Ongoing US Mass Shooting Thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

Yeah he tweeted the whole thing with video. Summary execution should apply here.

[CroFlames]

I don't have a desire to watch the clip, so I won't.

However, not watching it doesn't make it go away. It happened. Perhaps if people DO watch it though, more and more people who were perhaps fence sitters will be moved to join the debate on gun culture in America.

Sickening.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

To be fair, this could have easily been a stabbing. Disgruntled ex-employee had a clear motive. I heard that it was her last day on the job too and there was supposed to be a party later.

Or he could have had a table leg with a nail in it. Unfortunately, like in all these "shooting" situations, he didn't have a knife or a table leg with a nail in it. He had a gun and killed two people and seriously injured a third in a few seconds. You can't do that with a knife unless you are ninja.

Anyway, they are reporting now on CNN that the suspect "Vester Flanagan" has posted GoPro videos of the shooting on his Facebook page.

[jschick88]

His account was active a few minutes. Twitter has suspended him now.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Twitter account gone already. Good.

[Thor]

Heartbreaking

[FlamesAddiction]

Kind of creepy. A photo of one the victims with the murderer and her fiancé.

Spoiler!

[Senator Clay Davis]

But those videos will be out there forever. Clearly a very ####ed up individual who again should have just killed himself but now he gets to die after killing two innocents.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

To be fair, this could have easily been a stabbing. Disgruntled ex-employee had a clear motive. I heard that it was her last day on the job too and there was supposed to be a party later.

Could have been done with a knife? Yes. Just as easy? No. Could have been done with anything from a baseball bat to a stapler.

A much higher chance they could have lived and/or fought him off if he was using a melee weapon.

A very sad thing, as all these incidents are. Glad to see there is focus on the victims so far. Hopefully that continues after they catch him.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Kind of creepy. A photo of one the victims with the murderer and her fiancé.

Spoiler!

Is that the same guy? Looks slightly different, imo.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

To be fair, this could have easily been a stabbing. Disgruntled ex-employee had a clear motive. I heard that it was her last day on the job too and there was supposed to be a party later.

I think that was the fiancé of the camera man that was leaving to go to another job, that's what I read anyways.

This sickens me, its just easy for the angry and the sick and the vengeful and bitter to get their hands on a fire arm down there and live the fantasy of taking people down with them.

The sad thing is that as long as groups like the NRA are allowed to fund lobby groups and pay off politicians on both sides of the aisle gun laws will never change.

Its tremendously sad when two young people are just snuffed out like this, and I'm betting that the gunman who it sounds like a disgruntled employee, stalked them, waited til they were on air and killed them for the maximum effect.

Until they can have a rational discussion about firearms control down there this will never change, and there will never be a rational discussion around removing or changing a constitutional right.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Is that the same guy? Looks slightly different, imo.

According to this website it is:

http://coed.com/2015/08/26/vester-le...s-wdbj-killer/

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I don't have a desire to watch the clip, so I won't.

However, not watching it doesn't make it go away. It happened. Perhaps if people DO watch it though, more and more people who were perhaps fence sitters will be moved to join the debate on gun culture in America.

Sickening.

People in this country were more concerned about their Second Amendment rights than the deaths of 20-some small children.

If that didn't change anything, I doubt this will.

[Thor]

Pictures of sicko removed..

[PeteMoss]

Bet Twitter regrets those autoplaying videos today.

[heep223]

Why can't they just ban handguns? Ugh. Keep their rights for long guns if they absolutely need to. Some politician needs to step in and just do it for the greater good.

Feel terrible for the families and all those affected by this insanity.

[CroFlames]

@ Thor

I humbly request you take those pictures down. We don't need him on our community site.

[Madman]

WHSVnews @WHSVnews
#BREAKING Reports: Alleged #WDBJ shooter Vester Flanagan has shot himself:

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by heep223

Why can't they just ban handguns? Ugh. Keep their rights for long guns if they absolutely need to. Some politician needs to step in and just do it for the greater good.

Feel terrible for the families and all those affected by this insanity.

Won't ever happen, they have a right to bear arms, there's no definition of the type of arms that they can carry.

Plus with all of the conceal and carry stuff, and on top of that the gun shows that people can go in and buy the latest weapons with little in the way of checks.

Canada had it easier because we don't have any rights under the constitution to bear arms or form militias, so the government can do what they want in terms of restricting weapons by changing the law.

But you're not going to get Americans to agree to change a major amendment of the constitution.

Even Trump with all his promises of getting the 14th amendment changed would have a major fight through the supreme court with 100 years of challenges.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Madman

WHSVnews @WHSVnews
#BREAKING Reports: Alleged #WDBJ shooter Vester Flanagan has shot himself:

Good, enjoy hell, hopefully everyone forgets about you soon you slimebag.