PussEKatt Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 This gun violence in the USA is carrying on like the Carny saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: This gun violence in the USA is carrying on like the Carny saga. Thoughts and prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I know the next episode of Coronation St is next week.When is the next episode of shooting in the USA,cant be far away. These people have decided thats the way they want to live.In a country where you risk your life just going to school,or a show downtown,or something else that the rest of the world find quite commonplace and safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 On the topic of the tipping point, personally I'd say it's a lot of things but the internet is a big one. It moved people into silos. There's an interesting (for want of a better single word) article here on the only two US school shooters who are out of jail. This was pre-Columbine, and the murderers were charged as minors so could only be held until 21 - after which their records were sealed. Caused outrage and the changing of some state laws (but not gun laws as far as I can tell). https://abcnews.go.com/US/living-us-mass-school-shooters-incarcerated/story?id=36986507 Quote The Only Two Living US Mass School Shooters Who Are Not Incarcerated Two boys killed five people at their middle school and now they are free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, choffer said: Actually thought there'd been another one when this was at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 Probably has been a few today. Law of averages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 5 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Probably has been a few today. Law of averages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted July 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2022 6 hours ago, choffer said: When that video started I was terrified it was going to be some sort of reenactment of a shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted July 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2022 28 minutes ago, sne said: It literally be anywhere. Any town or city, in the shops, at school at the post office, train station. It's a form of terrorism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2022 8 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Probably has been a few today. Law of averages. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62286929 Iowa shooting: Child and parents shot dead while camping Quote A six-year-old girl and her parents have been shot dead while camping in the US state of Iowa, police have said. The bodies of Sarah and Tyler Schmidt, both 42, and their daughter Lula were found in their tent in the Maquoketa Caves State Park. The couple's nine-year-old son survived the attack, a neighbour said. Police believe the suspected shooter, a 23-year-old man, then turned the gun on himself. His body was also found in the park. Quote Mr Mortvedt told local newspaper, The Des Moines Register, that there had been no reports of an earlier altercation between the suspect and victims. The suspected shooter has been named as Anthony Orlando Sherwin, who was also staying at the campsite. It's OK though. Probably just a mental health issue. Phew, no harm done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 10 hours ago, TheAuthority said: It literally be anywhere. Any town or city, in the shops, at school at the post office, train station. It's a form of terrorism. Are you sure ? There seems to be so much of it that it could be a form of recreation or a new sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2022 So Candian laws... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Was a livestreamer shooting in memphis, 19 year old round the city filming himself kill 4 and injure 3 in a "day long" spree that saw a large part of the city closed while they tried to find him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 Parkland school shooter verdict reached. Killed 17 at a school, the deadliest shooting to reach a jury trial in US history. The jury's findings has taken over half an hour so far to read, govern how many there are. Looks like he's escaped the death penalty, which suggests his lawyers have done a good job, as even as someone who doesn't support the death penalty, you can see why many might think the completely pointless and mindless murder of 17 people, the majority of them teens, might be a solid case for a trip to the execution chamber. As a result he's got life behind bars, which won't be terribly good for him one suspects given the state of US prisons, and you'd probably expect an inmate to shank him at some point. Some of the parents in the courtroom look like it wouldn't take much to push them to killing him with their bare hands right now. A few look genuinely disgusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 dead 6 injured in a school in St Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 At 117 dead via guns in my new home city... yay Columbus Ohio! In better news, that shithead kid who shot up the school in Michigan last year, at least had the good sense to finally plead guilty and avoid a completely meaningless trial. He has dumped mum & dad in it though by stating that the firearm was not secured at home. They are separately on trial as being complicit in some sense (not at all clear how this will go as it is a bit of a test case), and have stated that the gun was in a locked drawer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 3 Virginia University football players killed and 2 injured, gunman opened fire on the school bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 What is it over there with shooting up schools ? Is shooting up schools the new pastime/hobby,or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 15, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2022 6 hours ago, villa4europe said: 3 Virginia University football players killed and 2 injured, gunman opened fire on the school bus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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