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The American mass shooting thread
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i find that over the past few years i've accumulated seven or eight multitools, a decent swiss army knife, three different leathermans (leathermen?), a gerber one and a boker one. obviously they share some component features but the simple fact of the matter is i've overbought. i can't help thinking that the lady in the picture might have better limited herself to a couple of pistols, a couple of shotguns, a couple of assault rifles and so on, as her impressive collection must occupy more time gathering dust than being actually used. maybe she could lose the stripey monstrosity on the left, some of the revolvers and pistols and a couple of shotguns and replace them with a barratt m107a1 .50 sniper rifle, which would complement the other weapons she possesses while adding a capability i don't see represented among her guns
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
You know what they say about "living with the sword" ...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
when they should say living by the sword. fortunately she'd be able to taken out anyone with a sword before they were near enough to pose a genuine threat
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I sense a troll.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Ten dead in supermarket shooting in Buffalo, NY, by 18yr old self-professed white supremacist and anti-Semite.
www.theguardian.com
Twitter stuff about shooter’s motives etc.
<edit: decided to snip this bit out because they don’t need to get their ideas spread>
Mentions Soros and Sadiq Khan, usual derivative crap.
Fuck this terrorist shit.
Buffalo shooting: teenager accused of killing 10 in racist supermarket attack
Alleged gunman Payton Gendron, 18, charged with murder after 13 shot at store in mostly Black neighbourhood
Twitter stuff about shooter’s motives etc.
<edit: decided to snip this bit out because they don’t need to get their ideas spread>
Mentions Soros and Sadiq Khan, usual derivative crap.
Fuck this terrorist shit.
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Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
It’s just become part of culture now. I remember how angry Columbine made me but now it’s just business as usual. The NRA nuts have actually stopped saying ‘thoughts and prayers’ and ‘now is not the time’, etc because they’ve won. Waste of time. It was Sandy Hook which made me realise I shouldn’t bother with an emotional response to this stuff.
spring-peeper
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Hubby would agree with you.
I told him about the shooting, and he asked why it is even on the news. For him, it seems to be a daily occurrence.
I've stopped getting shocked about it. They (Americans) don't seem to care and are not doing anything about it, so meh!!!
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Get what you're saying.
And that causes sadness, too. The idea that the loss of human life is met with indifference.
Guess that's what these racist fucks want, for people to give up. Take it all in their stride.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Right wing MAGA over here already blaming "the left" for it 
What will it take for proper gun control?
What will it take for proper gun control?
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Yep. Like most right wing positions. Designed to make people give up. Subverting democratic norms and checks and balances. That part of the political spectrum which enables and suits the psychopath.
editor
hiraethified
Fucking piece of shit facillitated by the piece of shit firearms lobby.
Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in racially motivated attack at New York state store
An 18-year-old is charged over the New York state attack, which is being investigated as a racial hate crime.
www.bbc.co.uk
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Honestly it’s such an elephant in the room thing (more guns more shootings) i just find it…I’m numb. I think the reason the NRA isn’t sending out the ‘thoughts and prayers/not the right time to discuss the issue’ in too high profile recently is i think even they recognize its become such a cliché it doesn’t have any resonance anymore. When i get into an argument with a civilian gun nut i always use the example of the bolt gun that is used to kill cattle. The one in No Country for Old Men. It does exactly what a gun does (drives a piece of steel into an animal to stun/kill it). But its not been fetishized like an AR-15. It doesn’t have a trigger guard over which you can lay a straight finger to indicate you might know what you're doing.Fucking piece of shit facillitated by the piece of shit firearms lobby.
Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in racially motivated attack at New York state store
An 18-year-old is charged over the New York state attack, which is being investigated as a racial hate crime.www.bbc.co.uk
spring-peeper
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I see this
and think that a gun will not stop her being groomed!!
They will groom her by using the guns.
But really, the idea that a gun will make you untouchable is total nonsense.
There are times when I think they making the gun culture main stream.
And then, I see the potential revoke of abortion, and think that Christianity and guns for all.......
So, so glad that there is a border between us and them.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Totally. I actually got threatened by a US border security guard at Peace Arch for smoking a cigarette by a fucking permanent concrete and metal ashtray IN THE BORDER CROSSING. A lot of my heroes are American but that Wild West mentality needs a look at. I forget where I read this but I feel it has some truth to it. The USA was born from war. Canada was born from negotiation.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
The whole grooming thing ("ok groomer") is gaining traction as a slur to just about everyone who opposes the likes of DeSantis and his Putinesque/Section 28 bill.
Expecting more and more attacks on LGBT people as this goes on.
spring-peeper
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Odd thing to happen to you.
Change out your comment about negation, and change it to compromise.
Back in school, we were taught about their bang-bang-shoot-them-up history.
I always liked the stories of the RCMP taking the American's guns away during the gold rush days.
Fast forward many a decade, and I bet Canadian officials are still taking away their guns.
"but I have the right to bear arms" "not in Canada"
spring-peeper
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No clue what you are on about. I'm Canadian and don't really care about your laws.
Also, not sure what you are on about with LGBT - it's an American girl - but ok - yeah team - what ever.....
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Not odd really. I was going to Seattle on the Greyhound from Vancouver. First of the bus so I asked the driver where I could have a smoke while I waited for the bus to fill back up. The security guy yelled at me 'SIR. YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW'. With his hand on his piece BTW. Totally disproportionate response. On reflection you're right about compromise. The history of European colonization of North America is blood soaked. Just feel the soil was a bit more blood soaked South of the border.
spring-peeper
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What a horrible encounter.
While I was growing up, we got new neighbours.
The family was American, he was a border customs person.
Nasty man!!!!
Going back a long way to when JC was posting, there were many comments about how the US customs behaved. There were many examples of abuse.
It would seem that nothing has really changed.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
JC is the only Urbanite I've actually met in real life. We shared a pizza and a few pints when I first landed here 10 years ago. Really nice guy.
spring-peeper
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and every time you mention that story, I turn green with envy!!!
Lynne7 also spent time with him.
I hope he is doing well!!!
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Am Irish . Reckon it's important to give a fuck about American laws, because what happens in that place tends to ripple across the globe and gain influence and admirers. These laws are inflaming hatred against LGBT folk. Which is yet another huge section of the people who are being targeted by the far right.
The words "grooming" and "groomer" are being increasingly used to smear people who speak out against homophobia and bigotry (especially LGBT and their allies) as paedophiles.
The Don't Say Gay law in Florida, prohibits any teachings on or discussions of LGBT at schools. Similar to the crackdown on sexuality in Putin's Russia and 80s Britain - the infamous Section 28
Section 28: What was it and how did it affect LGBT+ people? - BBC Three
‘Don’t Say Gay’: Disney clashes with DeSantis over Florida bill
Republicans Say ‘Groomer’ to Put a Nice Face on Homophobia
The worry is that there will be more needless massacres and murders with the kind of tensions and hatreds being inflamed.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
when virginia tech happened limbaugh said something to the effect of "how far do liberals think they can push people before they react like this".Right wing MAGA over here already blaming "the left" for it
Virginia Tech shooting - Wikipedia
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Funnier than he thinks he is.
Milwaukee shootings injure 21 people | Curfew implemented and watch party cancelled
Three separate shooting incidents happened in the wake of the Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics – Game 6 clash on Friday night, and 10 people have been arrested
Crazy.
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