The bad (typically gun related) things happening in America thread

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

5 shot and 1 killed on a high school football field in north west Philadelphia
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-people-shot-at-roxborough-high-school/3375136/

I'm going to Philly next month to watch an Eagles game, the amount of shootings and violent crime there has me a little bit worried. I was thinking I'll just Uber literally everywhere, but then there was one last week where a young guy was shot dead between getting out of a taxi and reaching his front door.

 

[Dr. StrangeHate]

5 shot and 1 killed on a high school football field in north west Philadelphia
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-people-shot-at-roxborough-high-school/3375136/

I'm going to Philly next month to watch an Eagles game, the amount of shootings and violent crime there has me a little bit worried. I was thinking I'll just Uber literally everywhere, but then there was one last week where a young guy was shot dead between getting out of a taxi and reaching his front door.

You can always tell the Uber to go through the front door.

 

[Dumbstar]

You can always tell the Uber to go through the front door.

Make sure you're packing when you get in the Uber. And pointing the gun toward him/her hidden from view. You know he/she will be doing the same, specially if driving one handed.

 

[Fully Fledged]

5 shot and 1 killed on a high school football field in north west Philadelphia
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-people-shot-at-roxborough-high-school/3375136/

I'm going to Philly next month to watch an Eagles game, the amount of shootings and violent crime there has me a little bit worried. I was thinking I'll just Uber literally everywhere, but then there was one last week where a young guy was shot dead between getting out of a taxi and reaching his front door.

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[oneniltothearsenal]

The gun owner should have been held responsible too. If you want to walk around like Rambo then be responsible and secure your weapons.

Completely agree. It was beyond suspicious that the gun owner only just reported his AK-47 "stolen" after the shooting happened. Should have been charged with being an accessory to murder.

 

[calodo2003]

This fecking cnut again…

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[calodo2003]

Head lice is fine

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[Scarlett Dracarys]

Head lice is fine

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They're saying it mentally affects the child when they are sent home with head lice. Guess it's alright to send them to school and spread head lice to the entire class.

 

[langster]

Head lice is fine

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Are they for fecking real? Glandular fever often floors people for months.

And tonsillitis? My daughter gets it frequently, and often it makes her violently sick and shes had to visit A&E three times in the last.two years with a temperature of over 40° which causes her body to spasm and her breathing to suffer badly.

I suppose dying at school is the safer option?

 

[calodo2003]

Seems a tad invasive...

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[WI_Red]

Seems a tad invasive...

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All states with Abortion bans will be on this idea ASAP.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Seems a tad invasive...

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What the feck? A ridiculous invasion of their privacy.

 

[calodo2003]

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[Dumbstar]

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Because before dark guns don't go off?

 

[WI_Red]

Because before dark guns don't go off?

Exactly. Stupid libs should have known solar powered gun locks were never going to work.

 

[Drainy]

Darrell Brooks, the arsehole who ran over people at a parade while fleeing the police, is currently on trial.

He's sacked his lawyers and is representing himself, sovereign citizen style, after multiple competency tests.. its been quite incredible

 

[calodo2003]

Totally forgot about that cnut. Hope he fails miserably.

 

[Drainy]

Totally forgot about that cnut. Hope he fails miserably.

He's genuinely the worst person in the world and there is no way he's getting off.

He has been a complete nutter, at times rocking back and forth, sometimes facing away with his shirt off.

He's just responded to the judge asking if he will behave himself going forward with 'I have been' and when pressed 'I cannot answer that for certain'.

He's fecked and rightly so

 

[RedTiger]

Seems a tad invasive...

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Building a database so they can tell if someone misses a period???

 

[calodo2003]

The good result of a bad thing…

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[calodo2003]

Complete pieces of shit...

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[MarylandMUFan]

This is so American. I mean, the 2 rednecks were still fighting while their children were suffering from being shot:
Two girls shot after drivers fire at each other in Florida road rage (nbcnews.com)

 

[Fully Fledged]

Decision on sentence for Parkland's Shooter imminent.

 

[calodo2003]

For those not familiar with the tragedy…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting

Apparently Alex Jones is losing his mind right now about Parkland on his show.

Hope the shooter gets the death penalty.

 

[Adisa]

Looks like it is the death penalty.

 

[calodo2003]

Wow, this is taking a long time.

 

[Fully Fledged]

Wow, this is taking a long time.

Yeah but every parent deserves their day in court.

 

[calodo2003]

Yeah but every parent deserves their day in court.

Yep.

 

[adexkola]

This idea of the death penalty being imposed because of the parents wishes is nonsense. The camera focusing on the parents as the verdict is read is so ghoulish.

I'd happily send the person who burgled me to the electric chair. Because we live in a society (a civilized one I think), my wishes don't count. Or at least, they shouldn't.

 

[calodo2003]

This idea of the death penalty being imposed because of the parents wishes is nonsense. The camera focusing on the parents as the verdict is read is so ghoulish.

I'd happily send the person who burgled me to the electric chair. Because we live in a society (a civilized one I think), my wishes don't count. Or at least, they shouldn't.

Most of the parents of the victims have explicitly not shared their view on which sentence would satisfy them, so we really don’t know how the majority of them actually feel.

 

[Fully Fledged]

This idea of the death penalty being imposed because of the parents wishes is nonsense. The camera focusing on the parents as the verdict is read is so ghoulish.

I'd happily send the person who burgled me to the electric chair. Because we live in a society (a civilized one I think), my wishes don't count. Or at least, they shouldn't.

It is. I don't like this aspect of the press honing in on people's suffering.

 

[Drainy]

Sounds like a juror has prevented the death penalty

 

[Fully Fledged]

Sounds like a juror has prevented the death penalty

Yep.
The families get to have their say now.

 

[WI_Red]

Sounds like a juror has prevented the death penalty

Good, that juror is a hero.

 

[adexkola]

Most of the parents of the victims have explicitly not shared their view on which sentence would satisfy them, so we really don’t know how the majority of them actually feel.

CNN reported that most of the parents in the courtroom expressed preference for the death penalty (probably my first mistake). I understand it, (and would want worse if my child was killed by him) but it shouldn't matter.

 

[calodo2003]

CNN reported that most of the parents in the courtroom expressed preference for the death penalty. I understand it, (and would want worse if my child was killed by him) but it shouldn't matter.

Really? I had heard otherwise. Maybe I heard wrong. I wasn’t watching the proceedings, only listening to it on XM, so I can’t speak to how the cameras were being used.

I’m pragmatic on the death penalty. This event deserved it. Many don’t.

 

[WI_Red]

Really? I had heard otherwise. Maybe I heard wrong. I wasn’t watching the proceedings, only listening to it on XM, so I can’t speak to how the cameras were being used.

I’m pragmatic on the death penalty. This event deserved it. Many don’t.

The death penalty is one of the few things I am an absolutist on. It is always wrong, in every case, every time.

 

[Adisa]

Happy it's life. I am against the death penalty and you can't pick and choose which situation to use the chair.