The American mass shooting thread

[gentlegreen]

I got shown this for some reason ...
How people are illegally making handguns even more lethal..
Apparently they are also fitting much larger magazines ...

 

[Ax^]

6 dead in Sacramento! Sacramento shooting: At least six dead in centre of California state capital

saw a video on the lead up to this appears to be a bunch of people fight outside a night club

and suddenly some asshat opened up with an automatic weapon

grim stuff not shown in the video but people running away

but Merica

 

[A380]

Good to know good guys have guns and know how to use them…

 

[editor]

6 dead in Sacramento! Sacramento shooting: At least six dead in centre of California state capital

Firearms are involved in approximately 40,000 deaths a year in the US, including suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.

FFS.

 

[Ax^]

more guns are required to tackled the suicides mind, if only you had 2 guns most of them could be handled with stand your ground laws

 

[William of Walworth]

I've posted a version of this thought before, and more than once. But if there's one single biggest reason why I'll always feel completely alienated from aspects of US society and culture, then gun-morondom is that culture

That and the inability of any US authorities to get any kind of gun control laws implemented.

Might as well also remind you of my conviction that the NRA should be prescribed and banned as a terrorist organisation.

But If I was eligible to run for US Prssident or even for a State Governorship on that platform though, I suspect I'd struggle to get enough signatories to run, let alone enough votes to save my deposit (or US equivalent)

 

[gentlegreen]

No "socialised" medicine.
Sod all holidays or sick leave.
Food deserts.
More toddler gun deaths than gang-related deaths in UK
But 57 varieties of Oreos

 

[likesfish]

Apprantly we are all sheep because we don't want to be tooled up 24/7 and can't defend the country from russians because very house doesn't have a Gun.
Much as I'd like an SLR few questions asked its not a terribly good idea a lot of people shouldnt have access to guns. Yanks prove that everyday.
But are hung up that it's a right

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The results of this study aren't exactly a surprise, sadly.

People in homes with handguns more likely to be shot dead, major study finds

Researchers find ‘zero evidence of any kind of protective effects’, with women at particular risk

www.theguardian.com

 

[agricola]

I got shown this for some reason ...
How people are illegally making handguns even more lethal..
Apparently they are also fitting much larger magazines ...

watching that cop demonstrate how uncontrollable they are when fired I am not sure they are "even more lethal" - it just seemed to be a roundabout way of making a worse gun than the MAC-10

 

[gentlegreen]

watching that cop demonstrate how uncontrollable they are when fired I am not sure they are "even more lethal" - it just seemed to be a roundabout way of making a worse gun than the MAC-10

I wonder how many gang-related deaths are actually caused by ricochets in any case ?

 

[agricola]

Apprantly we are all sheep because we don't want to be tooled up 24/7 and can't defend the country from russians because very house doesn't have a Gun.
Much as I'd like an SLR few questions asked its not a terribly good idea a lot of people shouldnt have access to guns. Yanks prove that everyday.
But are hung up that it's a right

TBF this crisis in Ukraine (and COVID, and the recent floods) has made me wonder whether it would be better to have more of an organized citizenry, not in the US militia sense of the word but in terms of having large numbers of people across the country who could be trained to help out in crisis situations. A part of that could be a familiarity with firearms (albeit they'd be centrally stored and maintained and not issued unless required) but also other stuff like testing, first aid, the logistics of mass evacuations, setting up rest areas etc.

 

[pbsmooth]

like some sort of army? and across United Nations?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

watching that cop demonstrate how uncontrollable they are when fired I am not sure they are "even more lethal" - it just seemed to be a roundabout way of making a worse gun than the MAC-10

Yeah, anyone that can hit their target with a fully auto Glock is usually doing it by luck rather than skill. They’ve also got deep pockets, as you’ll dump through ammo at a ridiculous rate.

 

[agricola]

like some sort of army? and across United Nations?

No, more like civil assistance - people who could know how to help when there’s an emergency that requires a lot of people to help with (like doing home visit testing for COVID, for example). I think it would be more responsible, more effective and certainly cheaper (overall, although you’d pay the individuals more) than getting the usual outsourcing firms to do it.

 

[editor]

I wonder how many gang-related deaths are actually caused by ricochets in any case ?

We had some dickhead fire off six rounds outside my flat last month in some sort of half arsed drive-by shooting, except he didn't hit anyone. The pathetic cunt.

 

[editor]

TBF this crisis in Ukraine (and COVID, and the recent floods) has made me wonder whether it would be better to have more of an organized citizenry, not in the US militia sense of the word but in terms of having large numbers of people across the country who could be trained to help out in crisis situations. A part of that could be a familiarity with firearms (albeit they'd be centrally stored and maintained and not issued unless required) but also other stuff like testing, first aid, the logistics of mass evacuations, setting up rest areas etc.

No thanks.

 

[Yossarian]

TBF this crisis in Ukraine (and COVID, and the recent floods) has made me wonder whether it would be better to have more of an organized citizenry, not in the US militia sense of the word but in terms of having large numbers of people across the country who could be trained to help out in crisis situations. A part of that could be a familiarity with firearms (albeit they'd be centrally stored and maintained and not issued unless required) but also other stuff like testing, first aid, the logistics of mass evacuations, setting up rest areas etc.

If I lived somewhere at risk of being invaded by Russia or China I'd probably own so many guns that even visitors from Texas would say "Whoa, that might be too many guns."

 

[likesfish]

TBF this crisis in Ukraine (and COVID, and the recent floods) has made me wonder whether it would be better to have more of an organized citizenry, not in the US militia sense of the word but in terms of having large numbers of people across the country who could be trained to help out in crisis situations. A part of that could be a familiarity with firearms (albeit they'd be centrally stored and maintained and not issued unless required) but also other stuff like testing, first aid, the logistics of mass evacuations, setting up rest areas etc.

you mean like the Army Reserve the new name for the TA most of the emergency response is done by councils as the MoD charges an eye-watering amount unless its desperate and a specialist kit is needed.
part of this is the military is much smaller and doesn't have 1000s of bored squaddies hanging about.
Also, a lot of emergency plans were call the military these days plans are a lot better.
Short of Aliens invading we arent going to need a large force of infantry

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

TBF this crisis in Ukraine (and COVID, and the recent floods) has made me wonder whether it would be better to have more of an organized citizenry, not in the US militia sense of the word but in terms of having large numbers of people across the country who could be trained to help out in crisis situations. A part of that could be a familiarity with firearms (albeit they'd be centrally stored and maintained and not issued unless required) but also other stuff like testing, first aid, the logistics of mass evacuations, setting up rest areas etc.

An NRA representative suggested that American gun owners could donate a few guns to Ukraine and was shot down pretty quickly. Now they're running a campaign to buy ammo:

NRA Family | Show Your Support: Ukraine Needs Ammo, Not a Ride

American ammunition manufacturers are stepping up to the plate for Ukraine, and your t-shirt purchase will help!

www.nrafamily.org

However, let us not forget the NRA's ties to Russia:

NRA leaders forged ties with Maria Butina while she was helping target Ukraine

The gun group claimed it didn't know about the Russian agent's actions, but the evidence was public.

www.motherjones.com

 

[ouirdeaux]

An NRA representative suggested that American gun owners could donate a few guns to Ukraine and was shot down pretty quickly.

Harsh but perhaps fitting.

 

[Ax^]

jebus wtf is going on in brooklyn

 

[spring-peeper]

jebus wtf is going on in brooklyn

The train thing?
Totally weird.....

 

[editor]

The train thing?
Totally weird.....

it is fucking odd

A man in a worker’s vest put on a gas mask, opened a canister that filled a subway car with smoke and then opened fire, the police said Tuesday morning, adding later in the afternoon that they had found a truck they believe was driven by the shooter who is still at large.

At least 16 people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, on the train and on the platform at the busy 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood, where three subway lines meet. The Fire Department said that five victims were in critical condition, but none were believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.

archive.ph

archive.ph

 

[Ax^]

ok it might be something relatively unsupring like terrorism but do we have the most enept perpatrator

have no even seen anyone claiming it

 

[A380]

 

[extra dry]

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odd that they left the TURD sticker? maybe these are deep cover FBI?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

3 shooting over easter
Including a gun fight at a party with 2 killed and 8 injured.
I had forgotten about gunshot detecting street furniture.

 

[teqniq]

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[A380]