The American mass shooting thread
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
believe they tried the old we not racist we just protecting an empty house defence
the worrying thing if they had just waited called the cops reported that a black man was prowling around the neighbour hood
it would have had the same result and no one would of gotten charged
or if only they lived in florida
why america is broken
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
We all live in information bubbles to some extent, I think it's kind of inevitable given the current nature of media. But it's still astonishing to me that some such bubbles are so insulated from the rest of the world that it can prompt someone to think that school shootings are a common thing in any country other than the US.
8ball
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I think it was normal prior to the internet for a lot of Americans to have very little knowledge of the rest of the rest of the planet.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Jesus fucking Christ. There's no fucking way that they can store all of those guns securely. That shit's just begging to be stolen and sold on to gangs.
Which is funny, because the gun-humpers love to go on about gangland shootings, as if there isn't a direct pipeline of firearms from rural gun maniacs to the inner cities.
Which is funny, because the gun-humpers love to go on about gangland shootings, as if there isn't a direct pipeline of firearms from rural gun maniacs to the inner cities.
8ball
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“Guantanamo Orange”, according to my colour chart.
Millions and millions to be made from this.
(easily a million dollars to kit out a medium sized school with anything of worthwhile quality by a quick totting up, and liable to be little more than a slight delaying element unless armed response is really quick off the mark)
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likesfish
You can't park here sir
That's bullshit the blankets are tornado blankets to prevent broken glass etc.
bit like painting your windows white in the event of a nuclear attack.
when a tornado bears down on you its as if the planet is personally annoyed with your continued existence!
8ball
Decolonise colons!
That's bullshit the blankets are tornado blankets to prevent broken glass etc.
bit like painting your windows white in the event of a nuclear attack.
when a tornado bears down on you its as if the planet is personally annoyed with your continued existence!
That’s interesting. There are such things as ballistic blankets, very similar in size and general look to those, but I’ve only ever seen black ones.
The colour would make a lot more sense in the context of tornadoes (for grim reasons).
likesfish
You can't park here sir
Oklahoma Company ProTecht Develops Bodyguard Blanket to Shield Kids in Tornadoes, School Shootings | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The bright orange bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is geared at protecting kids from danger during natural disasters or school shootings. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
weather.com
rated to stop 9mm and .22 unforuntaly 5.56 .223 ar15 rounds will go straight through
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I think this was probably the cause of the story:
www.newsweek.com
However, this is from 2014, and suggests maybe a maker of tornado blankets had spotted a niche:
www.buzzfeednews.com
Fox News Guest Suggests 'Ballistic Blankets' To Stop Children Getting Shot
Maureen O'Connell, an ex-FBI agent interviewed on Fox after the Texas shooting, said parents should invest in school safety measures rather than "all these tools and toys and games."
www.newsweek.com
However, this is from 2014, and suggests maybe a maker of tornado blankets had spotted a niche:
A Company Has Designed A Bulletproof Blanket To Protect Kids During School Shootings
<b>The bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is said to offer temporary shelter from natural disasters and mass shootings.</b>
8ball
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apprantly its bothOklahoma Company ProTecht Develops Bodyguard Blanket to Shield Kids in Tornadoes, School Shootings | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The bright orange bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is geared at protecting kids from danger during natural disasters or school shootings. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Yeah, there are several providers of IIIA rated ballistic blankets these days, though (your 2015 link relates to the same company in my 2014 one).
Even then, seeing what kind of guns are becoming the standard for mass shootings these days, I think in reality these might only be of use as window coverings.
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krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Big marches in the US this weekend (and outside of the country, too)
‘Enough is enough’: thousands rally across US in gun control protests
‘Enough is enough’: thousands rally across US in gun control protests
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Marches by themselves achieve nothing. Given the outcry after sandy hook and so many previous massacres and the inaction in legislating for gun control after I would be surprised if anything concrete came of these demonstrations
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Sadly, you're likely right. Even if the purchasing age was increased and more strigent checks put in place, it would make little difference.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
One thing I think would make a difference would be cooling off periods and better ‘red flag’ schemes, especially with regard to certain mental health conditions.
And purchasing age - most definitely - making it even so you couldn’t just buy high-powered rifles til the age of 21 would save a lot of lives (the median age for school shooters is 16, but it’s not just school shootings that would be affected).
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A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I think this was probably the cause of the story:
Fox News Guest Suggests 'Ballistic Blankets' To Stop Children Getting Shot
Maureen O'Connell, an ex-FBI agent interviewed on Fox after the Texas shooting, said parents should invest in school safety measures rather than "all these tools and toys and games."
However, this is from 2014, and suggests maybe a maker of tornado blankets had spotted a niche:
A Company Has Designed A Bulletproof Blanket To Protect Kids During School Shootings
<b>The bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is said to offer temporary shelter from natural disasters and mass shootings.</b>
Ballistic blankets are a thing. Mostly used by law enforcement to add to the defensive capabilities of cars when parked up as part of a containment. Most UK ARVs carry them as, apart from the engine block and perhaps the wheels, a car offers very little protection against firearms. Drape the blanket over the door or bonnet and you have hard (ish) cover you can put where you need it and that fits in the boot, apparently.
Funnily enough they aren’t t made in bright colours….
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Still fairly useless against rifle rounds though.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Yep. Ain’t life a bitch.
story
Changing the facts
Still true.
American exceptionalism rules. It’s the default mindset.
I’m on a couple of Facebook groups that are inhabited by people from all over the world. One of the rules in each of them is to clearly state your location, including country, whenever you post a question. Everyone adheres to this rule except for the Americans, who give their city, sometimes the abbreviation initials for their state, and never ever the fact that they’re in America. When pulled up on it they say shit like “I thought this was for Americans... I didn’t know you have [topic of page] in other places... I thought it would be obvious from my post… Everyone knows where NY is… I did give my location, it says IL right there!”
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8ball
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When I’ve played the online videogames with Americans, my “RP with hints of Wales and Nottinghamshire” accent often gets interpreted as “maybe Ohio?”.
If I try and do an American accent it’s just “Ohio”.
Yossarian
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I think Ohio might have more variation in accent than any other state - from Great Lakes in the north to Midwestern in the middle and Appalachian in the south - so guessing Ohio might be a way of saying "I think you're Americn but can't place you."
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I've seen the opposite too. I've seen television commentators pegged as British, when their background was upper-class Rhode Island or Maine. Most Americans think that anything that sounds upper-class is British, while anything middle- or lower-class is pegged as American. Its a class thing, as well as a location thing.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
This might be the thing you describe working in reverse, or it might be just me being dim, but I remember watching The A Team as a kid and thinking George Peppard was British (no idea what class American accent he had).
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I think he was from Detroit. Often people from Michigan get labeled as Dutch or Swedish because there's some lingering influence from their immigrant ancestors.
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