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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 22, 2023 19:54:50 GMT
10 dead and as many injured in an apparent racist attack on a Chinese New Year celebration outside LA. Suspect still at large. Horrible. Strangely the suspect is an Asian male. Obviously anything is possible but the charges of racism MAY not apply here.
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Post by RumMonkey on Jan 22, 2023 19:56:20 GMT
They should enlist Gremmi's Walmart to find him.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 22, 2023 19:58:52 GMT
If that guy picked up Master P’s Chicken Gumbo Ramen then there’s a chance.
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Post by khanivor on Jan 23, 2023 3:40:52 GMT
So the suspected shooter was indeed Asian. Shot him self in the head as the SWAT closed in after a traffic stop
He was 72 years old. A 72 year old Asian is now surely the oldest mass shooter in US history. I kinda wanna see the inevitable racist memes
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Post by geefe on Jan 23, 2023 8:01:33 GMT
My favourite part is the sheriff not knowing if the gun was illegal or not.
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Post by simple on Jan 24, 2023 23:26:27 GMT
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Post by simple on Jan 25, 2023 23:42:41 GMT
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Post by khanivor on Jan 26, 2023 3:04:42 GMT
Loving over here the attitude towards guns will never seem normal to me. And it’s gotten more extreme in the short 15 years I’ve lived here
I don’t see any realistic way it’ll ever truly change for the better. Sandy Hook was the chance to make a change.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 26, 2023 8:35:45 GMT
Theres a video of an American man and his 5 yr old son just going through a whole routine of holding a handgun, shooting, emptying the clip, reloading etc. Will never understand why you'd teach that to a kid that can barely write.
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Post by minimatt on Jan 26, 2023 9:25:34 GMT
oh god yeah, i know it's missing the point but the boot camp hair cut on that poor kid was somehow equally depressing. i'm not one for telling people how to raise their kids..... but..... YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 26, 2023 9:28:02 GMT
Five year olds need to be able to shoot "the evil government" when they roll up in their APCs and tanks to take guns from patriotic Americans.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 26, 2023 9:35:21 GMT
The logic, I suppose is that if youre going to grow up around guns anyway, you need to know gun discipline which I dont think is entirely wrong. Then when another kid caps his teacher, that parent can say 'my kid knows better than to leave one in the chamber'.
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Post by X201 on Jan 26, 2023 10:26:51 GMT
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 26, 2023 10:39:17 GMT
Reading the details it's certainly a failure of leadership and they're on full pay for the best part of 18 months, that seems odd.
The superintendent's salary was over $250,000 (£200,000) per year, according to local news outlets. He will continue to receive full salary and benefits until June 2024 because he was fired "without cause".
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 26, 2023 10:43:10 GMT
We don't love you anymore SuperNintendo Chalmers.
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Post by X201 on Jan 26, 2023 10:47:25 GMT
We don't love you anymore SuperNintendo Chalmers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2023 10:54:01 GMT
The logic, I suppose is that if youre going to grow up around guns anyway, you need to know gun discipline which I dont think is entirely wrong. Then when another kid caps his teacher, that parent can say 'my kid knows better than to leave one in the chamber'. Agreed context is important. I grew up playing with guns (safely) and as kids we used to hunting, would sit in garden shooting cans off fences etc. But it was always guns are fun* and for hunting, and never guns were for defence or weapons. It was drilled into us that never ever ever ever point a gun at a person, even in self defence as guns don't save you, they just kill an innocent bystander. It is the guns plus paranoia that makes it so scary. I still love guns and get to a gun range every time I can, or go clay pigeon shooting, but I would never carry a gun around with me and find it utterly bizarre that people do. *they really are. I still could spend an afternoon with a pellet gun in the garden shooting candles. Fun does not mean you shouldn't respect. I see it the same as cars.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 26, 2023 12:52:39 GMT
I just can't imagine being a parent dropping off your kid to school thinking if today is the day some nutter decides to roll up and shoot the place down. Or even now, if little Timmy loses his temper and shoots the teacher.
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Post by khanivor on Jan 26, 2023 20:32:47 GMT
One tries not to think about it. Hard when you’re dropping the kid off at school and the SRO is at the line, helping. Strapped.
Somehow many folks think everything is fine when elementary schools have armed guards.
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Post by Danno on Jan 26, 2023 21:10:49 GMT
One tries not to think about it. Hard when you’re dropping the kid off at school and the SRO is at the line, helping. Strapped. Somehow many folks think everything is fine when elementary schools have armed guards. And the kids have armoured backpacks and weekly drills. Home of the Brave indeed.
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Post by deebs on Jan 26, 2023 22:48:43 GMT
The gun stuff doesn't affect you until it does. Ohio passed some boneheaded shit saying that everyone can concealed carry without a permit last year or so, and sure as shit, a bunch of places have shootings. Only not mass shootings, which is convenient for not making the news, but things have gone a bit nuts now.
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Post by X201 on Mar 27, 2023 17:03:48 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 27, 2023 17:15:01 GMT
So let's see they can ban books, ban anything that doesn't say America is a great country, ban drag queens reading books to children, ban abortions, attempting to ban the existence of trans people, ban child labour laws BUT...kids being shot up routinely in school? Nah hands are tied.
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Post by Youthist on Mar 27, 2023 17:38:31 GMT
There is just no way making guns less readily accessible to young people will immediately massively reduce innocent children being murdered routinely every few months in mass shootings in schools across America. That clearly and obviously is not the problem here.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 27, 2023 17:41:44 GMT
The thing to remember that gun rights are more important than people and kids don't vote so who gives a shit about them?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 27, 2023 17:42:50 GMT
Well there are things that take time and there are things that you can do now, having adequate controls and checks would ultimately lead to a straight reduction in mass shootings, the mental health aspect is one aspect and the glorification of gun culture is another. All life is precious my arse.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 27, 2023 17:48:29 GMT
It's far too soon to talk about gun control of course.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 27, 2023 17:52:40 GMT
Definitely too soon.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Mar 27, 2023 18:00:39 GMT
Let them try thoughts and prayers first.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 27, 2023 18:02:21 GMT
And arming the teachers and the other students as well, so they can neutralise the threat.
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