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« on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:10:44 » |
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As many as 27 people have been killed, including many children, in a shooting attack at a primary school in the US state of Connecticut, US media say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20730717I just can't fathom it |
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sonicyouth
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:25:42 » |
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insane.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:33:08 » |
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Crazy, kids getting run over and stuff seems, if very unfortunate, understandable. Some nutter mowing down loads of them indiscriminately is baffling to me.
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:48:21 » |
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This seems to be a regular occurance in the US, but they will not change their gun laws as 'everyone has a right to bear arms'.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:53:30 » |
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This seems to be a regular occurance in the US, but they will not change their gun laws as 'everyone has a right to bear arms'.
sadly, it's probably far too late to change anything. |
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 18:59:27 » |
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sadly, it's probably far too late to change anything.
Indeed, by quite a few decades. If handguns were suddenly made illegal there wouldn't exactly be a rush to hand over existing weapons, the authorities would be lucky to get a fraction of them back. Those who want a gun will always have a gun regardless of what laws may or may not happen some distant time in the future. |
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:18:58 » |
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This seems to be a regular occurance in the US, but they will not change their gun laws as 'everyone has a right to bear arms'.
Their gun laws don't make a difference. This happened because of someone's actions. End of the day, laws or no laws if someone wants to go on a rampage they will. They will get the weapon however they see fit. It could happen in any country. |
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:24:14 » |
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It could happen in any country.
Agreed. But why does it always seem to happen in America? I can only think of Breivik in recent years that wasn't a yank. |
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Flashheart
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:25:22 » |
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This happened because of someone's actions.
Whom just so happened to have a gun with him. |
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:27:14 » |
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:38:19 » |
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Lanza was wearing dark clothing, a mask, a bulletproof vest, and was carrying four guns. |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:41:33 » |
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Their gun laws don't make a difference. This happened because of someone's actions.
What a fucking ridiculous statement. If access to guns wasn't as easy as it currently is, the number of shootings like this would be nowhere near as high as it is. |
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:46:17 » |
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What a fucking ridiculous statement. If access to guns wasn't as easy as it currently is, the number of shootings like this would be nowhere near as high as it is.
Exactly. The only mass shootings I can think of in this country happened in Hungerford and Dunblane, with the last of those around 20 years ago. |
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:46:49 » |
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He had a bulletproof vest. Why would a civilian want a bulletproof vest?
Are they going to wear it to work? Wash the car wearing it? Down the pub? Are they going to sleep in it?
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, December 14, 2012, 19:51:25 » |
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Jon Williams BBC foreign editor tweets: Truly shocking: in 2009 (latest yr) 31,347 killed by firearms in US. Almost as many as road accidents (via @MicahZenko)
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