The 'Mass-Shooting In The US' thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/us/lewiston-maine-shooting/index.html

White dood
AR15

[MDS]

who cares

[PhillyPhreak54]

They catch the guy yet?

What another horrific ordeal that absolutely not a god damn thing will be done about it.

[Diomedes]

Nope.  He's still not been found.  Likely dead in the woods somewhere, like the dude here in MD that offed the judge who granted his wife custody of his children.  They found him dead by suicide.

[MDS]

just another day in america

[Diomedes]

We need to get serious about taking guns away from people.

That or the victims need to fight back and start shooting NRA members and lawmakers.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I've wondered about that - lets say one of the "thoughts and prayers - guns aren't the problem" people has to deal with losing someone like so many people do now. How quickly would they flip their view? Or are they so morally and ethically bankrupt and blinded by the cult that they would still toe the line?

[Diomedes]

Apparently the entire area around this shooting is still on "shelter in place" orders.

That's insane. 

Can the authorities actually enforce that?  What if I'm out of food?  What if I want to go for a ride? 

farg that shtein.  The dude is dead in the woods.  Or he's not.  But you're gonna shut down the entire towns of Lewiston (40k) and Portland (more)? 

Crazy.

[Rome]

Guns don't kill people.  Democrats are at fault.

- GOP

[PhillyPhreak54]

No shock - scumbag was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot.

[Diomedes]

I've wondered about that - lets say one of the "thoughts and prayers - guns aren't the problem" people has to deal with losing someone like so many people do now. How quickly would they flip their view? Or are they so morally and ethically bankrupt and blinded by the cult that they would still toe the line?

If someone shot up my kids, what would I have to live for any longer?  Why wouldn't I just reset, retreat into a private campaign of retribution against the gun lobby?  I could take a couple years to plan, and let the gun lovers have a taste of the horror they are inflicting on America, just like this guy did, but instead of targeting random people, bring the fight home. 

I'm genuinely puzzled why we haven't seen someone take that kind of reaction.  Surely, with outrageous numbers of people who survived one of these atrocities, or lost someone, there are desperate wounded people with nothing better to do than strike back.

Why haven't they?  Does the FBI put every victim on a watch list, track their movements, etc?  Is the security for these gun pushers really so good that people are trying to get at them, and failing?  I find that hard to believe.

[General_Failure]

Why would the FBI need to watch anyone when real patriot American citizens are more than willing to go harass them themselves for being a crisis actor?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah those people don't believe shtein. Something can happen right in front of them and they deny it in some form or fashion.

But I agree with Dio too. I'm shocked that we haven't seen it happen either.

[Eagaholic]

I've wondered about that - lets say one of the "thoughts and prayers - guns aren't the problem" people has to deal with losing someone like so many people do now. How quickly would they flip their view? Or are they so morally and ethically bankrupt and blinded by the cult that they would still toe the line?

I wonder if there has been a shift from the good old fashioned lie through their teeth corporate dirtbag types to a new wave of people who actually convince themselves of whatever stories suit their interests. I have no idea if this is true but I get the impression that a lot of these people believe themselves. Maybe a fake news kind of effect?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Definitely. Not only that but an overall lack of compassion. And a lot of that is tied to the political landscape over the last seven years. A certain orange crusted cretin made it seemingly ok in people's eyes to be unrepentant iceholes.