Routine Shootings at US Schools and Universities Megathread.

[HVC]

That's 3 out of ... how many?

The average one every two days I think, so 3 out of 43

[The Larch]

I went to check and it's quite a shock that when putting "Denver shooting" on wiki you're given 4 different options... A bit difficult to know who they're referring to as "the Denver shooter".

[Josquius]

Assault weapons are already banned.

Aren't those assault rifles in the photo?

[grumbler]

Assault weapons are already banned.

Can't americans buy preban assault rifles? Or am I misremembering. Although I don't know how many would still be in circulation.

Regardless it wasn't used here so not really pertinent

Actually, I have to correct my statement; the federal Assault Weapons Ban Act expired after ten years, and thus in 2004.  The US currently, as far as I can tell, only bans the sale of assault weapons by state law.

[grumbler]

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That's 3 out of ... how many?

The average one every two days I think, so 3 out of 43

Now let's see what Benny -boys analysis would lok like if he replaced "identified as X" with "possessed a firearm."  What would that say about the gun fetish movement's contribution to terrorism?

I wonder why "just straight facts" Benny doesn't seem to make the proper connections.

[Syt]

[HVC]

That includes gangs. Should stick to school shootings only.


Only in discussing America could I say that about mass killings. Both sad and funny.

[HVC]

I was off. Average is one every 11 days

[Syt]

I've mentioned this one before (in reference to the song "I don't like Mondays"), but I feel it bears repeating - maybe there's too many school shootings if:

[Sheilbh]

I have said before but I think Sandy Hook was the one that made me think America is, for want of a better word, irredeemable on this. If that wasn't prompt change, I just nothing will. And consequently we just have these regular horrors instead

[HVC]

Last time To make a change was columbine. After that people got used to it and views became even more entrenched. Ain't nothing going to change unless a new black panther movement comes along (only thing white people with guns really fear is black people with guns) or, like I said, some group forms and starts picking off republican politicians.

[Tamas]

They cannot enact changes with this dead cult still getting so many votes. The only shot (haha) at it would be for Biden, Hillary and Obama to start plsing with assault rifles.

[Sheilbh]

Last time To make a change was columbine. After that people got used to it and views became even more entrenched. Ain't nothing going to change unless a new black panther movement comes along (only thing white people with guns really fear is black people with guns) or, like I said, some group forms and starts picking off republican politicians.

You may be right that it was after Columbine when something could have happened. But I just don't understand how nothing happens after 6 and 7 years olds have been shot (far less that some of the families end up being libelled).

And as I say if that doesn't cause change then I just don't think anything will.

[Josquius]

I've just got my fingers crossed this is another one where we will be able to finally relax on the bodies of dead boomers.

[mongers]

Good work by the two or three cops who responded first and managed to kill the attacker, because from the look of the security video the killer was acting in a very determined, organised way.