: Liberal journalists are complaining about the New York Post‘s cover this morning, which bears the heading “Killer Muslims” in late editions. Ironically, some of these complaints come from people who praised the New York Daily News for its “God Isn’t Fixing This” headline, which mocked people (exclusively Republicans, on the cover) for sending prayers to victims.

Michael Graham called this ‘The two Americas.’