I got notifications from AP when it happened and throughout the day but nothing from NYT or WaPo
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:27 (six years ago) link
well okay I was having a pretty good day until now
― El Tomboto
i would argue you’re still having a pretty good day because there wasn’t a child massacre today
we did our lockdown practice last week. ended up arguing w the kids abt whether or not it would be a good idea to arm ourselves w box cutters saws and hammers from the engineering workroom or not (during a real lockdown not during the drill)
― the late great, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
Run, Hide, Fight. If you did the first two and wind up in a place with limited egress (i.e. run and hide options have been exhausted) then preparing to fight is absolutely what you should do. You and your school district are welcome to contact my colleagues who do this shit for a living. Sadly, that's a job that exists.
https://www.dhs.gov/active-shooter-preparedness
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:09 (six years ago) link
Saturday morning, I was buying tires at Sam's. Two guys behind me- one older Jerry Van Dyke fella and this big middle-aged black guy wearing an Alabama sweater.
"Whoa there, pard!" says Jerry. "When the shooter comes in here, he might aim for your Tide logo and hit me instead!"
"Haha," said the big guy. "Happens every week now, don't it!"
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:20 (six years ago) link
I was hoping the big guy would say "Taste's very strange!" but you can't win 'em all
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 05:30 (six years ago) link
May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2017
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link
The Cut and Paste President.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 08:28 (six years ago) link
this made me want to punch the screen so I'm sharing it with you
There is no solution so why get angry. It's like the 64,000 opioid deaths last year. Free will.— Christopher (@Chris_in_RI) November 14, 2017
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 10:11 (six years ago) link
i shared this a few years ago. i'm reposting here. overheard in the locker room of a gym in knoxville TB. three old guys, they don't know each other well.
"you know how people are saying teachers ought to be armed now"
(suspiciously) "well i don't know about that"
"i'd take it one step further"
"..."
"i'd arm the students"
"you'd what now?"
"i'd arm the students. but..." he pauses for dramatic effect: "only students with a 4.0 grade point average would be eligible!!"
loud guffaws
"well.. i don't know about that"
"i was gonna write that in a letter to the newspaper."
"did you?"
"but my wife said they'd probably print it!"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link
knoxville TN fml
Yeah, that sounds like Knoxville. Our state legislature this year required us to allow permit holders to carry in all sorts of public facilities, including on buses, unless we install metal detectors and armed security. (Which would be cost prohibitive and ridiculous on buses, obv.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
The rationale being that, basically, no one is safe unless there is at least one person with a gun present at all times in all places.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDb0Dn8OXE
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, November 15, 2017 4:46 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey just like our foreign policy
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
(as always, don't read the comments, which concerning AitF are usually "Archie was right") xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
ha nice xp
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
Reports of an #ActiveShooter in the 1400 blk of I St, NW. Shelter in place. MPD is responding.— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) December 1, 2017
― gbx, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
shit. I'm stuck in traffic around 1800 k st. wonder if its related.
― how's life, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah I didn't see much. There were some cop cars parked on I and a few more up on K in front of the Post with their lights on. But didnt see any unusual activity or any ambulances. Hope everybody's alright.
― how's life, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
reports that it was nerf gun
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
whew
― gbx, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
Walter Scott shooting: Michael Slager, ex-officer, sentenced to 20 years in prison
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
The Latest: Authorities say three people are dead following a shooting at a New Mexico high school. https://t.co/4u1dyGtO0F— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2017
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
a colleague's sister was texting from a broom closet at that school :-/
― gbx, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
still wish we could change this thread title
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
just make this thread a sticky amirite guys
yeah but seriously title is awful
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Thread is huge so would be reasonable to start a new one?
― nashwan, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
idk i think it's a fitting compendium
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
same.
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
Kentucky school shooting?
― neutral yogurt (doo dah), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
2 kids dead, 17 others injured by 15-yo shooter.
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article196104979.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
5 dead in Pennsylvania.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-police-5-killed-shooting-pennsylvania-car-wash-152123444.html?.tsrc=fauxdal
― nickn, Sunday, 28 January 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
the good news is that there is now growing bipartisan support for banning bump stocks. they're getting really close to something, i can feel it
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 January 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
i heard in KY they're using this to push for making it legal for public school teachers to carry
― the late great, Sunday, 28 January 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
they're getting really close to something, i can feel it
about as bleak as humor ever gets
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 28 January 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
yeah, i don't mean to make light of these incidents, sorry. it is really, really heartbreaking how nothing is being done at the national level to prevent gun violence. i don't know the details of this latest one; i know it may not be a good example of a preventable outcome. there are almost always more factors than just the mere availability of a gun. but they sure don't help, that's for fucking sure. i chiefly blame the republicans for refusing to do anything to help, at the cost of many lives. it's shameful. but democrats should at least keep vocally fighting for measures to reduce gun violence, even if it's like banging a head against the wall. it may be futile, but at least send a signal that something is happening that is wrong.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 January 2018 21:33 (six years ago) link
as many have noted, we crossed some sort of threshold when nothing was done after sandy hook. i don't know where we are now, but it's a persistently despicable place
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 January 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
I only just read this recently and it's the most comprehensive take on American gun control I can recall (v leftist tho if yr not into that)http://habeasquaestus.com/2017/10/03/profit-kills
― Simon H., Sunday, 28 January 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
there's an active shooter (or was) at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL.
― omar little, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
ban high schools
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
my sis lives there and i have friends there.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
20-30 'injured' and shooter still at large.
live video herehttps://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
christ
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
shooter in custody. one confirmed casualty far.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
now reporting multiple deaths im sick
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
shooter is a white male, so expect thoughts and prayers and nothing else.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
prez already came in w thoughts n prayers
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
cool, he's done
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
Broward sherriff says shooter is in custody.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
there's video out there from inside a classroom man alive
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link