Yet another US college gun slaughter - "at least 10" killed in Oregan shooting

[TomUS]

NRA will say arm all the students.

Preliminary information indicated 10 people were killed and more than 20 were injured at the college, located at 1140 Umpqua College Road in the Roseburg community, Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate told CNN.

TV station KATU later reported 15 people were killed, according to state police.

At Least 10 People Reportedly Killed in Oregon College Shooting

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

MSN is saying 15 dead.

 

[teqniq]

MSN is saying 15 dead.

So does Reuters. Sad sad sad. Even more so when you consider that there will be a lot of grief and handwringing but nothing meaningful will be done to rectify the situation

 

[Ax^]

they need more guns

that'll sort it

 

[StoneRoad]

My condolences to everyone affected by this incident.
Truly shocking, even on the limited information currently available.
An optimist would hope that these mass shootings would encourage some progress towards proper gun controls ... somehow, I don't expect that to happen - which is a shame, and makes these events somewhat inevitable.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

If the murder of 21 primary school students didn't move anyone, I doubt if anything will.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

If the murder of 21 primary school students didn't move anyone, I doubt if anything will.

Possibly the only wise thing Dan Hodges has ever said:

 

[Pickman's model]

body armour all round

 

[weltweit]

They must have some kind of a collective blindness.

It just continues and they do nothing substantial to prevent it.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

They must have some kind of a collective blindness.

It just continues and they do nothing substantial to prevent it.

They're too busy with made up issues like Planned Parenthood, Clinton's email, and Bengazi.

 

[weltweit]

There is only one positive to it, which is that all the killing is slowly persuading my son that emigrating there when he is older might not be such a good idea.

 

[stavros]

Charlton Heston, 1923-2008

I think they're cold enough now.

 

[sleaterkinney]

And he was on 4chan last night:

http://i.imgur.com/F90JrJW.jpg

People encouraging him and everything. fucked up.

 

[teqniq]

That is proper fucked up

 

[J Ed]

And he was on 4chan last night:

http://i.imgur.com/F90JrJW.jpg

People encouraging him and everything. fucked up.

4chan is a festering hive of racism, misogyny, child pornography and seems to be a factory for stuff like this.

 

[editor]

Fucking shocking stuff and yet Americans will remain obsessed with their fucking guns.

 

[editor]

And he was on 4chan last night:

http://i.imgur.com/F90JrJW.jpg

People encouraging him and everything. fucked up.

Jesus. What kind of fucked up cunts are n that thread?

 

[teqniq]

The shooter, who has not been identified, is also dead, according to Roseburg Police Sgt. Aaron Dunbar.

13 reported dead after shooting at Oregon community college

 

[Tony_LeaS]

Jesus. What kind of fucked up cunts are n that thread?

The internet sensationalists that are all about "if I'm behind a keyboard who honestly cares" bandwagon. Wonder if anyone feels responsible now.

Once again, the country will justify their keeping of gun laws with "its one of our ground laws" even though they are called amendments. which can uh, be amended.

 

[teqniq]

With regard to 4chan I like this tweet

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Er...

That's not 4chan. (From what the URL says)

(Not saying 4chan is better, but that is a different board running roughly the same software)

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Once again, the country will justify their keeping of gun laws with "its one of our ground laws" even though they are called amendments. which can uh, be amended.

The amendment process isn't easy though - it requires supermajorities in Congress, and 3/4ths of the States to ratify, I think.

The practicalities of disarmament are another gigantic complication on top of that.

It's a settled thing, the US is a country where weapons are easily obtained. Varies from state to state I suppose, but there's no border controls so whatever.

 

[Tony_LeaS]

CNN reporters right now are trying to JUSTIFY what these social media users were saying.

"Some people say dumb stuff, and we sometimes respond like yeah do it"

Maybe getting a silly tattoo, or a pet. Not a fucking shooting.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

The amendment process isn't easy though - it requires supermajorities in Congress, and 3/4ths of the States to ratify, I think.

The practicalities of disarmament are another gigantic complication on top of that.

It's a settled thing, the US is a country where weapons are easily obtained. Varies from state to state I suppose, but there's no border controls so whatever.

I've recently heard the suggestion that we could require gun owners to carry liability insurance. The theory is that it would raise the cost of gun ownership beyond where you could own a lot of them, but wouldn't actually infringe on the right to own one.

 

[Tony_LeaS]

The amendment process isn't easy though - it requires supermajorities in Congress, and 3/4ths of the States to ratify, I think.

The practicalities of disarmament are another gigantic complication on top of that.

It's a settled thing, the US is a country where weapons are easily obtained. Varies from state to state I suppose, but there's no border controls so whatever.

Its a difficult area, and something which sadly Obama doesn't entirely have control over himself. The gun society lobbyists often shoot down attempts to make it tougher to obtain guns.

 

[William of Walworth]

The NRA is a terrorist organisation.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Its a difficult area, and something which sadly Obama doesn't entirely have control over himself. The gun society lobbyists often shoot down attempts to make it tougher to obtain guns.

The President doesn't have anything much of a legislative say in constitutional amendments - there's no veto, for example. He can use his political weight, of course, but it's a Congress and States deal.

 

[BandWagon]

It's a stale argument. There are more guns than people and they ain't going anywhere anytime soon. These shootings will continue and only the families care. They accept 30,000 gun deaths a year as the price of 'freedom'.

It's their country, where I lived for a while, but I wouldn't now.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I've recently heard the suggestion that we could require gun owners to carry liability insurance. The theory is that it would raise the cost of gun ownership beyond where you could own a lot of them, but wouldn't actually infringe on the right to own one.

If there is anything to be done, it'll have to be something indirect. I've heard suggestions about limiting ammunition in some way, but that'll only create an easily filled black market.

 

[J Ed]

Er...

That's not 4chan. (From what the URL says)

(Not saying 4chan is better, but that is a different board running roughly the same software)

Yes it is