Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
Appreciate you not throwing those kids under the school bus until all the facts were gathered retroactively. You are a time machine of measured sensitivity.
Should there just be a "Mass shooting in the US" sticky thread?
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Appreciate you not throwing those kids under the school bus until all the facts were gathered retroactively. You are a time machine of measured sensitivity.
gmase
On the dark side of the moon
Seven dead in Colorado Springs
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2...ctims-dead-shooting-at-mobile-home-community/
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2...ctims-dead-shooting-at-mobile-home-community/
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
Wow. Absolutely brutal. On Mother's Day at a birthday party. Just amazing how demented people can be. Imagine the survivors especially the kids there, the neighbors, the cops and paramedics on the scene. I just got back home taking 2 great mothers out to dinner and getting them both drunk. This story is quite a contrast.
Or don't own a gun.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Not sure if this is good or bad but Colorado held out since march 22nd as the last shooting.
gmase
On the dark side of the moon
Hey! Don't forget about FedEx (Apr 15 w/ 9 dead), the ex-NFLer (Apr 7 w/ 7 dead), the brothers in TX (Apr 5 w/ 6 dead), et al.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Hey, I was Bragging on you folks.
Vancouver shooting: Man killed in gang-related violence at airport
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57054104I know it's not "technically" a mass shooting (or even in the US), but proportionately speaking with Canada's shooting numbers, I thought this was worth mentioning because of how messed up it was. Plus the suspects were shooting at police and got away which raises a whole bunch of other questions.
gmase
On the dark side of the moon
👏 Colorado was just reclaiming its rightful place.
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/9953...mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year
Piers Morgan nailed it:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/piers-morgan-to-us-on-frequent-mass-shootings-just-admit-you-dont-care
"I wish Americans would stop pretending to be ‘shocked’ by the country’s unrelenting procession of mass shootings. You can’t be ‘shocked’ when something keeps happening that you do nothing to stop. Just admit you don’t care enough to act, because you love guns too much."
Newsmax quotes a WaPo-ABC poll showing a decline in support for gun control measures:
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/public-support-gun-control-mass-shootings/2021/04/28/id/1019323/
This is obvious: America needs more guns.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
As I have said before, I want an UZI
Maybe we need a virus that prevents people from moving their trigger fingers?
Imagine the implications of a virus that affects your ability to use a gun. Gang members, NRA/anti-maskers etc wouldn't be able to think properly with all the contradictory messages.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
One thing we do need and may even some day get is a gun with biometrics. Unless you are known to the gun, it won't fire. DNA, whatever it takes.
Kind of like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shops_of_Isher
Kind of like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shops_of_Isher
Wasn't that done in 007?
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Maybe? I have read occasional articles about research trying to do that but nothing concrete.
I recall Bond was quipping it wasn't as crazy as past gadgets, and Q was like "we don't do that anymore".
Realistically though, we know how iffy unlocking your phone with your fingerprint can be; would you want that same system to be used on something that you could be using to defend your life with?
Realistically though, we know how iffy unlocking your phone with your fingerprint can be; would you want that same system to be used on something that you could be using to defend your life with?
gmase
On the dark side of the moon
Although I appreciate the quality and creativity you guys are bringing to the discussion, the fact remains - most users of guns are either the owner or associated with the firearm in some manner. The biometrics still won't stop many shootings. Some of the accidental ones? Sure.
I am fatalistic about the whole situation: there is no solution. The proverbial genie is out of the bottle and she's not going back in.
Speaking of genies:
I am fatalistic about the whole situation: there is no solution. The proverbial genie is out of the bottle and she's not going back in.
Speaking of genies:
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Early days gmase, early days.
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