Another School Shooting

[CMike]

The shooter must have not known it was a pistol free zone.

2 confirmed dead, several critically injured in shooting at Washington state high school | Fox News

 

[ChristineES]

I get so heartbroken about this kind of thing.

 

[suncowiam]

I hate guns

http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-2-deputy-deaths-captured-manhunt-075521044.html

Here are trained professionals that couldn't defend themselves from a gunman.

 

[CMike]

I love guns.

Those are the tools that help defend myself and my family.

They are also fun to shot.

 

[CMike]

I hate guns

Suspect in killing of deputies was twice deported

Here are trained professionals that couldn't defend themselves from a gunman.

Since we are doing anecdotes.

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This one is creative

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[Flankerl]

Well its a new quarter.

 

[psychoslice]

What do you expect from a gun crazy country.

 

[Tiapan]

Why is anyone surprised at this?
America's right to bear arms is strongly supported, obviously the British could attack any time now!
So why get upset over this obvious consequence?
Sad but it goes with the territory.

USA gun policy global comparisons

Cheers

 

[angellous_evangellous]

It's amazing how much we Americans hate ourselves and our children.

 

[psychoslice]

I don't know about yourselves and your children, but there is certainly a lot of hate.

 

[freethinker44]

USA gun policy global comparisons

Cheers

Dang, six times higher than Canada. It would appear we have a problem with gun violence. We need to invest in more guns to get the number lower.

Geez look at Japan. There must be guns everywhere over there to have so little gun violence. They probably have guns on their guns that shoot tiny guns for ammunition. That's the only logical explanation for that. Yup, more guns is the only thing that solves a problem with gun violence.


BTW, this was sarcasm in case you couldn't tell.
Gun rights people: this is how you sound.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Why is anyone surprised at this?
America's right to bear arms is strongly supported, obviously the British could attack any time now!
So why get upset over this obvious consequence?
Sad but it goes with the territory.

USA gun policy global comparisons

Cheers

It probably doesn't have anything to do with gun laws, perhaps the fact that the US is a very mixed culture because it is a relatively new country (to europeans).

Just a suggestion.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It probably doesn't have anything to do with gun laws, perhaps the fact that the US is a very mixed culture because it is a relatively new country (to europeans).

Just a suggestion.

What are you saying?

 

[freethinker44]

It probably doesn't have anything to do with gun laws, perhaps the fact that the US is a very mixed culture because it is a relatively new country (to europeans).

Just a suggestion.

So is Canada and Australia. And Israel was formed in the 1940s.

 

[LuisDantas]

It is sad that such things happen, but it can hardly be a surprise at this point.

I am always surprised that a more serious effort at regulating firearms does not fly in the USA even as such things happen, though.

 

[dust1n]

It probably doesn't have anything to do with gun laws, perhaps the fact that the US is a very mixed culture because it is a relatively new country (to europeans).

Just a suggestion.

America is much older than Israel or Australia.

EDIT: Nvm, freethinker said the same thing.

 

[Buttercup]

It is sad that such things happen, but it can hardly be a surprise at this point.

I am always surprised that a more serious effort at regulating firearms does not fly in the USA even as such things happen, though.

That's largely because we have this problem in the US, Luis.

 

[LuisDantas]

It probably doesn't have anything to do with gun laws, perhaps the fact that the US is a very mixed culture because it is a relatively new country (to europeans).

Just a suggestion.

It seems fairly obvious that the USA have a high incidence of gun violence because guns are both readily and widely available and also culturally perceived as legitimate, even favored tools of expression of values, both at the individual and national levels.

 

[oldbadger]

Dang, six times higher than Canada. It would appear we have a problem with gun violence. We need to invest in more guns to get the number lower.

Geez look at Japan. There must be guns everywhere over there to have so little gun violence. They probably have guns on their guns that shoot tiny guns for ammunition. That's the only logical explanation for that. Yup, more guns is the only thing that solves a problem with gun violence.


BTW, this was sarcasm in case you couldn't tell.
Gun rights people: this is how you sound.

That's OK....... so you, a US citizen, are comfortable with the situation in the US. That's cool.

But please........ don't keep complaining about cops drawing or touching their guns during every approach to any person, whether it be a driving violation or a more serious crime. We watch reality cop programmes in the UK and your cops have to be ready for a gun-attack nearly all the time.

You want your cake ..... and eat it as well.....

 

[freethinker44]

That's OK....... so you, a US citizen, are comfortable with the situation in the US. That's cool.

I definitely mentioned that post was sarcastic. I actually don't want more guns. I was just trying to highlight how ridiculous it is when people say the solution to "people bring guns to schools" is to have more people bring guns to schools.

We watch reality cop programmes in the UK and your cops have to be ready for a gun-attack nearly all the time.

Well, those programs might claim to be "reality" but they are far from it. Statistically most jobs in the US are more dangerous than being a police officer. Don't buy into the propaganda.