-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Mass Shooting Aurora, IL Suspect killed, Multiple Casualties, 5 total dead
- Thread starter Squarehard
- Start date
I came looking for this thread and it wasn't even in the first page of the home page of Etcetera. I wonder if this could hurt Trump's splash he wanted to do with his fucking emergency. Idiot.
And we already passed the 30 year sadness of the Hubbard Woods Elementary School shooting (1988) in suburban Winnetka, Illinois.
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2018/Laurie-Dann-Hubbard-Woods-School-Shooting/
That was the first school shooting I was aware of.
I work for a Fortune 500 company and had what amounted to a 'how to survive a mass shooting' online course today. That was something....new. We have these generic, repetitive courses about various things each year but this was outside the norm.
An hour away, fucking hell. I can't stomach this shit anymore, it's hit so close to home this time but it's breaking my damn heart every time no matter where it is.
How much longer can we realistically live like this? Even the worst of the scum politicians have to feel the blood dripping from their hands now.
How much longer can we realistically live like this? Even the worst of the scum politicians have to feel the blood dripping from their hands now.
Wasn't this shooting carried out with a handgun? I mean, even if a miracle did happen, and all guns, bar handguns, were outlawed, it is scary that you could still carry out a mass shooting with one.
You do realize that the vast majority of murders, and other gun crimes, are done by handguns, right?
Of course, but I honestly didn't realise you could carry out such a horrifying mass shooting with one. I'm English - I don't understand guns.
Just yesterday I was seeing a report on TV about Parkland, which made me bring up the fact that we hadn't had a mass shooting in a while and we were probably gonna have one any day now then this happened today. The sad reality, though, is that 5 dead doesn't really count as a "mass shooting" anymore. There has to be a lot more deaths for American to even react to it and then it'll only be for an extra day or two unless there's something extra noteworthy about said shooting because just death isn't noteworthy anymore.
Sadly, Parkland is old news. Since then we lost 11 in Pittsburgh in October and 12 in Thousand Oaks, CA in November.
When they didn't feel the blood after nearly 30 kids were murdered in sandyhook, that proved they never will.
Yeah I had forgotten that one. Just crazy. Just shows what a massive problem you will have stopping mass shootings even if you restrict the more catastrophically dangerous weapons.
I just got home from working all day and just heard whispers about this, then I got filled in. Wtf! This is like 10 minutes away from where I was. This country has a 3 letter disease that needs to be eradicated
I hope the next democratically elected democratic president does declare a state of emergency of all all firearms.
This is harrowing. I would have gone down to the school myself.... ugh.
Dude killed because he was fired? It doesn't take much to triggered a person, does it? How safe do you feel knowing people around you might be armed and one bad news could start the killing?
It's insensitive as fuck and you should feel ashamed saying it. Also seek help if you have this kind of thought again.
It's insensitive as fuck and you should feel ashamed saying it. Also seek help if you have this kind of thought again.
When the color of a perpetrator is used as ammo for the depreciation of minorities by racists, then I don't see why I should seek help for saying that I hope he's white. There's literally nothing wrong with what I said.
Glad I live in Australia. An employee at my work was fired yesterday after 17 years (he was an asshole) and he absolutely seems like the type who would do this. Thankfully we just got the locks changed, job done.
Well... the police identified the shooter as 45 year old Gary Martin and he is not white.
Look up the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 which banned most handguns. This was in response to the Dunblane massacre.
Remember everyone, the real national emergency is peaceful Mexicans attempting to enter the country.
Wtf is this? Congratulations on being the the first piece of garbage I ignore on here.
The issue isn't just about the gun but also how someone like Martin had access to one. According to police he'd been cited for multiple crimes before, including assault and battery.
If this guy had a history of violence, how was he still able to possess a firearm?
At the end of the day, the gun control argument can't and shouldn't be solely about the guns themselves. Though there's certainly arguments for why certain guns should be banned, the conversation also needs to be about access.
Extremely senseless and terrible. Feel so sad for the victims.
What a shitty comment. People are dead and all you care about is the skin color of the shooter.
What a shitty comment. People are dead and all you care about is the skin color of the shooter.
OP
OP
That is indeed insensitive. You don't even care about the victims. May they rest in peace. This shit will keep happening. Fuck the NRA flatout.
The company I work for has also started rolling this into our mandatory annual safety trainings. Previously just covered things like how to safely evacuate during a fire, now also includes a video dramatization of a mass shooting taking place in an office, and how you should run or hide.
Dude worked there for 15 years so probably felt crushed and was full of rage. The world is so freaking insane that you don't know what will make a person tilt to take it to this monster level... especially in America
Tragic situation all round. I feel desperately sorry for the friends and families of everyone who died, or were caught up in this, but I can't help have some sympathy for the shooter too. Losing his job sounds like it tipped him over the edge, but he probably needed a mental health intervention well before this happened, although it sounds like nobody could have predicted this outcome, even with his past. It's scary to think how many people are one upset away from breaking point.
Yes he did. Which then comes the question of when did he purchase the firearm? Was it before or after these incidents which required police to be called?
Is this a failure of the background check system or perhaps with our laws that allow people who've engaged in violent crimes to keep their firearms? These are questions that need to be asked in order to ascertain why we're letting people with histories of violence to possess deadly weapons.
OP
OP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...otout-gary-martin-police-officers/2890406002/
It's a failure in the system, hence, the need for gun control reform discussions.
He shouldn't have gotten a gun legally, yet, he was still able to.
Then we know of multiple issues with his access to a firearm then that should be something looked into when we're talking about writing gun control legistlation. For instance, why his firearm was still in his possession when his permit was revoked? Or why that conviction in Mississippi wouldn't have shown up in the background check.
Fundamentally all this shows is that the system is broken in regards to how people can have access to firearms, which then necessitates, as I mentioned that the gun control conversation needs to not just be about the guns themselves but also access.
Here's how you can be leas insensitive for future reference:
"I hope society focus their response on the actual issues at hand as opposed to latching on to things such as race or religion"
OP
OP
I don't understand your position even.
You initially said it's not about gun control, but it is about gun control, because gun control isnt't about getting rid of guns, it's about controlling the access to them as well.
I'm not sure exactly what you keep trying to argue here beyond, guns aren't bad, people are, position.