Several People Shot Outside Empire State Building

[CountDeMoney]

How is it to live your life in a country whose total population could basically fit in the 5 boroughs of New York?

Probably lots of leg room, I'll give them that.

[derspiess]

Actually, I would like to ask the Americans here in this forum how is it like to actually live your day to day life, knowing an 'Active Shooter Event' can happen at any time... (I mean, that's what, three or four shootings in the last 10 days?).

How do you cope, kowing that the guy that is being fired can come back tomorrow and shoot the beejeezus out of everybody in the company?

It's really mind-boggling to me...

There is actually very little gun violence in this country outside of a few urban hotspots.  I have never actually heard or seen a gun fired outside of a sports context.  And I live in Texas.

Don't spoil it for the Euros. 

[Ed Anger]

Disgruntled ex-employee, so apparantly neither.

You know, they really should pass a law making it a crime to just shoot people dead on the street because you lost your job--oh, wait.

Actually, I would like to ask the Americans here in this forum how is it like to actually live your day to day life, knowing an 'Active Shooter Event' can happen at any time... (I mean, that's what, three or four shootings in the last 10 days?).

How do you cope, kowing that the guy that is being fired can come back tomorrow and shoot the beejeezus out of everybody in the company?

It's really mind-boggling to me...

I live every day in crippling fear for my life.  Not from crazed gunmen.  That would be silly.  Time Travelers are the real danger.  You never know when the person sitting next to you is from the future and knows exactly what you are going to to do.

Don't forget about the Horses conspiring against us.

[garbon]

How is it to live your life in a country whose total population could basically fit in the 5 boroughs of New York?

Probably lots of leg room, I'll give them that.

In a country the size of Indiana?

[Ed Anger]

How is it to live your life in a country whose total population could basically fit in the 5 boroughs of New York?

Probably lots of leg room, I'll give them that.

In a country the size of Indiana?

[DGuller]

Let's take the guns away from all law abiding citizens so only criminals have guns!!!!

That should make them easy to identify.

It always strikes me how the people making that point fail to realize they are scoring an own goal with it.

[DGuller]

Disgruntled ex-employee, so apparantly neither.

You know, they really should pass a law making it a crime to just shoot people dead on the street because you lost your job--oh, wait.

Actually, I would like to ask the Americans here in this forum how is it like to actually live your day to day life, knowing an 'Active Shooter Event' can happen at any time... (I mean, that's what, three or four shootings in the last 10 days?).

How do you cope, kowing that the guy that is being fired can come back tomorrow and shoot the beejeezus out of everybody in the company?

It's really mind-boggling to me...

I tuck myself away in the corner of my cubicle, cowering in fear.  This position also has the advantage of moving my body away from the likely field of fire, once the inevitable happens.

[DGuller]

Crime doesn't exist in Portugal, eh?

To be fair, the murder rate in Portugal is 1.2, whereas it is 4.2 in US.

[Razgovory]

Let's take the guns away from all law abiding citizens so only criminals have guns!!!!

That should make them easy to identify.

It always strikes me how the people making that point fail to realize they are scoring an own goal with it.

I thought it was just some sort of banal observation.  Like "If we banned heroin, only criminals would have heroin!".

[Admiral Yi]

Shooter was a 58 year old fashion designer who got shitcanned.

[mongers]

Shooter was a 58 year old fashion designer who got shitcanned.

That's some tantrum.

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of Martim, I'm still awaiting Oklahoma's declaration of Independence.

[MadImmortalMan]

They're saying the shooter shot the one person he intended to, and the other 9 were shot by the police.

[Habbaku]

Shooter was a 58 year old fashion designer who got shitcanned.

And was fired a year ago, apparently.

[Viking]

They're saying the shooter shot the one person he intended to, and the other 9 were shot by the police.

Wait, WTF?