Normally I agree, but with him being on the run for so long, it was a necessary evil to get his name out there in an effort to ensure he was caught sooner than later. As a general practice, though, I prefer that these assholes remain anonymous.
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Highland Park is an affluent suburban neighborhood.
My wife and I were thinking of going to Glen Ellyn for their fireworks, but considering they're also another affluent neighborhood and the guy is still at large, we've decided not to. :/
Freedom folks…
My wife and I were thinking of going to Glen Ellyn for their fireworks, but considering they're also another affluent neighborhood and the guy is still at large, we've decided not to. :/
Freedom folks…
Unfortunately, it will be funny seeing Trump trying to spin this.
No worries, was honestly just curious because I didn't want to accidentally use wording that was anti trans
That seems pointless. A lot of people (almost all?) that obtain guns with the intention of committing murder end up having a whole arsenal with thousands of rounds by the time they actually kill anyone. If you cut the number of guns and bullets in their possession by half, I don't think it would change how many people are dead by the time they are killed or caught.
Is there any study that shows gun prices correlate with murder rates?
Shooter is a hardcore Trump supporter
follow the thread down: https://twitter.com/BMeiselas/status/1544097972295766016
and see here too: https://twitter.com/CyKoore/status/1544281938852253696
Both he and his dad are obvious trumpers
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Looks like the dad's personal and professional life is about to take a turn. I read a couple of pages back that he has a deli shop. That's gone.
He was obviously into Q shit and a Trumper but...still doesn't make sense to shoot up a July 4th parade? Unless it was just a spur of the moment bloodlust.
We don't need to post his videos here. Fuck him, fuck whatever bullshit he wanted to put out there to others like him.
Shooting occurred in a heavily left leaning, Jewish neighborhood. Piece of shit probably thought it was patriotic.
They're all hyped up to murder people, with social media and cable news networks feeding them a steady stream of hatred and anxiety. Sadly we're way past needing specific triggers.
I mean it's a big parade and plenty of points to shoot. Why not the 4th?
Ideally, I hope he pleads guilty. The evidence is all there. Why waste time and money on a trial when everyone will know the outcome?
Because everyone is entitled to a trial. If folks weren't, the justice system would be even worse.
poor guy is just mentally ill. it's the videogames' fault, of course.
sick and tired of this shit. the gop and the right wing are a legit terroristic organisation. human rights, human lives, none are safe because a bunch of cowardly white people are scared of no longer being the overwhelming majority and having their precious privilege threatened.
so it's basically free reign for the nutjobs to kill us all because they got the guns and no one is stopping them from buying and using them.
sick and tired of this shit. the gop and the right wing are a legit terroristic organisation. human rights, human lives, none are safe because a bunch of cowardly white people are scared of no longer being the overwhelming majority and having their precious privilege threatened.
so it's basically free reign for the nutjobs to kill us all because they got the guns and no one is stopping them from buying and using them.
Nothing I can nor have seen. But I did find these nuggets of information:
Seeing how much this is costing us, I sure as hell do think that a much higher tax on guns and ammo (along with reinstating the assault weapons ban from 1994 that lapsed in 2004), would help curb some of these shootings. You never know that if it takes a potential shooter more time to stock up if that someone would've notified the authorities or had someone talk them out of their plan. Anything is worth trying at this point.
An alternative is to require insurance the same way we do for cars. I remember this tweet from right after the Uvalde massacre:
Basically, gun insurance can be treated like car insurance where they're allowed to look at all the different ways you could fuck up (accidental discharge, intentional homicide, etc) and just throw the estimated cost at you. I looked it up for 2019 (pre-pandemic) on the FBI UCR stuff, and apparently:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/expanded-homicide
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/01/business/coronavirus-gun-sales.html
2019 homicides by gun: ~ 10,000
2019 gun sales: ~ 10,000,000
So like the economist in the tweet says, you get an AVERAGE cost of around $10k/year for every gun since there's approximately one homicide for every thousand guns sold. Obviously, it could go much higher or lower depending on the buyer's background, purchase history, type of gun being bought, and anything else that might be relevant. Still, costs like that would drastically lower the accessibility and amount of guns being sold every year.
The craziest thing is that it would actually spur gun nuts to support a shitload of regulation just so they don't end up in the same insurance pool as the psychopaths. Almost no young, unmarried men would be able to afford a gun and probably not anything deadlier than a bolt-action or maybe a shotgun.
My sister just called me and was telling me in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania a group of people got spooked by something and started to panic and run during a fireworks show. Hopefully its just people being on edge...
I got a load of family in Highland Park and Northbrook, and some were at the parade. My cousin specifically brought her three young children to it and ran off with them as soon as the shooting happened, leaving behind a stroller and her purse as she ran. Fucking nightmare.
This is actually brilliant. It is such an obvious solution to the problem given our society.
This hits too close to home. I worked in Highland Park for years. I grew up not too far from here. I currently live 20 miles away in Chicago. My family still lives in Lake County. My good friend still lives in Highland Park, and they caught the shooter 2 miles from her house. This shit is so fucked.
there are jokers posting photos of him wearing an fbi hat and taking this as if he was working for them
He was heading south on 41?! Where the fuck was he trying to flee to? Back to the scene of the crime?
I mean how else could you get an FBI hat?!?
Seriously though, people are the worst.