I have an idea to simplify the problem, BAN GUNS
this idea is so crazy... it just might work
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 June 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/history/files/2014/03/a-team-t-shirt-hannibal-a-plan-comes-together.jpg
― Οὖτις, Friday, June 6, 2014 11:26 AM
just like it did for drugs http://www.lashresort.com/f/public/style_emoticons/default/smug-arms.gif
― am0n, Friday, 6 June 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
now we just have to convince people that guns can be dangerous
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
the crazy thing is I learned of the SPU shooting when I was... at a vigil for victims of another shooting in Seattle
― uppers epilepsy sh@kedown (The Reverend), Friday, 6 June 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
lol am0n
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 June 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Also in Seattle, a former co-worker is on lockdown at his new job after someone pulled a gun on a couple people next door.
― JoeStork, Friday, 6 June 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
ah, all resolved actually, guy got arrested, the gun was fake.
fake guns > real guns
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 6 June 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Especially those chocolate ones
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 6 June 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
http://gawker.com/video-shows-cops-shootout-with-sovereign-citizen-at-g-1587329275
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Saturday, 7 June 2014 03:16 (nine years ago) link
(CNN) -- Two police officers and a third person were killed by two gunmen in Las Vegas on Sunday, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Laura Meltzer.
The attackers first opened fire and killed the officers at about 11:30 a.m. as they were eating lunch, she said.
Witnesses told police that the gunmen said "this is a revolution."
The shooters then crossed a street and went to a Walmart where the third person was killed at the store's entrance, Meltzer said.
The suspects then killed themselves, she said.
Walmart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan released a statement: "We express our deepest condolences to everyone who have been affected by this senseless act of violence."
The store is closed, and the company is working with investigators, the statement said.
― underrated aerobies I have flung (how's life), Sunday, 8 June 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
what's this, like one a week now?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 8 June 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
"btw, buy the affordable guns we sell," he added.
― Clay, Monday, 9 June 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
walmart should give a 20% discount to anyone shot by a gun sold from their store. 40% discount (limited to one item) for anyone whose loved one is killed by a walmart gun.
― Spectrum, Monday, 9 June 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
If only those police officers had been armed
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
3 in the past 5 days that I've heard about: Moncton on Weds, Seattle after that, now Vegas.
Vegas one is weird. Two shooters, one female.
I've noticed some news outlets have started toning down coverage of the shooters themselves - less mentions of them by name, less images of them... Or at least debating whether they should put some self-imposed limits on how they cover these people. I wonder if it could actually have an effect if an effort was made to intensely de-glamourize them. Somehow I doubt it would make all that much of a difference to paranoid schizophrenic gun nuts but might make for a marginally more sane culture.
― Brio2, Monday, 9 June 2014 01:26 (nine years ago) link
no one shot yet but a guy with an assault rifle is pacing around a roof in LA right now
https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/476071645447086080
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Monday, 9 June 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
ok apparently he just got off the roof like a second ago
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Monday, 9 June 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
now whats he doing
― am0n, Monday, 9 June 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
(i'm basically just retweeting this la times guy so click that last tweet for info) first it said it looked like he was walking toward police, but now apparently he is barricaded in a house?
@LAPDHQ: All residents in the 11600 blk of Hartsook in North Hollywood, PLEASE stay inside. Armed and Dangerous suspect with rifle.
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Monday, 9 June 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Brio2 : "We’ve had 20 years of mass murders, throughout which I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media: If you don’t want to propagate more mass murders, don’t start the stories with sirens blaring, don’t have photographs of the killer, don’t make this 24/7 coverage. Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story, not to make the killer some kind of anti-hero; do localize this story to the affected community and make it as boring as possible in every other market. Because every time we have intense saturation coverage of a mass murder, we expect to see one or two more within a week."
Dr. Park Dietz, Forensic Psychiatrist
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
Shots fired at Oregon high school
http://koin.com/2014/06/10/shots-fired-at-troutdales-reynolds-high-school/
― can't shtup the music (brownie), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
Fuck this fucking hell-world that America has become.
― how's life, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
just another typical school dayhttp://i58.tinypic.com/29qkx79.jpg
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
Bystander Joseph Robert Wilcox, 31, who was carrying a concealed weapon inside the store, spotted Jerad Miller and told a friend he would confront him, according to authorities. As he neared Jerad, he was shot in the ribs by Amanda and later died, McMahill said.
even Fox had to include this bit. maybe keep it handy for the next time the NRA has an opinion about how to prevent mass shootings
― arid banter (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Sam Stein ✔ @samsteinhpThere have been now 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook, roughly 9.5 a monthigorvolsky ✔ @igorvolsky74 school shootings since Sandy Hook. 117 total mass shootings in 2014.
There have been now 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook, roughly 9.5 a month
igorvolsky ✔ @igorvolsky
74 school shootings since Sandy Hook.
117 total mass shootings in 2014.
SMELL THE FREEDOM!
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
jfc
― polyamanita (sleeve), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
Sam Stein @samsteinhp · 1hCorrection on last tweet, 74 shooting since Sandy Hook is about 4 a month. apologies for the bad math
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
still fucking insane
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, that HS is only about 15 mi east of my apt.
There was also the Clackamas mall shooting in Dec 2012. That was like 10-15 miles from the high school, too.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
more manifestos, please !
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
take my life, please!
― am0n, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
yeah, thanks sebastien - the Park Dietz take on this is well illustrated in this Charlie Brooker piece - I was surprised to see a few media outlets finally act on it though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4
― Brio2, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/06/10/map-at-least-74-school-shootings-since-newtown/
Georgia, which passed an expansive pro-gun law this year, has been site of the most incidents on Everytown’s list, with 10 shootings reported.
better marketing can and will solve this problem. "YOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO END UP DEAD"
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
"come for the peach pie, stay for the indiscriminate mass shootings" --georgia tourist board
― display name changed. (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
I bet their shootings are v discriminatory tbh
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
It looks like the Vegas couple were white power enthusiasts who aimed to inspire copycat attacks so it makes sense to downplay their coverage.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
At the high school today, two other students just happened to be strapped.
"The confusion that occurred about the number of gunmen at the scene apparently happened because two students were found carrying guns when authorities did a pat-down"
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2014/06/reynolds_high_shooting_police_1.html#incart_maj-story-1
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
is this real? so sad if sohttp://www.businessinsider.com/bodyguard-bulletproof-blanket-for-kids-2014-6
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
we're going to have one of these every day at some point in the not-too-distant future, right?
http://image.blingee.com/images16/content/output/000/000/000/521/408327952_1296566.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
http://azstarnet.com/ap/commentary/article_0f98d679-f855-5e2a-af2a-1a8cea54a5f9.html
― just like the one wing dove (Crabbits), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oregon-high-school-shooting-20140611,0,1278614.story
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
oh sorry, we already discussed this. i only just saw it and thought it happened today.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
hay everyone
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/476573835924226048
― goole, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
(retweeted by paul krugman)
and now me
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
LOL I love the "it happened in australia" reply. Because Australia a) had aa right to guns in our constitution and b) banned gun ownership. Sure. That happened.
― the Bronski Review (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 23:54 (nine years ago) link
http://boingboing.net/2014/06/11/tom-the-dancing-bug-how-to-te.html
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 12 June 2014 00:59 (nine years ago) link
bang!
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/16/6487838/nevada-county-sheriff-identifies.html
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link