School shooting in US

[titaniumbean]

Rofl at the US.

"We demand that Mr Morgan be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens."


31k person petition, yet Fox news can keep airing wat. Bill OReilly wat. HOW DO THE TIDES WORK THO.


It's also lucky everyone has guns, so that they can kill their volunteer firefighters the day before Christmas.

[Delboy]

Story on the bbc here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20838729

I love the bit where he says to Mr Pratt (lol)

'You are a very stupid man, aren't you?'

[Woodsey]

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[Jon MW]

 

pretty much the same logic as saying Anders Breivik in Norway 'proves' that illegality doesn't get in the way

but hardly worth arguing the point with people who just wouldn't see how flawed the logic is

[ScottMGee]

Simple solution to the Timothy McVeigh threat - we just give everyone their own Atom Bomb that way we would all be safer!

[Woodsey]

[Dino]

An American newspaper effectively did the same thing yesterday by publishing a list of gun license holder in 2 counties near the site of the school shooting.
It was intended as a name and shame exercise by an anti gun newspaper but has the effect of pointing burglars to non armed houses.

[Jon MW]

If you search for stories about burglars being shot in America you don't get many results

I'm assuming that somewhere there must be some statistics on how many criminals actually get shot by armed members of the public?

The results you do get though are about innocent people being mistakenly shot, and Americans regretting that the burglars who did get shot weren't both killed on the spot or neighbours shooting burglars even though the police on the 911 call told them to stay inside and not do it because they were very close to the area and could respond quickly.

All of those stories seem to suggest that the problem is definitely more to do with Americans in particular rather than their legal system.

[david3103]

If you search for stories about burglars being shot in America you don't get many results

I'm assuming that somewhere there must be some statistics on how many criminals actually get shot by armed members of the public?

The results you do get though are about innocent people being mistakenly shot, and Americans regretting that the burglars who did get shot weren't both killed on the spot or neighbours shooting burglars even though the police on the 911 call told them to stay inside and not do it because they were very close to the area and could respond quickly.

All of those stories seem to suggest that the problem is definitely more to do with Americans in particular rather than their legal system.

The stories suggest to me that the ready availability of a gun, with which to shoot people, is the issue.

[titaniumbean]

An American newspaper effectively did the same thing yesterday by publishing a list of gun license holder in 2 counties near the site of the school shooting.
It was intended as a name and shame exercise by an anti gun newspaper but has the effect of pointing burglars to non armed houses.

any links to increased burglary reports or are you guessing just like the legislators?

Americans are mostly complete twats, that's the real issue.

[Woodsey]

[Royal Flush]

People are mostly complete twats, that's the real issue.

FYP

[david3103]

People are mostly complete twats, and therefore shouldn't be allowed easy access to firearms, that's the real issue.

FYP

FYP a little bit more

[titaniumbean]

People are mostly complete twats, that's the real issue.

FYP

oh god yes. I'm not a fan of the general public. Was just focusing on USA because we're talking about them obv!

[snoopy1239]

Worryingly, I think this is true.