They have portable metal detectors, but I don't think anyone would have expected this.Fuck
I don't even know how to feel about these things anymore
Anyone who's ever been to this, how's the security?
They have portable metal detectors, but I don't think anyone would have expected this.Fuck
I don't even know how to feel about these things anymore
Anyone who's ever been to this, how's the security?
Ugh...God that rifle witness account is horrifying. I won't surprised if the shooter used an AR-15 or something. I'm about ready to like riot or something. Something needs to be done about gun violence in this country.
jeez I hate this country
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Another witness, Julissa Contreras, told the TV station that she saw a white man in his early to mid-30s firing a rifle that was "able to shoot three to four shots a second."
"It was just rapid firing," she said. "I could see him shooting in just every direction. He wasn't aiming at anyone specifically. It was just left to right, right to left. ... He definitely was prepared for what he was doing."
They have portable metal detectors, but I don't think anyone would have expected this.
The main entrance is blocked by the cops. I am not sure if there is any exception, but most people have to park elsewhere and take the official shuffle buses to get to the park. Of course, the vendors and entertainers should be able to park their vehicles at the park, but.With this kind of stuff the shooter doesn't even have to go inside to start - who's going to try to stop someone that shows up to the gate with rifles
Local news is now saying shooter is a white male in his mid 30s dressed in camo
The main entrance is blocked by the cops. I am not sure if there is any exception, but most people have to park elsewhere and take the official shuffle buses to get to the park. Of course, the vendors and entertainers should be able to park their vehicles at the park, but.
Fuck, I really try not letting myself live in fear of something like this happening around me or my family, but it's so hard not to think about.12 people down and 3 fatalities have been confirmed so far by city officials.
One shooter in custody.
Who the fuck would open fire at a garlic festival?
Not that any place is appropriate to open fire, but this is bizarre
I went to Alameda County Fair a month ago and there were metal detectors at the entrance. Every public event needs these now
It is getting harder and harder to balance what are the risks and rewards when deciding to do something publicly. Especially when family is involved, it is extremely depressing when doubt like this creeps in even with an event that should be safe.Fuck, I really try not letting myself live in fear of something like this happening around me or my family, but it's so hard not to think about.
Those poor dozen people were just some of thousands that went out to have a good time, to participate in our shared society. Now someone or some people fucked up their lives forever.
Who the fuck would open fire at a garlic festival?
Not that any place is appropriate to open fire, but this is bizarre
The security inside a professional ballpark is more strict than a local fair. You are walking through a metal detector with bag check.How is it bizarre? mass shootings are designed to cause mass casualties.. so any place with a crowd is a target. What is more surprising is there hasn't been one at a major sporting event. Even outside a big event like an NFL game there are huge crowds with no security to get to.
"Even outside a big event"The security inside a professional ballpark is more strict than a local fair. You are walking through a metal detector with bag check.
When someone opened fire at a fucking elementary school everything became fair game.
I know but again they said outside an event. I thought they were talking about parking lot and outside entrance area. I don't think you get bag checked before then?Every sporting event I've been to, be it college or professional, has metal detectors, pat downs and bag checks. Since they take place in enclosed arenas, where its easier to more strictly control who goes in and out, as opposed to a fair or an outdoor concert or something like that.
Not only rednecks.This is fucking horrible. These weapons are legal because rednecks think they're fun and people are dying for it. It's just unacceptable.
thoughts and prayers
At a Garlic Festival? I doubt they had any serious security. I mean who would shoot up a Garlic Festival of all places?
Isn't that what the shooters want people to think? What are "the more appropriate" place anyway, schools? hospitals?Who the fuck would open fire at a garlic festival?
Not that any place is appropriate to open fire, but this is bizarre
Can the mod change the title to confirmed? Or do we just report the thread to get that change?
Something needs to be done about gun violence in this country.
So many mass shooting in America. We need to ban fucking guns in America once and for all.
Good time for X-men gifs
Holy shit. I'm glad my girlfriend got sick and we weren't able to attend today. Fucking hell. With the fact that the shooter was a white male dressed in camo coming out, I'm going to bet this was race related. A lot of Hispanic people from the area attend the Garlic Festival, and I bet it was some nazi Trump dickrider that did this shit. Fuck the shooter and motherfuck Trump for enabling pieces of shit like him.