The American mass shooting thread

[Pickman's model]

I know he's a bit of a twat but this kind of brings it home how fucking crazy the continuing mass shootings are in the US.

if you hold your fingers over his jowls he's the spit of kevin bacon

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

In response to the shootings, one of our senators is getting some flack after saying that the GOP is enabling racists (which they are):

A Nebraska state GOP senator admitted that the Republican Party is "enabling white supremacy" on Sunday.

John McCollister, 72, who was first elected in 2014, criticized both his party and President Trump in a Sunday night Twitter thread.

"The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country. As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth. I of course am not suggesting that all Republicans are white supremacists nor am I saying that the average Republican is even racist," he began. "What I am saying though is that the Republican Party is COMPLICIT to obvious racist and immoral activity inside our party."

Nebraska state GOP senator admits party is 'enabling white supremacy'

Instead of considering what he said, the state GOP told him to leave the party:

Nebraska GOP tells Republican lawmaker who said party is 'enabling white supremacy' to register as Democrat

What will probably happen to this senator is that Pete Ricketts will bring all of that money he's able to wield, as the billionaire spawn of billionaire parents, to fund a challenge him in the next election. He's done that in several cases of people who opposed him or his policies. It has often worked, and he's been able to stack the legislature with his fellow Catholic conservatives (sometimes referred to as "the Catholic Mafia.") He also funded the ballot initiative that put capital punishment back on the books.

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[Lord Camomile]

 

[likesfish]

Suspect in disturbance at Missouri Walmart says he was testing 2nd Amendment rights: prosecutors

A 20-year-old man who sent shoppers fleeing after he entered a Walmart store in Missouri while wearing body armor and carrying a rifle and handgun on Thursday, said he wanted to see whether the store would respect his Second Amendment rights, according to a probable cause statement released Friday.



Then there is this 2nd amendment is about right to bear arms to fight tyranny not wander about armed to the teeth because you feel like taking mr armalite for a walk . 2nd activists have got to be some of the stupidist people on the planet, it would make sense if they were secret anti gun types but unfortunatly these pond life think they are normalising the carrying of guns
A its never going to be normal to take a semi automatic rifle shopping why would you do that if you didnt have to?
B somebodys committed mass murder with a rifle who thinks I'll reassure people by walkimg into a supermarket with a semi auto,atic rifle why,would you do that

 

[Nylock]

Dickhead decides to go to the local Wal-Mart for a power trip. Pleads 2nd amendment when arrested.

 

[dylanredefined]

Dickhead decides to go to the local Wal-Mart for a power trip. Pleads 2nd amendment when arrested.

His wife and sister both pleaded with him not to do it.

 

[Nylock]

His wife and sister both pleaded with him not to do it.

Despite immediate family telling him it's a very bad idea; Dickhead decides to go to the local Wal-Mart for a power trip. Pleads 2nd amendment when arrested.

 

[likesfish]

His wife and sister both pleaded with him not to do it.

Now the obvious joke that their the same person would just be cheap

 

[Dogsauce]

This ‘holding a tyrannical government to account’ thing never seems to happen does it?

 

[dylanredefined]

This ‘holding a tyrannical government to account’ thing never seems to happen does it?

Pretty much one town had a corrupt sheriff and ended up being overthrown. Though the fighting was mostly done by newly returned ww2 veterans and they used national guard weapons they stole from an armoury.
And cleaned them before they returned them.
Battle of Athens 1946

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Pretty much one town had a corrupt sheriff and ended up being overthrown. Though the fighting was mostly done by newly returned ww2 veterans and they used national guard weapons they stole from an armoury.
And cleaned them before they returned them.
Battle of Athens 1946

That's mental!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

This ‘holding a tyrannical government to account’ thing never seems to happen does it?

Well as long as you remove the word tyrannical and the account you are holding them to is to do with their skin colour.

 

[teqniq]

 

[Badgers]

Six Philadelphia cops shot, police fear hostage situation

 

[petee]

Six Philadelphia cops shot, police fear hostage situation

the name "nicetown" is your guarantee that it's the most dangerous neighborhood in the city. (i speak from knowledge, though not experience, fortunately.) one article about this quotes someone as saying "we hear gunshots all the time, but not like this."

 

[Poi E]

Ohio shooter’s family ‘deeply sorry’ for obituary

Mom and Pop in complete, bizarre denial at the actions of their son.

 

[agricola]

Ohio shooter’s family ‘deeply sorry’ for obituary

Mom and Pop in complete, bizarre denial at the actions of their son.

TBF given what happened to them (one kid being murdered by the other one, who goes on to murder others), you can at least understand where their bizarre denial has come from.

 

[editor]

This fuckwit was stopped in time but I'm sure there'll be plenty more to come

The FBI arrested an 18-year-old from Ohio for making online threats — including against the federal government and Planned Parenthood — and found a large cache of weapons, authorities said.

When agents raided the Boardman, Ohio, house where Justin Olsen was living they recovered 15 rifles, 10 semi-automatic pistols and roughly 10,000 rounds of ammunition, according to a criminal complaint written by FBI Special Agent Themistocles Tsarnas and seen by NBC News.


Olsen, who wrote under the name "ArmyOfChrist," was charged Monday with one count of threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer.

"ArmyOfChrist discussed supporting mass shootings, and assault and/or targeting of Planned Parenthood," according to Tsarnas.

FBI arrests Ohio teen for online threats and finds 25 firearms, 10,000 rounds of ammo

 

[Pickman's model]

This fuckwit was stopped in time but I'm sure there'll be plenty more to come




FBI arrests Ohio teen for online threats and finds 25 firearms, 10,000 rounds of ammo

why in god's name would someone need 10 semi-automatic pistols? wouldn't two suffice? and 15 rifles? surely an sks or an m4, shotgun and some sort of sniper rifle would cover pretty much every conceivable situation?

 

[petee]

This fuckwit was stopped in time but I'm sure there'll be plenty more to come




FBI arrests Ohio teen for online threats and finds 25 firearms, 10,000 rounds of ammo

this is important. i don't know what gets reported in the UK press, but in addition to the mass killings, there is an unending stream of threats of violence and violent speech from rightwingers over here. every day there's another.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

May as well put this here. Make of it what you will! Lots of angry animal lovers on twitter frothing, (the dog would in this scenario probably come out on top) but we have used animals in warfare for decades, & if a dog can quickly minimise a casualty count at a school isn’t that a good position?

Former Navy SEAL Trains Cloned K-9s to Locate and Take Down School Shooters

 

[UnderOpenSky]

May as well put this here. Make of it what you will! Lots of angry animal lovers on twitter frothing, (the dog would in this scenario probably come out on top) but we have used animals in warfare for decades, & if a dog can quickly minimise a casualty count at a school isn’t that a good position?

Former Navy SEAL Trains Cloned K-9s to Locate and Take Down School Shooters

Something makes me uneasy about cloned dogs for law enforcement. Bit to cyberpunk for me...

 

[spring-peeper]

Gun control groups spend over $2 million on ads since recent mass shootings while NRA talks to Trump

Gun control advocacy groups have spent more than $2 million on digital and TV ads since the mass shootings weeks ago in California, Texas and Ohio that left more than 30 dead.

An organization mostly funded by Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York mayor, is leading the way with a $935,000 ad campaign calling on Congress to require tougher background checks for gun sales along with strong red flag laws.

The NRA has spent just $14,000 on Facebook ads since last week. Instead, the group focused its recent advocacy on tweeting and being in direct contact with President Donald Trump.

 

[dylanredefined]

why in god's name would someone need 10 semi-automatic pistols? wouldn't two suffice? and 15 rifles? surely an sks or an m4, shotgun and some sort of sniper rifle would cover pretty much every conceivable situation?

They collect them. My neighbour in florida had 200 or more rifles all german k98 ww2 rifles.Didnt even shoot them.

 

[Pickman's model]

They collect them. My neighbour in florida had 200 or more rifles all german k98 ww2 rifles.Didnt even shoot them.

This young man must be an avid collector

 

[UnderOpenSky]

They collect them. My neighbour in florida had 200 or more rifles all german k98 ww2 rifles.Didnt even shoot them.

Something I can sadly relate to. Not the owning weapons that can kill people, but having something that's perfectly functional and yet desiring another similar one.

 

[likesfish]

Theres somebody in the uk who the police made become a firearms dealer when his lee enfield collecting got to a silly stage ( the paperwork is easier on plod) he does sell the odd rifle but usually buys three more

His main threat to peoples health is if he corners you anorak does not even begin to cover it.

10,000 rounds sounds a lot but with with several diffrent calibres thats only a 1000 rounds a weapon which is a serious day out at a range with a semi automatic

 

[Mr.Bishie]

This young man must be an avid collector

Hardly stamps or beer mats is it? Lone wolf wrongun bizzniss!

 

[dylanredefined]

This young man must be an avid collector

He might well be, that's also a serious amount of cash for such a stockpile even if they are the cheapest guns you can buy.