The 'Mass-Shooting In The US' thread

[Munson]

There's apparently been a shooting at a high school today..

[hbionic]

It has to be a white shooter in middle america for it to matter.

[MDS]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/21/shooting-reported-at-wisconsin-spa/?hpt=hp_t1

another huge win for guns. man they keep getting it done week in and week out.

[Diomedes]

It is very hard to kill seven people with a knife.

[SD]

Gunmen opens fire outside a mall in Oregon, 3 dead:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/us/oregon-mall-shooting/?hpt=hp_t1

[Diomedes]

I'm sorry, I was reading about all the mass stabbing deaths, didn't notice this trend.  Have you folks been reading about the drive-by stabbing epidemic in LA?  They're using shurikens.

[PhillyPhreak54]

drive by stabbings, mass poisonings and those blunt force trauma beatings - all srs probs!

Look - I am all for gun ownership. I believe we should be allowed to possess handgun, shotguns and rifles. But this is getting, or has been for a long time, out of control.

I liked your previous thoughts, Dio, on leveling harsh sentences immediately when a crime is committed while in possession or if you're a scumbag who does straw purchases for people.

The NRA and the gun industry are ridiculous. I have always thought that if any politician or group of 'em led a significant uprising that got close to strict control laws they would be killed or framed for a crime and locked up.

[ice grillin you]

anyone see stewart take apart fox news the other day over gun talk?

[PhillyPhreak54]

A Connecticut school shooting today...like 20 kids and a coupl adults shot.

Jesus Christ this is getting old.

Cut the nra saying if the kids were packing in school they could have shot back!

[BigEd76]

up to 27 dead, including at least a dozen kids, the principal and the school psychologist

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-police-responding-to-incident-in-newtown-20121214,0,3969911.story

christ almighty

[Diomedes]

Yeah, I'm losing patience with people who say "now is not the time to talk about gun control." 

When was the last time someone stabbed 25+ people to death at a farging elementary school?

[DH]

god bless the first responders who have to be at the scene...seeing something like that would scar me for life.

[Rome]

I'm pro gun ownership but days like today leave me soul sick.

Maybe there is no alternative but a 100% ban.

Don't know.  I feel so bad for those families.  Ugh...

[General_Failure]

Yeah, I'm losing patience with people who say "now is not the time to talk about gun control." 

When was the last time someone stabbed 25+ people to death at a farging elementary school?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre comes close in 2001, but too many of the kids survived.