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  • Carson City, Nev., Undersheriff Steve Albertson (left) and Sheriff Ken Furlong talk with IHOP President Jean Birch following a shooting at the IHOP restaurant in Carson City on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)

    Guard members killed in Nev. served in Iraq, Afghanistan

    Dozens of 911 calls made from in and around a Nevada IHOP detail a frantic scene as witnesses describe the shooter and dispatchers tried figure out if more than one person was involved in the rampage that killed four and wounded seven.

  • Donna Eldred and Don Bourcier lay flowers at a small memorial at the IHOP in Carson City, Nev., on Wednesday, the day after Eduardo Sencion (left) fatally shot four and wounded seven before killing himself. (Associated Press)

    Guardsmen killed in Nevada served in Iraq, Afghanistan

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) | Residents of Nevada's capital city say they woke up Wednesday to a small town that's lost its innocence after a mass shooting in an IHOP restaurant that left four people and the shooter dead and seven others injured.

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  • "Once people see them flying, they will be accepted as the norm," he said. "It doesn't matter if [drones] are inspecting power lines, hauling cargo, tracking livestock or any of the other uses that are out there. This technology is here to stay and it will only grow in size and application ... eventually people will feel comfortable"

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  • "Who wants to be the first passenger on a pilot-less aircraft?" said Brig. Gen. William R. Burks, Nevada's adjutant general, adding that the public likely will be afraid of unmanned passenger vehicles and other crafts until they're proven to be entirely safe.

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