At least two dead in a shooting at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas. RIP.
I have a bunch of former clients based on the three joint bases around San Antonio. I know one is based out of Lackland, but people float around from time to time. Have a message in to former colleagues and clients checking in on everyone. They're all good, honest, decent, hardworking people.
If only there were even more guns in America, I am sure this tragedy would have been prevented....
A nation of lunacy, legitamised by an out of context document signed centuries ago. Society gets what it deserves when it allows anyone to have a gun, the people themselves however are tragic innocent victims.
RIP to those who were killed, but America really is a different world, if they didn't speak English, we would find them completely bizarre and spend more time with the Germans and Dutch.
>If only there were even more guns in America, I am sure this tragedy would have been prevented....
A nation of lunacy, legitamised by an out of context document signed centuries ago. Society gets what it deserves when it allows anyone to have a gun, the people themselves however are tragic innocent victims.
RIP to those who were killed, but America really is a different world, if they didn't speak English, we would find them completely bizarre and spend more time with the Germans and Dutch.
Bar staff and security should have all been armed to the teeth....
>If only there were even more guns in America, I am sure this tragedy would have been prevented....
A nation of lunacy, legitamised by an out of context document signed centuries ago. Society gets what it deserves when it allows anyone to have a gun, the people themselves however are tragic innocent victims.
RIP to those who were killed, but America really is a different world, if they didn't speak English, we would find them completely bizarre and spend more time with the Germans and Dutch.
Bar staff and security should have all been armed to the teeth....
There was an armed policeman on duty who exchanged fire with the killer. Hostage taking came after that.
>If only there were even more guns in America, I am sure this tragedy would have been prevented....
A nation of lunacy, legitamised by an out of context document signed centuries ago. Society gets what it deserves when it allows anyone to have a gun, the people themselves however are tragic innocent victims.
RIP to those who were killed, but America really is a different world, if they didn't speak English, we would find them completely bizarre and spend more time with the Germans and Dutch.
Bar staff and security should have all been armed to the teeth....
There was an armed policeman on duty who exchanged fire with the killer. Hostage taking came after that.
RIP
Went to the States for my nephew's wedding a few years ago. The reception finished at 9pm as they would have been required to hire more security then the 2 armed guards stood at each end of the bar. The local sherrif also turned up and stood by the exit to ensure no alchohol was taken outside. This was at an out-of-town countryside venue with it's own chapel. The reception was in a converted barn. Different world for sure !
I was about to say, this is being treated as a "Terrorist Incident" which traditionally means the gunman has brown skin (see above). That said, to be fair to this administration, there is a movement to refer to all such mass shootings as terrorism.
Agree but the question is relating this to Islamic terrorism. Will be a big difference in reaction to that scenario than if this tragedy has been perpetrated by some lone right wing nut job.
Very much agree, as was Newtown and Columbia, SC, and VaTech.
President Obama said this in response to a question about gun control a couple weeks ago. Something that I didn't know is that The Center for Disease Control (CDC) cannot investigate gun deaths. The CDC is the largest public organization (I think, it may be "NIH") that studies public health concerns, but they cannot do that for gun violence which is obscene.
If you're not inclined and you think it's abhorrent then why do you own them?
It's this backwards thinking from congress down to the average joe in the US that has allowed the problem to get out of control.
Unfortunately - there are now so many guns (9m of those AR-15 rifles I believe) in circulation that the problem is going to be near impossible to rectify.
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A nation of lunacy, legitamised by an out of context document signed centuries ago. Society gets what it deserves when it allows anyone to have a gun, the people themselves however are tragic innocent victims.
RIP to those who were killed, but America really is a different world, if they didn't speak English, we would find them completely bizarre and spend more time with the Germans and Dutch.
There was an armed policeman on duty who exchanged fire with the killer. Hostage taking came after that.
RIP
Some people are so screwed up.
President Obama said this in response to a question about gun control a couple weeks ago. Something that I didn't know is that The Center for Disease Control (CDC) cannot investigate gun deaths. The CDC is the largest public organization (I think, it may be "NIH") that studies public health concerns, but they cannot do that for gun violence which is obscene.
Whether it's religion or homophobia, how can one person gun down 50 innocent people in cold blood?
Whoever this guy was, he was fucking insane.
Connection to ISIS is being hinted at now by the authorities.
It's this backwards thinking from congress down to the average joe in the US that has allowed the problem to get out of control.
Unfortunately - there are now so many guns (9m of those AR-15 rifles I believe) in circulation that the problem is going to be near impossible to rectify.
Though at my age, I'd be lucky to fire four rounds in a minute.
You can't put the genie back in the bottle now unfortunately but your gun laws are completely barking.