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

[Shakesy]

There are some sick kids in our country, so thankfully they don't have free access to firearms.

 

[Sir Matt]

Shooter was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 

[adexkola]

What are the odds one of us on this side of the world wake up to a call that one of our relatives/friends/colleagues have passed? Or are randomly in a mall, school, office, supermarket, bar... And get shot while browsing the Caf?

Anyways, good morning

 

[calodo2003]

Five year anniversary of Parkland today.

 

[Drainy]

Five year anniversary of Parkland today.

Ridiculous that in a state where the death penalty is in place that he escaped from it

 

[calodo2003]

Ridiculous that in a state where the death penalty is in place that he escaped from it

Agree.

 

[calodo2003]

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[SmashedHombre]

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Gross. They will do anything to avoid raising wages and working conditions, including advocating for child labour. You just know in certain circles this is going to be greeted as a great idea, too.

 

[Scarlett Dracarys]

Ridiculous that in a state where the death penalty is in place that he escaped from it

That's because they're all cowards.

 

[WI_Red]

Ridiculous that in a state where the death penalty is in place that he escaped from it

Ridiculous that in a civilized nation the death penalty is in place.

edit: never mind all recent and historical evidence proves we’re not civilized, so let the state sanctioned murder flow!

 

[calodo2003]

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[WI_Red]

Totally normal in a country where the leading cause of death for children is guns. But hey, at least you get to cosplay John Wick in your mind, right Caf gun owners?

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[matherto]

There are some sick kids in our country, so thankfully they don't have free access to firearms.

I can safely (well, unsafely) say that if I had access to a gun in high school people would've died, including myself. Such was the traumatic experience and hatred/fear/etc that I had for some people, a gun would've massively emboldened me to take revenge. I'm not trying to boast about it because it's a bloody awful thing to think so the fact that it happens so often in America is just so unsurprising. Nowhere near the amount of support and mental health awareness needed to ever be even remotely safe having guns around the place.

Madness as per usua. Thoughts and prayers, onto the next.

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

Gross. They will do anything to avoid raising wages and working conditions, including advocating for child labour. You just know in certain circles this is going to be greeted as a great idea, too.

Next stop is lowering the age of consent to take out credit/mortgages and taxes. Most likely age of consent too.

 

[calodo2003]

Priorities…

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[RedDevilQuebecois]

Priorities…

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Courtesy of Chris Licht, whom Keith Olbermann reminds us that Licht eats paste.

 

[calodo2003]

What a terrible series of events…

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out...rents-concerned-rcna71199?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_lw

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

What a terrible series of events…

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out...rents-concerned-rcna71199?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_lw

Are they even serious? Equal treatment to same-sex parents, my ass.

 

[The Corinthian]

Mother is shot dead in front of her children by a stranger after fight in supermarket parking lot


A mother was fatally shot in front of her children after an argument with a stranger in a South Carolina supermarket parking lot on Valentine’s Day.

Alexandria Cress Borys, 26, was loading groceries into her car outside a Kroger in Irmo on Tuesday afternoon when the argument erupted between her and another woman, her husband Tyler Borys told Fox57.

Shortly after the altercation ended, Alexandria was shot in the back while her children, a two-year-old and an infant, sat in the car. The mother was pronounced dead at the scene at around 4pm.

The shooter was later identified by police as 23-year-old Christina Harrison.

Mother is shot dead in front of her children by a stranger after fight in supermarket parking lot (msn.com)

 

[calodo2003]

Mother is shot dead in front of her children by a stranger after fight in supermarket parking lot


A mother was fatally shot in front of her children after an argument with a stranger in a South Carolina supermarket parking lot on Valentine’s Day.

Alexandria Cress Borys, 26, was loading groceries into her car outside a Kroger in Irmo on Tuesday afternoon when the argument erupted between her and another woman, her husband Tyler Borys told Fox57.

Shortly after the altercation ended, Alexandria was shot in the back while her children, a two-year-old and an infant, sat in the car. The mother was pronounced dead at the scene at around 4pm.

The shooter was later identified by police as 23-year-old Christina Harrison.

Mother is shot dead in front of her children by a stranger after fight in supermarket parking lot (msn.com)

Later in the article...

Alexandria’s death came just six days after her younger brother Brandon was fatally shot.

 

[The Corinthian]

Later in the article...

Alexandria’s death came just six days after her younger brother Brandon was fatally shot.

So depressing.

 

[calodo2003]

So depressing.

Yep. So familiar as well, unfortunately.

 

[WI_Red]

And still every single gun owner will profess that owning a gun is more important than an innocent life. I mean, the literal slaughter of dozens of children means nothing to these people, so this woman had no chance.

 

[WI_Red]

Good job gun owners, you created a city's worth of trauma victims.

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[Red in STL]

You can't make this stuff up

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64710509

 

[Shez]

You can't make this stuff up

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64710509

Oh please let the conservatives push to make it legal. Then see them lose their collective minds when an (innocent) person of color exercises their “right” to open carry or something

 

[calodo2003]

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[calodo2003]

Old school bad thing…

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[calodo2003]

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[calodo2003]

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[calodo2003]

Co-sponsored by George Santos...

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[calodo2003]

Disturbing story all around. Still played last night & had a career high 41...

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Just a side topic. I know that obviously the children are the biggest concern in these school related incidents, but I would be really scared as a teacher in an environment like this

 

[calodo2003]

Just a side topic. I know that obviously the children are the biggest concern in these school related incidents, but I would be really scared as a teacher in an environment like this

No doubt, especially in the states that allow unrestricted open carry.

 

[WI_Red]

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We absolutely choose to live this way. Or maybe I should say that gun owners have chosen for the rest of us to live this way. Their right to own a gun is more important than the right of that reporter, woman, and CHILD to live. It is heartening to know though that this forum has zero gun owners on it. At least I assume there are no gun owners since exactly zero people on here have ever posted to argue why their right to have a gun is more important then the lives of children. This really is a special place.

 

[WI_Red]

Good on the students, and not at all shocking from the administrators.

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[Scarlett Dracarys]

Co-sponsored by George Santos...

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George Santos is just a vile man.

 

[George Owen]

Spoiler

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Warning - explicit, NSFL

What a lovely neighborhood.

 

[nimic]

That's an execution.

 

[WI_Red]

I remember that story when it came out. At the time we were living in WI and had issues with our neighbor re: snow removal so this story freked me out. We settled our issue over a beer and a laugh in the spring, so that was good.