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Looks like this shooter also had neo-Nazi and alt-right posts on social media just like Parkland, Charleston, Nashville, etc, etc.

brian wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 12:54 pm Looks like this shooter also had neo-Nazi and alt-right posts on social media just like Parkland, Charleston, Nashville, etc, etc.

Building a wall and banning Muslims is the only way to prevent this.

Unfortunately the shooter has a foreign-sounding name. I didn't see any specifics about him other than that, though, re:citizenship status, race, etc. Not that it matters to those who will diminish it just because of the name.

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:56 pm Unfortunately the shooter has a foreign-sounding name. I didn't see any specifics about him other than that, though, re:citizenship status, race, etc. Not that it matters to those who will diminish it just because of the name.

He’s a white guy of Greek descent. Has posted photos online of himself wearing Nazi symbols.

Joe K wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 2:12 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:56 pm Unfortunately the shooter has a foreign-sounding name. I didn't see any specifics about him other than that, though, re:citizenship status, race, etc. Not that it matters to those who will diminish it just because of the name.

He’s a white guy of Greek descent. Has posted photos online of himself wearing Nazi symbols.

This is not the time for politics or finger pointing. It is the time for prayer.

15 minutes from me. hits a little close to home.

So he used his father's guns?

Way to go, Pops. Hope he gets sent to prison as an accomplice.

Just happened to watch this tonight:



This article is excellent:

Okay, Now I Actually Do Want To Take Your Guns

And from that article...hoooly shit:



Edit:

Kimmel tonight:

Shooting at the Middle School in the town where I grew up this morning. 2 critical and shooter detained.

But it can't happen here can it?

Obviously, Indiana needs looser gun laws.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:58 am Shooting at the Middle School in the town where I grew up this morning. 2 critical and shooter detained.

But it can't happen here can it?

Just found out my cousin's daughter goes to that school. She's fine, but my cousin is in a state of shock.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:58 am Shooting at the Middle School in the town where I grew up this morning. 2 critical and shooter detained.

But it can't happen here can it?

My cousin-in-law went to school with the guy who detained the shooter.

At least four dead at Capital Gazette in Annapolis. Death toll expected to rise. I would bet any amount of money it's related to some kind of anti-media bias.

Capital Gazette reporter

"When the bad guy is reloading that's the exact opportunity when a good guy with a gun should fire back."

- The NRA, probably

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:47 pm At least four dead at Capital Gazette in Annapolis. Death toll expected to rise. I would bet any amount of money it's related to some kind of anti-media bias.

This is correct but the shooter apparently had a longstanding vendetta towards this specific paper after they published an (accurate) article several years ago about him harassing a woman.

Joe K wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:05 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:47 pm At least four dead at Capital Gazette in Annapolis. Death toll expected to rise. I would bet any amount of money it's related to some kind of anti-media bias.

This is correct but the shooter apparently had a longstanding vendetta towards this specific paper after they published an (accurate) article several years ago about him harassing a woman.

Thank goodness. I was afraid the administration wouldn't have cover for this.

Did not even put together that one of the journalists killed is Carl Hiassen's brother.

This is eerily similar to a Joe Hill novella called Loaded.

The paper's editorial page today:

I suppose there is some sort of case to be made for allowing civilian gun ownership, though I have no interest in making it. But the lack of regulation in the US, and the (seemingly) prevailing attitude toward guns, is sheer madness.

ImaginaryMan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:55 pm I suppose there is some sort of case to be made for allowing civilian gun ownership, though I have no interest in making it. But the lack of regulation in the US, and the (seemingly) prevailing attitude toward guns, is sheer madness.

It's not prevailing. We've covered this ad nauseum and I'm too bummed out to retype it all. Very small # of people belong to the NRA, even fewer believe "they're coming for my guns" bullshit.

Huge majority want stronger background checks and to close gun show loopholes. It is the starkest example / symbol of what is wrong with money/influence and American politics.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:39 pm

ImaginaryMan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:55 pm I suppose there is some sort of case to be made for allowing civilian gun ownership, though I have no interest in making it. But the lack of regulation in the US, and the (seemingly) prevailing attitude toward guns, is sheer madness.

It's not prevailing. We've covered this ad nauseum and I'm too bummed out to retype it all. Very small # of people belong to the NRA, even fewer believe "they're coming for my guns" bullshit.

Huge majority want stronger background checks and to close gun show loopholes. It is the starkest example / symbol of what is wrong with money/influence and American politics.

I'm on your side, NLFC. But, a huge chunk of rural and suburban America, especially in the South and West, actually does buy into the NRA propaganda, even if they don't join the organization. I've had frustrating conversations with too many of them...

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:39 pm

ImaginaryMan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:55 pm I suppose there is some sort of case to be made for allowing civilian gun ownership, though I have no interest in making it. But the lack of regulation in the US, and the (seemingly) prevailing attitude toward guns, is sheer madness.

It's not prevailing. We've covered this ad nauseum and I'm too bummed out to retype it all. Very small # of people belong to the NRA, even fewer believe "they're coming for my guns" bullshit.

Huge majority want stronger background checks and to close gun show loopholes. It is the starkest example / symbol of what is wrong with money/influence and American politics.

That's comforting. A vocal and questionably-motivated minority, then.

I’ve been traveling for a few days - and haven’t had a chance to post - this happened next door to where Geep works. He said a guy ran in and described the shooter and what was happening and they immediately went into lockdown protocols (he currently works for the state in the judiciary support offices).

It has been some time ago where I just accepted that I could potentially lose someone I know or love to a mass shooting situation apparently. I don’t know when that point was. Whenever it was, that was a sad day.

I’ve been traveling for a few days - and haven’t had a chance to post - this happened next door to where Geep works. He said a guy from the paper ran in and described the shooter and what was happening with a description of the shooter and they immediately went into lockdown protocols (he currently works for the state in the judiciary support offices). They were there a long time until the police cleared things enough for them to head out.

It was apparently some time ago where I just accepted that I could potentially lose someone I know or love to a mass shooting situation. I don’t know when I reached that point. Whenever it was, that was a sad day.

Mass shooting at Madden ‘19 tournament in Florida

Was captured live on Twitch. Disturbing audio. Just before the shooting starts and video cuts you see a red laser on one of the player’s chest.

4 dead, 15 injured. Shooting started because this loser lost in the first round. Killer (David Katz from Baltimore) killed himself.

http://dailysnark.com/david-katz-identi ... dden-game/

It was only a matter of time until Blake Bortles finally got someone killed.

A Jewish Bills fan.

So much pent up anger.

That audio is pretty fucking jarring.

Four dead, including gunman, in downtown Cincinnati shooting.

The shooting happened in Fountain Square, which is the most prominent square downtown. For those that haven't been to downtown Cincinnati, it's the first thing you see in a WKRP in Cincinnati episode.

Sabo wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:32 am Four dead, including gunman, in downtown Cincinnati shooting.

The shooting happened in Fountain Square, which is the most prominent square downtown. For those that haven't been to downtown Cincinnati, it's the first thing you see in a WKRP in Cincinnati episode.

On the loading dock and in the lobby of the 5/3 bank branch on the square, apparently (in what is the larger 5/3 building). Not a hold-up. I am guessing a former employee thing, but that is the definition of wild speculation. Although one of the persons shot was in the Graeter's at the foot of the building and another at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, so he apparently was shooting on the square in addition to the loading dock and lobby.

Body cam footage:



What's shocking to me is how little armor these guys are wearing to go after the dude.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-b ... gh-school/

So... That kid went to school with my daughter until he was expelled 2 years ago.

I said this before, and I know there school shootings at colleges, but... I'm so fucking happy my kids survived high school... Literally.

Mass shooting at a busy bar in Thousand Oaks CA. 12 dead including the suspect.

https://www.sbsun.com/2018/11/08/police ... sand-oaks/