El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)

[Rev. Rye]

It kinda stops being news...

Yup, it's becoming so repetitive and there's such a low possibility that anything might happen to change it that I'm seriously proposing a drinking game. It's called "Living in America." Here's the rules so far:

• Every time an innocent black person is killed by someone in law enforcement and the killer gets away with it, take a shot. 
  
• Every time a mass shooting happens with at least four fatalities (thus fulfilling the FBI's definition of a mass murder), take a shot.
  
• Every time the President tweets something absurd and/or blatantly factually wrong, just take a sip, because we'd really prefer people not die doing this.
  
• Maybe down the whole bottle when a person or body with the potential to actually hold the President accountable for his deeds outright says, in their official capacity, that he's above the law. Simply implying it may just be shot-worthy. If it's Trump himself, it's definitely sip-worthy at this point.
  

[Belacqua]

• Every time a mass shooting happens with at least four fatalities (thus fulfilling the FBI's definition of a mass murder), take a shot. 
  
  

Maybe people have been misinterpreting the phrase "take a shot".....?

[Brian37]

One of the police officers sitting at the press conference next to the governor was asked "What can we do" by a reporter. He said "I don't know, I am not a psychologist".

Well neither are the firearm CEOs, neither are the shop owners, so how can anyone think that spending mere minutes looking at someone know that that person wont go on to hurt themselves or others? We give our police psychological evaluations before we hand them a gun, it is insane that people think it is as simple as no record at time of buy is good enough. Most of these shooters bought them legally, or got them from a family member who bought it legally.

Better vetting, waiting periods, limits on ammo, limits on the amount one can buy in a year. No weapons of war, no big clips.

It took police 6 minutes to get to this event, in that 6 minutes 20 people were slaughtered dead and another 40 were injured. That is 60 families whose lives are shattered and the survivors will be suffering PTSD for the rest of their lives. We have more civilians murdered with firearms than military in war.

It costs more to react to an event like this, than it would to simply have better vetting at time of purchase.

[Amarok]

Yes I have offered them up every damned thread about this topic. I do get tired of responding to OLB, he's not interested in solutions.

No. You really have not.

You have said "they need to quit handing out guns like candy" - or words very close to that....

You might as well say " everybody be nice!".

You have completely failed to put forth any plan of action to bring about this restriction -- and you claim you don't want to take anyone's guns.

Currently ALL NEW GUNS purchased require a background check via NICS. There are NO exceptions to this. 

So how are you going to limit the number of new guns being sold?

It always amazes me how he manages to prove his critics points for them 

[Nay_Sayer]

One of the police officers sitting at the press conference next to the governor was asked "What can we do" by a reporter. He said "I don't know, I am not a psychologist".

Well neither are the firearm CEOs, neither are the shop owners, so how can anyone think that spending mere minutes looking at someone know that that person wont go on to hurt themselves or others? We give our police psychological evaluations before we hand them a gun, it is insane that people think it is as simple as no record at time of buy is good enough. Most of these shooters bought them legally, or got them from a family member who bought it legally.

Better vetting, waiting periods, limits on ammo, limits on the amount one can buy in a year. No weapons of war, no big clips.

It took  police 6 minutes to get to this event, in that 6 minutes 20 people were slaughtered dead and another 40 were injured. That is 60 families whose lives are shattered and the survivors will be suffering PTSD for the rest of their lives. We have more civilians murdered with firearms than military in war. 

It costs more to react to an event like this, than it would to simply have better vetting at time of purchase.

If you deny people the right to own and operate turret guns you're basically spitting on the founding fathers.  

How am I to defend my home with just this:   ?!!!

[zebo-the-fat]

That is what is truly scary about our conservatives. They can have Reagan shot, and their own GOP congressmen shot at a baseball game, and their solution is to keep protecting the profits of corporations instead of putting public safety first.

Got a solution?

Yes, take away your toys. You won't like it, the firearms industry will be devistated, but mass murder every few weeks will become much more unlikely.
I suppose you will grumble about your "rights to be able to shoot stuff" but what about the "right not to be killed by some nutter with a gun"?
Are you so insecure that you can't feel "manly" without a weapon?

[The Valkyrie]

And another shooting in Ohio.

[Brian37]

And overnight 9 people dead in Ohio.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Any attempt to restrict the sale of firearms to people who clearly shouldn't have them is a clear violation of the constitutionally protected right to shoot people in the face.

Boru

Disclaimer For The Humour Impaired:  The above is satire and is intended for comedic purposes only.  I do not actually believe that the US Constitution affords its citizens the right to shoot people in the face, nor do I support, endorse, or condone such a course of action.

[onlinebiker]

Got a solution?

Yes, take away your toys. You won't like it, the firearms industry will be devistated, but mass murder every few weeks will become much more unlikely.
I suppose you will grumble about your "rights to be able to shoot stuff" but what about the "right not to be killed by some nutter with a gun"?
Are you so insecure that you can't feel "manly" without a weapon?

Good luck with that.


You might want to practice.


Start with trying to take away food from a hungry pitbull.... Work your way up to a hungry badger then a hungry bear.
When you master that - you' re still not quite going to be ready for a gun owning American.