Mass Shooting in Maryland!

[Cthulhu 2020]

Thots and prers.

[Dontrike]

If only each of the victims had 19 guns on them, then this could have been avoided because people have split second reaction times and would have made everything slow motion, like in the Matrix.

If this was my fantasy, GOT would be full of intelligent posters who provide me replies that doesn't waste my time.

Oh yeah, because others are the ones with terrible replies. It's definitely not you. Nope. Never.

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Exactly. But this will be hard to post in because of the anti-gun rights posters. Which means it will be closed and we will be directed to the mega gun control thread. It is hard for some to focus on the root of why this happens, rather than the tools used. And these type of attacks most often happens to unarmed citizens and involve a person with a vendetta of some sort.

Ah yes, another person that thinks everyone has the reaction time of a Hollywood action hero that can dodge bullets and take out 15 guys with only a small handgun in 4 seconds.

Brb, walking away from explosions while not looking back because you live in a fucking fantasy land.

[Mixxy]

Just knife and acid attacks.

When's the last time you saw someone kill 20 people with a knife?

[Dontrike]

When's the last time you saw someone kill 20 people with a knife?

Ever seen anime before? That's where. Apparently for @zenkai and @Ghostpanther they think that shit is real.

[Mixxy]

They did not disappear. This year, they had one in which a guy killed his whole family and then himself with a rifle. While yes, they did reduce such mass shootings. But it is kind of misleading to compare a country which has a much smaller population, a different Constitution and no land borders to control with other countries.

Australian gun-related deaths per 100,000 people: 1.04
American gun-related deaths per 100,000 people: 3.50

You gotta admit, that's a concerning difference.

Also, I'm not sure what Joe Bloe Public having access to half a dozen hunting rifles has to do with border patrol.
Unless American citizens regularly decide to just spend a day walking back and forth along the Mexican border with an open carry just for funzies.

[EbonBehelit-]

Easy to make since you cite Australia as your example "we" should follow.

That's because it is, no matter how much our libertarians (like Leyonhjelm) want to fuck it all up and remove all our gun laws. We may not be perfect, but at least we got this part right.

And if you think that's easy to fix, then it's obvious that you don't live here.

It's only hard when you lack the political will to enact change. The big problem with modern America is that the desire to march forward has been replaced by the desire to do nothing because it's "too hard".

[Orby]

We need a 'Mass Shooting in America' sub forum where we can send thoughts and prayers and stuff. Put it right next to the 'Gun Control' sub forum :P

When's the last time you saw someone kill 20 people with a knife?

Obviously you haven't see the amount of ninjas on the streets of London. London Ninjas are the worst... :P

[Mixxy]

There you go:

2014: 33 dead, 130 injured https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/3...g-spree-n41966
2015: 50 dead http://www.mining.com/fifty-killed-i...nese-colliery/
2016: 19 dead https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/25/at-l...-in-japan.html

I won't bother searching for more and literally doing your part in this argument you've pulled out your behind.

Okay, it does happen, fair enough... but one a year compared to one a month is still a pretty big step up, honestly.

A quick bit of Googling tells me that there was 317 mass shootings in the US last year alone (Jesus that's almost one a day...) while I can only find information on 58 mass stabbings, GLOBALLY, in the past decade.

[crusadernero]

Whats going on in he US? Aint US supposed to be the pinnacle of modern society today? So sad seeing all these shootings. Guess it happens so often now its "normal now.

[Cebel]

I'm neither Australian nor European.

And are you asserting that Australia and Europe (and practically every other western nation, as mass shootings only happen in the US) don't have mentally ill people?

Because they obviously do, why is their approach to them apparently so much better than the US' approach? Why isn't the US doing what they're doing?

It's not. Do some research.

Here's a few bullet points:

A) Different Culture
B) Dont have a constitution, which gives their citizens a right to bear arms.
C) Ireland for example, has seen nothing but violent crime increase since the banning of fire arms.

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So you got an opinion column from some GOP hack and people acting rowdy?

Its a lot easier to find violent acts from neo-nazis. Even then its small potatoes. Preaching violence and doing violence are two totally different things.

Lmao. Washington Post and CNN = GOP hacks? Oh okay. Nice talk.

[zenkai]

If only each of the victims had 19 guns on them, then this could have been avoided because people have split second reaction times and would have made everything slow motion, like in the Matrix.



Oh yeah, because others are the ones with terrible replies. It's definitely not you. Nope. Never.

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Ah yes, another person that thinks everyone has the reaction time of a Hollywood action hero that can dodge bullets and take out 15 guys with only a small handgun in 4 seconds.

Brb, walking away from explosions while not looking back because you live in a fucking fantasy land.

Says the man with the non constrictive posting history

[Cebel]

It's amazing how rapidly defensive people get over their guns...

May it be, that it's just asinine to blame an inanimate object for peoples actions?

The media only covers tragic events here. Rather than talking about the thousands of cases a year where a properly trained, law abiding gun owner, stops criminals with deadly force? How come we ignore those events? OH yeah. It doesnt fit the narrative.

Our media feeds on fear, which gives these crazy assholes the satisfaction of knowing if they do it, they'll be famous. Meanwhile HEROES get ignored.

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I believe it's all about the definition of the "mass". For shootings it's 4 people or more in a single event from what I can find. I don't know how many victims defines a mass stabbing. There is certainly a lot of stabbing going on around the world, but it probably doesn't fit the definition of "mass". I'll go out on a limb here and say there's more stabbings (non-fatal) than shootings overall.

The almost one per day is a sad statistic indeed. Also, if you compare just the Chicago area shootings, it's fucked up beyond belief. Just this year alone:
- Shot & Killed: 360
- Shot & Wounded: 1869
- Total Shot: 2229
- Total Homicides: 420

Already over one person dead per day.

And thats in a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the US. Breaking news: CRIMINALS DONT OBEY THE LAW!

Had a liberal president FROM Chicago for 8 years, and not once was anything done to make the situation there any better. In fact, minorities are finding higher wages and job prospects at a far higher rate under TRUMP, then they ever saw under Obama. But hey, at least they got their Obama phones, and their ACH which just caused the rest of the law abiding hard working citizens health insurance premiums to go through the damn ROOF. Sometimes it feels like we're working just to pay for healthcare.

[zenkai]

Time to ban all guns. And all guys. And all warehouses.

Can’t have a shooting in a warehouse if there are none.

Except the shooter wasn't a guy, I find your comment to be sexist.

[Ghostpanther]

Australian gun-related deaths per 100,000 people: 1.04
American gun-related deaths per 100,000 people: 3.50

You gotta admit, that's a concerning difference.

Also, I'm not sure what Joe Bloe Public having access to half a dozen hunting rifles has to do with border patrol.
Unless American citizens regularly decide to just spend a day walking back and forth along the Mexican border with an open carry just for funzies.

Most of the shootings in the US happen because of drug gang related causes. You think drugs and such are not being transported across our Southern border? The US has a Constitution which says the people have the right to possess and carry firearms. That is a big difference between us and Australia.

Also, If people have the right to drive automobiles, then is it normal to expect more to die from accidents involving them? Automobiles and firearms in the US, are not going away. We can make them safer, which we do with both. But not to the extreme of what Australia did with firearms. Not going to happen here in the US.

[zenkai]

Why is it all guys? Even money says he's white... because the article didn't call him a terrorist...just like 95% of all mass shooters in the US.

It was a black woman, why are you bringing up race? I find this reply rather racist.

[Ghostpanther]

It was a black woman, why are you bringing up race? I find that rather racist.

Jumping to conclusions is not that uncommon on here.

[JohnBrown1917]

Don't mind me, just posting from a country that only had 1 mass shooting in its history.

[zenkai]

Jumping to conclusions is not that uncommon on here.

Indeed, since the shooter doesn't fit their agenda that all white men are evil, this topic will clearly die out and they won't demand her to be called a terrorist.


Stay Classy MMOCGOT

[Minikin]

you got the female right so far. Way outta right field.

Holy outlier Batman!

On topic: how big of an area is Maryland seems like these things are fairly frequent there

[Ghostpanther]

Holy outlier Batman!

On topic: how big of an area is Maryland seems like these things are fairly frequent there

Baltimore ranks up there in one of the highest crime cities in the US. Run by a Democrat mayor.