The American mass shooting thread

[friedaweed]

Perhaps we need to start thinking of mass shootings in the US as sporting events, with each state trying to win the World Series of gun murders. I think Nevada would be in the lead so far, with Florida a close second. The real advantage of this approach of course is that sports events have rules. So, just as in baseball you have rules about tampering with the ball, you could have rules about magazine capacity etc but pass them off as part of the rules of the game.

The Trumper games

 

[likesfish]

Buckshot into a classroom and pipebombs apprantly the bombs didnt go off

 

[Yossarian]

Where's PBman these days?

Last time he was seen was when he popped in for a quick gloat the night Trump was elected.

 

[Yossarian]

But some social media watchers said they were still surprised at the speed with which the Santa Fe shooting descended into information warfare. Sampson said he watched the clock after the suspect was first named by police to see how long it would take for a fake Facebook account to be created in the suspect's name: less than 20 minutes.

Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting

 

[friedaweed]

Last time he was seen was when he popped in for a quick gloat the night Trump was elected.

Cowardly little fuck as always then

If Amerikkka needs some mass shooting it's the kids that actually need to be doing the cull

 

[Lord Camomile]

They reeeeeeeeaaaaaally don't want to blame guns.

 

[teqniq]

 

[Badgers]

1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near high school graduation, police say

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

Trumptards and the NRA know they only need to hold tight for a few days before blaming the victims.

 

[scifisam]

I do think the openness of American school campuses is a problem, though obvs not as much as the guns. Anyone can wander onto a school campus in the US and a lot of these shootings have been carried out by kids who were on suspension (don't know if the latest Texas one was).

 

[Dogsauce]

From the BBC article:

Governor Abbott called the shooting "one of the most heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas schools".

It’s the ‘one of the most’ that highlights how screwed up this all is. Just another.

 

[Dogsauce]

Like, maybe in the top twenty five percent of school shootings we’ve had, maybe top ten percent even. I dunno, I’ll have to have a look at the numbers...

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Bystanders gun down US restaurant shooter

I'm glad the two guys killed the one guy, before he could kill anyone else, but I still can't help but be annoyed at anything that lends credence to the whole "only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun" claim. Sure, it's happened here (and good thing too), but overall, it happens so infrequently that it really is a weak argument for stopping gun control.

 

[Nylock]

An NRA spokesperson is quoted as saying exactly that in the article...

 

[spring-peeper]

In Massachusetts, a class of five-year-olds are learning this rhyme - set to the lullaby "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" - so they know what to do during a school shooting.

Parent Georgy Cohen spotted the poem taped to a classroom chalkboard at the school in the city of Somerville.

She posted a picture online, writing: "This should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartener's classroom."

However, she made clear that she didn't blame the kindergarten for its approach, tweeting: "The school is doing exactly what they need to be doing, and I am glad for it. My issue is with the political & cultural factors that brought us to this sad state. Please talk to your legislators about the need for gun reform."

ya gotta do what ya gotta do

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Bystanders gun down US restaurant shooter

I'm glad the two guys killed the one guy, before he could kill anyone else, but I still can't help but be annoyed at anything that lends credence to the whole "only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun" claim. Sure, it's happened here (and good thing too), but overall, it happens so infrequently that it really is a weak argument for stopping gun control.

He sounds like he was pretty ill and shouldn't have had access to firearms.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

He sounds like he was pretty ill and shouldn't have had access to firearms.

Yeah, I think that article has been updated since I originally posted it, as it didn't have any of the stuff about demonic possession or any mental health issues.

Without a doubt, some basic gun control, like ensuring mentally ill people can't get them in the first place, would have been better than this guy getting killed.

Still, in the actual circumstances, I suppose it's for the best that he got killed instead of killing lots of other people. How fucked up is that?

 

[Jon-of-arc]

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ya gotta do what ya gotta do

Someone needs to do a grime version, if they really wanna be down with the kids.

 

[Badgers]

 

[existentialist]

Fuck me. They have no sense of perspective, do they? Which I suppose figures, if you only look at the world down the barrel of a gun.

Also, "complement", surely? Unless NRA types are claiming their suppressors talk to them...

 

[Graymalkin]

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ya gotta do what ya gotta do

I saw this while on break at work and couldn't help but recite it in the manner of a deranged Doctor Seuss. Heads shook all around.

In other news someone tried to 'swat' David Hogg. Luckily he wasn't home at the time.

Someone "swatted" Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg and his family

 

[Badgers]

Good times

'A great item to have': flamethrowers sell like hot cakes at Elon Musk sale

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Good times

'A great item to have': flamethrowers sell like hot cakes at Elon Musk sale

Who doesn't want a flame thrower though?

 

[a_chap]

Who doesn't want a flame thrower though?

Robert Harbin?

 

[likesfish]

they count as agricultural equipment in the states here its illegal as hell.
the weird thing about suppressors/silencers in the UK and most places if you're allowed a firearm nobody to bothered if you put a suppressor on it as they don't actually make guns into silent assassin weapons most guns only sound loud instead of painfully loud.
one or two do sound that quiet

 

[Badgers]

One dead and 22 injured in shooting at New Jersey Art All Night festival

 

[Baronage-Phase]

One dead and 22 injured in shooting at New Jersey Art All Night festival

Shit

 

[8ball]

The scorecard is so full now that it’s harder and harder to do a “worst ever”, and those are the only times the conversation re-starts.

 

[Poi E]

That was gang-related. Bet they weren't even NRA members. I mean, spraying a crowd. Amateurish.

 

[cybershot]

Not mass shooting related but this will give something the NRA to cheer about.

Walmart shopper kills carjacking gunman