Trump sent out his thoughts and prayers to a different town in Texas so that's them fucked.
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Trump sent out his thoughts and prayers to a different town in Texas so that's them fucked.
BBC getting reports of a school shooting in Florida.
YAY 'MURICA.
There's actually been 6 (school shootings) in the time between this and the last post for a nice reality check on where the problem is at these days.
School should just be finishing there. Not the best time to try to wipe out a school, unless you're outside with a full automatic.
At least 17 dead, apparently. Trump will be loving how foreign "Nikolas Cruz" sounds.
Sounds like a decent semi.
The one heartening thing about this is that these kids are both old and online enough to tell all the people saying 'don't politicize the tragedy' to fuck off.
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I do like the 'it's the gun who did it' angle.
It is though, isn't it? A person may have pulled the trigger but ultimately it's the gun who actually blasted the bullet out. Disgusting how it's being blamed on people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Well, blame the bullets then. It is them who pierced through the bodies, not the gun.
You’ve lived there too long Peps.
if the air was thicker the bullets would cause less damage
I know. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Jesus Christ...we've been approaching this the wrong way all along!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
I heard Lockheed Martin have signed a trillion dollar deal to start making full kevlar bodysuits and shields for kids.
Isn't that a Chris Rock routine?
The next Dem should run on repealing the second amendment. If it loses then you just say 'fine' and abandon ship for Mexico.
They’d never get it though the Senate/Congress even if they somehow got elected before their assassination.
66% of the vote in the House and the Senate? You having a laugh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Nah that was from a while back that you're misremembering. You can buy Kevlar plates to put in your kids backpack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Which is only slightly less mental.
Good news for the miniscule amount of DuPont stock I own though.
If that kevlar thing is a joke already I genuinely didn't know about it.
#shame
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Originally Posted by Magic
It isn't a joke. A company are planning to sell or are selling kevlar inserts for children's schoolbags in Florida. Note; sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
What a fucking shithole country.
It’s the Land of the FREE, mate.
Fear not, Trump has just said that they are going to pray for the families
Sorted.
It has come to something when the mad thing that Magic's addled mind invents as a joke is only marginally more bonkers than the real thing happening.
You can almost imagine some hateful Republican shitcunt saying 'let them have kevlar' as a joke and a lightbulb appearing above someone in the room's head.
Jesus Christ.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
We should probably ban "thoughts and prayers".
Then just shrug your shoulders and make the country accept it wants its children dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Note: not accept a risk that they might die. They want them to die. There is no reason to have guns other than to kill people with them.
Yup. It's been going on so long and in such numbers that you have to conclude that this is the way people want it. Looks more and more like we, somewhat ironically, dodged a bullet back in '83
Well, the Onion have remixed it so that justifies a re-post, right?
https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-p...s-r-1823016659
They put out a slightly different version of that story every time there's a big shooting. It must represent about half their total output at this point.
Everyone who says this is a mental health issue and therefore gun laws won't accomplish anything should have their record on healthcare votes dragged out, and be forced to answer why they've been gutting the healthcare system, and mental healthcare in particular.
The truth is that anybody in a position of influence who sees this and then doesn't attempt to change anything actually accepts that this is an acceptable consequence of their chosen policy positions. They have to act as if they're concerned, but in reality they see it as acceptable collateral damage of the second amendment.
Sandy Hook was America's line in the sand moment. If America didn't change a single thing after that, there's no situation so horrifying that it will force them to do so now. They've made their decision, and established their precedent.
Mental people with no guns > non-mental people with guns. It's a whole load of admin to kill people without guns. Just ask Vlad the Impaler.
That said, I think The Onion have made the definitive statement on mass shootings with their recycling the identical article every single time, with only the locations, names, and numbers changed. Every other element of social commentary is pretty much superfluous to that at this stage.
I 100% agree. The Republicans are enabling this on both ends, and they're not actually bothered by it. It's all just acceptable collateral damage for libertarian paradise they want to live in. I guarantee you that someone, somewhere behind closed doors has uttered the phrase "17 isn't that many when you consider the big picture".Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
The Republicans are, at this point, legitimately evil. You couldn't pay me enough to live in the US.
I didn't realise until today quite how balls-deep the conspiracy loons had gone into Sandy Hook.
I assume they're having a field day somewhere.
Just went to Above Top Secret to have a look, and the first post I saw on whatever page of their 22-page thread it was I clicked on had a guy linked to Infowars so I'm already out.
If that story about the kevlar plates was coming out of Kenya or somewhere it would be straight on the 'look what these kids go through just to get an education' advert.
Massacre the fuck out the adults, but come within ten feet of kids and you're being no scope 360'd by a 15yo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Do they realise that the majority of these fuckwits go in with suicide intended?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
It's basically this. Kids being shot is just one of those things we have to accept.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItalAussie
Swimming pools are more dangerous anyway.
The idea that saturating communities with yet more guns is going to lead to fewer incidents boggles the mind. You just know some student will get a hold of the teachers gun, or a teacher will decide to go on a spree.
Or a police officer will arrive on a scene with six different people - five of which are shooting in self-defence, and only three of which actually know who the original shooter was. Then they have to make the worst decision in the world.
Pay attention kids.
Pay attention kids!
*cocks AR-15*
I SAID PAY ATTENTION MOTHERFUCKERS.