05-24-2022, 02:39 PM
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#1121
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sunnyvale
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Ugh, Murica. News outlets with various reports on fatalities, lets hope it is only 2, "just" 2 would be a miracle.
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Last edited by Derek Sutton; 05-24-2022 at 02:44 PM.
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05-24-2022, 02:40 PM
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#1122
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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05-24-2022, 02:41 PM
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#1123
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Might be worthwhile to share a source, since ABC news is reporting 2 dead as shown above.
Sandy Hook ten years ago. America loves a reboot.
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I'm watching ABC news on TV, but I'm sure you can go to their webpage
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05-24-2022, 02:47 PM
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#1124
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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It's Texas, I expect every teacher will be forced to be armed with an AR-15 by the end of the week, as the "solution" here.
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05-24-2022, 02:50 PM
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#1125
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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It’s America,there could have been two mass shootings on the same day.
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05-24-2022, 02:50 PM
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#1126
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
It's Texas, I expect every teacher will be forced to be armed with an AR-15 by the end of the week, as the "solution" here.
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Give it a few hours and they'll be back talking about the important stuff - like complaining about people complaining about Ricky Gervais trans jokes.
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05-24-2022, 02:53 PM
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#1127
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Franchise Player
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I mean, it's super sad and all, but the really important thing is that we don't politicize this tragedy.
#GOPthings
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05-24-2022, 02:54 PM
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#1128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-elem...l_twitter_abcn
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Fourteen students and a teacher are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.
The 18-year-old suspect, a student at Uvalde High School, is also dead, he said.
"He shot and killed horrifically and incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher," Abbott said during an unrelated press briefing.
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05-24-2022, 02:56 PM
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#1129
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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I imagine this will be deleted soon, but yeah, God Bless and all that ####
https://twitter.com/user/status/659427797853536256
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05-24-2022, 02:57 PM
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#1130
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damn onions
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Seems a bit much. US is a safe country.
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Originally Posted by mikephoen
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I assume he's not vacationing in gangland Baltimore. The worry was random attacks which is a rare risk.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Numbers shake out differently looking at murders only. Five year tally by country is:
Mexico 25
U.S. 22
Jamaica 17
Philippines 13
Burkina Faso (!) 10
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/more-c...road-1.5734627
U.S. rate is still very low when you consider the enormous number of trips (20 million a year) while the number in Jamaica is alarming considering the much small number of visits (300k). No idea what the heck was going on in Burkina Faso.
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None of this seems to logically be consistent when you see news of things like the below:
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
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I don't think Texas elementary schools or concerts on the Las Vegas strip are equivalent to Baltimore gang land.
I think anytime people try to go on and wax poetic about the state of America and how safe things are, within the juxtaposition of the most guns per capita and gun deaths per capita and then advent of mass shootings (on basically a daily basis), things aren't adding up here.
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05-24-2022, 03:06 PM
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#1131
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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I mean, stats are stats, so there is that. But with every mass shooting down in that 3rd world country and especially when it's a gunman entering a school and killing kids, I move further and further away from the US being a safe place from being shot, relatively.
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05-24-2022, 03:09 PM
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#1132
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
It's Texas, I expect every teacher will be forced to be armed with an AR-15 by the end of the week, as the "solution" here.
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Arming teachers alone won't fix anything. They are also going to need lots of thoughts and prayers.
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05-24-2022, 03:10 PM
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#1133
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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05-24-2022, 03:14 PM
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#1134
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Participant
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
I mean, stats are stats, so there is that. But with every mass shooting down in that 3rd world country and especially when it's a gunman entering a school and killing kids, I move further and further away from the US being a safe place from being shot, relatively.
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As horrific of a thing this is to say, as a tourist, it’s not like you’re going into an elementary school, so shootings like this really shouldn’t sway you one way or the other. They certainly should sway you MORE than a shooting at a mall or shopping center.
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05-24-2022, 03:15 PM
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#1135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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I'm hoping now that this investigation doesn't reveal again that authorities at one point talked to this 18 year old in the past but deemed him not a threat to the public...
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05-24-2022, 03:38 PM
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#1136
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
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Do clowns like this sexually pleasure themselves with their guns? Their entire identity is guns. ####ing sickening.
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05-24-2022, 03:38 PM
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#1137
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
I'm hoping now that this investigation doesn't reveal again that authorities at one point talked to this 18 year old in the past but deemed him not a threat to the public...
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It doesn't matter, nothing matters, nothing changes, it's the US
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05-24-2022, 03:41 PM
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#1138
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
It doesn't matter, nothing matters, nothing changes, it's the US
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When Sandy Hook didn't wake up the nation, nothing will. Or maybe it did, but the lobbyists are just too powerful. Either way, nothing changes.
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05-24-2022, 03:45 PM
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#1139
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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The Sheriff (I think) made a quick statement as they are still investigating, so didn't take questions. He did make sure to ask people to have the victims in their prayers though. Glad they're still making sure to keep thoughts and prayers at top of mind.
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05-24-2022, 03:51 PM
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#1140
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
It's Texas, I expect every teacher will be forced to be armed with an AR-15 by the end of the week, as the "solution" here.
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Gotta arm the students. AR-15’s for every kindergarten and elementary school kid. Body armor in the coat closet.
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