04-16-2021, 09:42 AM
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#981
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Of course we're all desensitized to it. Me personally, unless it's double digits I basically don't even pay attention, unless the circumstances are unique. But 8 people killed at work? Doesn't even rate slightly. And it's disgusting to think about it like that, but it is what it is.
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04-16-2021, 09:46 AM
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#982
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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The US is a scary scary place.
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04-16-2021, 10:14 AM
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#983
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
US shootings that surprised me
1. Columbine
2. Sandy Hook
3. Las Vegas
Everything else (even the big ones like Orlando) almost seemed inevitable.
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Columbine only because it was the first big one 20+ years ago. But really, Parkland was no different.
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Is it bad that it's such a common occurrence now that, unless it's a particularly unique mass shooting, it doesn't really register much to me anymore? Americans have had, and continue to have, many many chances to amend gun laws and curb some of this, yet they refuse to do so (and I get there are Americans that want change, I'm just stating America the country as a whole, with all their useless wannabe military rejects and grandstanding politicians that trot out the stupid "guns don't kill people, people kill people" argument).
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Yeah, unfortunately this is true. Everything in America is a political issue, even the shooting of 6 years olds. Remember Dunblane in Scotland? Great Britain immediately changed their gun laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firear...ment)_Act_1997
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04-16-2021, 11:12 AM
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#984
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Vernon, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
The US is a scary scary place.
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They just had 45 mass shootings in one month and moving forward they will do nothing about it.
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04-16-2021, 12:56 PM
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#985
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Self Imposed Retirement
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Calgary
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It really is the wild west down there (U.S) still. So many people dying and getting killed senselessly. Someone needs to step up and do something already!
When you look at the current proposals, they're very minor and even if approved will do little to stop carnage and gun violence.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN2BV2F2
Last edited by Macman; 04-16-2021 at 01:14 PM.
Reason: link
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04-16-2021, 12:57 PM
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#986
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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It's like a country run by toddlers.
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04-16-2021, 12:57 PM
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#987
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Franchise Player
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It blew me away to read, “this is the biggest mass shooting since March 22.”
Wow.
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04-16-2021, 01:15 PM
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#988
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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More and more states are relaxing gun laws. Like carrying without a license.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/...t-opinion-poll
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Utah joined 16 states that allow concealed carrying of firearms without a permit. The others are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, North Dakota (residents only) and Wyoming (residents only).
Four other states allow permitless concealed carry with certain limitations: Illinois, Montana, New Mexico and Washington.
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Texas is next. Passed today
https://twitter.com/user/status/1383135872334368772
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04-16-2021, 01:18 PM
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#989
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Looooooooooooooch
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What the actual ####?
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04-16-2021, 01:19 PM
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#990
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Self Imposed Retirement
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Calgary
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Re:#988
It's more than likely their response to end gun violence, arm more people and make it easier for people to carry guns.
They need to start eliminating guns and buying guns back.
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04-16-2021, 01:21 PM
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#991
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Yeah... people think I’m joking or exaggerating when I say I will not travel there. It has nothing to do with thinking I’ll get shot. I have no interest supporting tourism in absolute cluster#### countries, and that is one of them.
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04-16-2021, 01:22 PM
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#992
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Franchise Player
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Is your dick that tiny you need to strap a gun on your person 24/7? Jesus.
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04-16-2021, 01:35 PM
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#993
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Yeah... people think I’m joking or exaggerating when I say I will not travel there. It has nothing to do with thinking I’ll get shot. I have no interest supporting tourism in absolute cluster#### countries, and that is one of them.
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I have family/close friends that live in California, Colorado, Texas and honestly I am worried about their safety.
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04-16-2021, 01:36 PM
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#994
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Will probably just lead to more police shootings.
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04-16-2021, 01:49 PM
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#995
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I have family/close friends that live in California, Colorado, Texas and honestly I am worried about their safety.
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To be clear, I don’t lack empathy for the people. It’s actually the exact opposite. Spending money and free time there like it’s some kind of wonderland is ####ed up to me. Fix your #### and protect your people.
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04-16-2021, 01:51 PM
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#996
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Will probably just lead to more police shootings.
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And more innocent people being shot and killed by police. This is a total lose lose
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04-16-2021, 01:53 PM
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#997
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
And more innocent people being shot and killed by police. This is a total lose lose
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That’s what I meant. Police can just say, “they had a gun; had to protect myself”.
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04-16-2021, 01:55 PM
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#998
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
To be clear, I don’t lack empathy for the people. It’s actually the exact opposite. Spending money and free time there like it’s some kind of wonderland is ####ed up to me. Fix your #### and protect your people.
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I read your post the right way.
I am scared for my friends and family.
I have some that live less than 5 mins from:
Columbine
Auroa
Arapahoe
Highland Ranch
In fact in July 2012 we were there when the theatre shooting happened.
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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04-16-2021, 02:25 PM
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#999
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Will probably just lead to more police shootings.
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Its amazing to me that half of American's don't realize how destructive the gun issue is and how it bleeds into many of their other problems. You've got an armed populace and police force, each of whom are nervous about interacting with the other. What could go wrong?
People as a species aren't rational and unemotional enough to be able to have every single person in a population carry around guns and not have constant murder. Its just obvious.
And on top of that there's people who will seriously argue the solution is more guns.
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04-16-2021, 03:48 PM
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#1000
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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This will likely sound ridiculous, but I was in the states (California) early last year for the first time in 15+ years. We went to the grocery store the first day we were there and I was hyper sensitive thinking "everyone has a gun strapped to them here, I don't want to accidentally bump someone with my trolley". That silly fear died away by the next day and everyone I had dealings with were nice and friendly, but it's a weird thought that most people are packing deadly weapons on them at the store or mall or wherever.
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