*sighs, turns over "DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICA" sign to 0*
- Thread starter Charlie Don't Surf
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Toxic identity politics can feel purposeful for people who feel utterly disconnected from other people irl. Part of the process is them learning from their online buddies that normie shit like "coping with depression" is gay
To be fair, he was sniping from a rooftop. That's bad news, even if it's a whole company of soldiers with weapons being sniped upon.
You mean there's more to it than just having good guys with guns? Fuck off.
I'm not sure where the surliness is coming from, but you do you, boo
I’m pretty sure he’s sarcastically mocking the usual conservative talking point about more guns being the solution to spree shooters. I don’t think it’s actually directed towards you.I'm not sure where the surliness is coming from, but you do you, boo
It really weirds me out how they can argue that teachers are grooming kids and also teachers should be armed
figmentPez
Staff member
No sweat, bud. I wasn't upset...I just thought you might be a little emotional, so I didn't take it personally. But I totally get Tress' explanation as well.
This is only sensible and worth debating if the guy was
People have already been trying to muddy the waters by finding pictures of the guy and photoshopping on antifa icons and imagery. Some people have also been taking unrelated pictures of tattoos they deem to be socialist imagery and claiming they are the shooters direct tattoos.
Nothing matters when you can make your own little world.
If only there were a way to identify the people who might do this sort of thing--some characteristic they all share that could be used as a marker of potential violence.
--Patrick
figmentPez
Staff member
"Editor's note: The sound of children screaming has been removed"
Which is a bullshit editorial choice IMO.
figmentPez
Staff member
Uvalde officer seen checking phone in surveillance footage is husband of teacher killed in massacre
"Officer had tried to save his wife but was barred by other officers from doing so and had his gun taken away, according to report"
The story is paywalled, but this reads like satire that The Onion rejected for being too dark. I'd like to know what their sources are for this, because it really feels like a lie that the police would tell to try to create a sob story and cover their asses.
“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details
"In total, 376 law enforcement officers descended upon the school, according to the most extensive account of the shooting to date. It says that better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill a leadership void after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge. "
Three hundred seventy six cops couldn't stop one teenager with no firearms experience from committing the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
"But a culture of complacency weakened these safeguards."
Fuck that noise. Teachers didn't have enough keys to be able to get in and out of the building as they needed to. That's not "complacency", that's trying to get a job done when they're under-funded, under-appreciated, and fucking under-fire! Teachers and students should not have to act like they're constantly a target.
Even articles supposed to be exposing the incompetence of the cops are still trying to blame the teachers. Not once does this article mention the fact that schools must be underfunded, or have corrupt administration, for all these problems to exist.
#1 cause of school shootings: Easy access to guns
#2 cause of school shootings: Underfunded schools
"Officer had tried to save his wife but was barred by other officers from doing so and had his gun taken away, according to report"
The story is paywalled, but this reads like satire that The Onion rejected for being too dark. I'd like to know what their sources are for this, because it really feels like a lie that the police would tell to try to create a sob story and cover their asses.
“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details
"In total, 376 law enforcement officers descended upon the school, according to the most extensive account of the shooting to date. It says that better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill a leadership void after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge. "
Three hundred seventy six cops couldn't stop one teenager with no firearms experience from committing the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
"But a culture of complacency weakened these safeguards."
Fuck that noise. Teachers didn't have enough keys to be able to get in and out of the building as they needed to. That's not "complacency", that's trying to get a job done when they're under-funded, under-appreciated, and fucking under-fire! Teachers and students should not have to act like they're constantly a target.
Even articles supposed to be exposing the incompetence of the cops are still trying to blame the teachers. Not once does this article mention the fact that schools must be underfunded, or have corrupt administration, for all these problems to exist.
#1 cause of school shootings: Easy access to guns
#2 cause of school shootings: Underfunded schools
Police identify victims, gunman and armed bystander in Indiana mall shooting
Authorities revealed new details Monday on the weekend mall shooting in Greenwood, Indiana, including the identities of the gunman, three victims and the legally armed bystander who fatally shot the gunman.
www.cnn.com
Another shooting that 2A nuts are going to love because the guy was stopped by another armed dude at the mall...
File under "good guys with guns"...
Early on Sunday morning, a group of police officers were patrolling a popular nightlife area in downtown Denver as bars began to close. One man in the crowd, 21-year-old Jordan Waddy, reportedly pointed a gun in the direction of police, leading the officers to draw their own weapons and open fire while bar-goers continued pouring onto the streets.
Police officers shot and injured five bystanders when they opened fire into a bustling crowd early after a man pointed a gun in their direction, the Denver Police Department said. (The Independent)
Early on Sunday morning, a group of police officers were patrolling a popular nightlife area in downtown Denver as bars began to close. One man in the crowd, 21-year-old Jordan Waddy, reportedly pointed a gun in the direction of police, leading the officers to draw their own weapons and open fire while bar-goers continued pouring onto the streets.
Police officers shot and injured five bystanders when they opened fire into a bustling crowd early after a man pointed a gun in their direction, the Denver Police Department said. (The Independent)
Dave
Staff member
Last night a 22 year old guy named Anderson Aldrich went into an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs and opened fire, killing 5 and wounding 13 others. He's a known nut who has been in the spotlight of authorities before. Last year his mom called in a bomb threat because she was afraid he would hurt people with his homemade pipe bombs and other weapons. Yet here he is a year later committing mass murder. Oh, and the nightclub is like blocks away from my father-in-law's house.
People are posting that he's a right wing white supremacist and they sound like they have personal information, but you know how these things are. Guarantee if he's right wing it'll be mental health.
People are posting that he's a right wing white supremacist and they sound like they have personal information, but you know how these things are. Guarantee if he's right wing it'll be mental health.
figmentPez
Staff member
The wounded count is up to at least 25, 19 of whom were shot.
" Heavy has confirmed that [the shooter] is the grandson of outgoing Republican State Assemblymember Randy Voepel, the former mayor of Santee, California. Voepel represents the 71st district in the San Diego area. There were calls to expel Voepel from the state Assembly after he made comments comparing the January 6 attacks to the Revolutionary War. Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, has written posts praising Randy Voepel on Facebook and confirming he is her father."
- source
"[The shooter] was arrested in 2021 after his mother reported to police he was threatening to harm her with a homemade bomb and multiple weapons, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested after a standoff and charged with five felonies. But he was not prosecuted, records show."
Oh and the person who stopped the shooting? A patron "took the handgun from the [shooter] and hit him with the handgun to disable him." - source
So he was stopped by a good guy with a gun, hmm?
(sorry if that comes off as insensitive, it's laughing or crying for this sort of news)
The distinction is that he was stopped by a good guy with a gun that wasn’t his.So he was stopped by a good guy with a gun, hmm?
—Patrick
Dave
Staff member
Night manager at Walmart snaps. Starts killing employees in the breakroom. 7 dead. Not sure if that 7 includes him as he then killed himself.
www.ibtimes.sg
Who is Andre Bing? 7 Dead After Virginia Walmart Manager 'Snaps,' Starts Shooting Employees in Break Room Before Killing Self
According to eyewitnesses, the manager went on a shooting rampage targeting employees inside the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night. 7 fatalities have been reported so far, including the shooter.
The 7 includes the shooter.Night manager at Walmart snaps. Starts killing employees in the breakroom. 7 dead. Not sure if that 7 includes him as he then killed himself.
Who is Andre Bing? 7 Dead After Virginia Walmart Manager 'Snaps,' Starts Shooting Employees in Break Room Before Killing Self
According to eyewitnesses, the manager went on a shooting rampage targeting employees inside the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night. 7 fatalities have been reported so far, including the shooter.
