rolling disgruntled shootings thread 2010

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how's life, Monday, 16 September 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link

where's a good guy with a gun when you need one

the late great, Monday, 16 September 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link

Maybe we should think about arming the Navy...

Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Monday, 16 September 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link

my grandfather worked at a navy shipyard. i think it's mostly civilians.

Mordy , Monday, 16 September 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link

The Navy Yard is mostly offices. One of the first tweets I saw about it was some gun nut jibber jabber about it being a gun free zone or something.

how's life, Monday, 16 September 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link

Read something similar...

curmudgeon, Monday, 16 September 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link

OK so I get that this guy had an access pass to the yard but how was he able to bring a gun in? Isn't there airport-style screening at these places?

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 07:33 (ten years ago) link

gun nut jibber jabber about it being a gun free zone or something.

lol yeah if I'd been there with my nine I'd totally have took this creep down then made out with a hot chick

'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link

A hot chick who had helped out a bit, not just some random we're not cavemen here

'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 09:51 (ten years ago) link

OK so I get that this guy had an access pass to the yard but how was he able to bring a gun in? Isn't there airport-style screening at these places?

in many govt buildings (including my own), if you have a badge you bypass the metal detector.

Z S, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link

The Z S Federal Institute of Drunken Animation

@twitizensforlemonlipbalm (schlump), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:19 (ten years ago) link

Some government sites also have on-site parking, so if the driver just shows his ID to the guard, the guard is not going to look in the car trunk to see what was brought in

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link

my bro-in-law works for a military contractor, has visited the bldg many times.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link

The mother of Josh Morgan, a wide receiver for the Washington Team-That-Will-Not-Be-Named, was working at the Navy Yard when this all happened. This wouldn't be particularly noteworthy except for that Morgan's mother was also in the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks and Morgan himself was a junior at Virgina Tech during its campus shooting.

WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link

jeez...

http://swampland.time.com/2013/09/16/exclusive-navy-yard-dropped-its-guard-pentagon-inspector-general-says/#ixzz2f6cD5chr

The audit shows a history of those with criminal records managing to bypass the Navy’s security. Fifty-two “convicted felons received routine unauthorized installation access, placing military personnel, attendants, civilians in installations at an increased security risk,” according to the audit.

The Pentagon inspector general began the audit in September 2012, and in August 2013 posted an update to its website reporting that it was expected to be released within the next 30 days.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link

The mother of Josh Morgan, a wide receiver for the Washington Team-That-Will-Not-Be-Named

just call them what they are, the washington http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG

Z S, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link

(a moderator request fixed that problem)

Z S, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link

I followed all of that, I just thought that the rolling disgruntled shooting thread wasn't a good place to display hatcat

WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link

you're...right about that. sorry everyone, this isn't my day

Z S, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:07 (ten years ago) link

case in point why comedy auto-replace coding is not funny

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link

yes let's make this thread about that

WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link

disgr8080ntled

¯\(乒_乓 )/¯ (am0n), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link

that one goes in the "well duh" file

WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link

I guess the "I thought our lives were an open book" line is erased by this guy not having an online presence? maybe?

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link

x-post- Contract blames the military here of course also

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link

Contractor

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link

two weeks pass...
two months pass...

unremarkable run of the mill shooting at a high school near me going on right now, active shooter, 2 injured, yadda yadda yadda

http://kdvr.com/2013/12/13/2-injured-in-shooting-at-arapahoe-high-school/

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link

*hits snooze button*

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link

Colorado, are you cool?

how's life, Friday, 13 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link

seeing as how bimonthly mass shootings are here to stay i'm trying to find all the upsides to them

guns bring people together, as you can see from this livestream of what is going on around the school right now http://kdvr.com/on-air/live-streaming/

also gun sales are major $$$ into the economy... and because the population is smaller after each shooting i guess... our per capita gdp goes up..

:(

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link

watching the helicopter feed of what i presume must now be the procedure for these routine shootings is horrifying.

get shot at in school --> forced to evacuate in a single file line with their hands held up --> all students wrangled into the school's track herded together and patted down by a swat team --> ppl text and tweet --> that's it we're done here, next shooting

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link

shooter killed himself. guns win! guns win.

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link

DR Commish
December 13, 2013 at 1:23 pm
To Karen… AND Armed Security. Liberals HATE Guns… but the only way to STOP a Bad Guy with a Gun…. Is a Good Guy with a Gun.
The police can simply not be everywhere we might need them. With a “National Response Time” Average of 22 Minutes… And with the (seemingly increasing) number of evildoers that choose to do harm, We need to place “First Responders” at the sights of most concern.

am0n, Friday, 13 December 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/
(CNN) -- It started with a father sending text messages to his daughter during the previews of a movie.
It ended with the 43-year-old man shot dead amid the theater seats, and a 71-year-old retired police officer in custody.

hang son doong (am0n), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link

The shooter sat down and put the gun in his lap.

|$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link

http://newsdiffs.org/diff/401687/401815/www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/us/florida-man-is-shot-to-death-for-texting-during-movie-previews.html

Original NYT story on the theater shooting was headlined "Florida Man Is Shot to Death for Texting During Movie Preview" and included the sentences:

The killing underscored the increased debate about when to use smartphones in public. In October, the singer Madonna was spotted texting during the Lincoln Center premiere of “12 Years a Slave.” That led Tim League, chief executive of Alamo Drafthouse, a Texas-based chain of boutique cinemas, to post on Twitter that she was banned from watching movies at his theaters.

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link

protip - you can turn down brightness and mute your stupid devices you cant put down for 120 minutes.

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link

protip you should be able to go to a movie and annoy people without fear of getting fucking shot

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link

i just assume whenever i go out there's a 20% chance i'm going to get shot for no reason whatsoever

christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link

stay home, at least get shot by someone you love

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link

I spend the first ten minutes of every movie contemplating the 'vision cones' of imaginary shooters and planning our escape route

Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link

I can't tell if you're joking or not but I basically plan escape routes wherever I go, under the assumption one day I will need to run for my life from a crazy person/racist

SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, I've been in that mode since Aurora. Movies, supermarkets, restaurants, back-to-school night.

how's life, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link

I've been in that mode since I was 8.

SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link

Holy shit. That sounds stressful. So you always have it in the back of your head that someone might go crazy in the public places you go to?

Reminds me of how I read somewhere that "guys" always size each other up and figure out who are "potential threats" in bars &c. I have never ever done anything like this (and yes, I'm male), and I find it really hard to believe that's a common thing. The idea just makes me laugh and think of the "ocular patdown" in Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Øystein, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link


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