Time for a new "Yet Another Mass Shooting Thread"

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  1. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good call.

    It muffles the screams of the victims.
     
  2. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    It's really just the music.
     
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  3. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I love everything about that.
     
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  4. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The bar my wife and I went on our first date at was an old steakhouse/lounge from the 70's which hadn't had an interior update in two decades (this was December of 1996, mind you).

    There was shag carpeting on the inside of the front door.

    Loved that place.
     
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  5. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
  6. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It won't make the news because only three were shot and only one was killed, and in the U.S. that's nothing; but, well, 3/1 this morning quite literally around the corner from my wife's office, and just when she would have gotten to work. I just now read about it online; I don't yet know if she even knows about it.
     
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  7. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Now that you mention it, I did live in an apartment from 1990 to about 1993 that had avocado green appliances...
     
  8. h'it's th' 'Merican way of live and let die.
     
  9. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Meh, that is a slow Tuesday here in Chicago.
     
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  10. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/02/active-shooter-at-michigan-state-university/

    Police and other emergency services are responding to an active shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, local officials and witnesses say.
    The incident began just before 8:30 p.m. on Monday when officers were called for an active shooter at Berkey Hall. When officers arrived on the scene, they encountered multiple victims, including fatalities.
     
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  11. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    We are going to have to resegregate. I didn't think we'd ever absorb the worst of the majority culture, but it seems to be happening.

    Since I'm on an ignore list, I don't have to read a bunch of whining about my posts. I can speak truth without concern for blacklisting..
     
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  12. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, not sure that is an answer...but I do know that we don't have the courage to do anything.
     
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  13. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    About guns? Not sure that either "we" or "courage" are the appropriate words. We, as in almost everyone here and everyone I know, would like much stricter gun regulations. But people who like guns firmly disagree and they have the votes to prevent such legislation, and the clout to pack the courts with their supporters. I don't think we are being cowardly by not passing gun legislation because we lack the votes. Nor do I think they are cowardly in loving guns. Misguided, uncaring, provincial .. we can find many potential cricitisms. But I don't see how cowardly fits.
     
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  14. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    So the Michigan State shooting was experienced by several kids who had been in prior school shootings... :confused:
    If there was any sanity left this fact alone should give the "hopes and prayers" clan some pause.
     
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  15. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    Tragically died last year in a car accident. R.I.P.
     
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  16. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    They're more likely to think, "should of got themselfs some gun trainin!"
     
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  17. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    It's hard to put into words what it's like when a town you used to live in (Oxford) goes through a mass shooting. I went up there not too long after it happened to visit family and it was somber to say the least.

    And Michigan State, there's definitely going to be kids who attended Oxford that will be going through it again. And it's heartbreaking. And now there's people who lived through Sandy Hook and Parkland going through this again.

    ANd not to make it about gainsaying, but it's telling that nothing was done when 5 year olds, 5 year olds were shot in Sandy Hook. Instead, we get thoughts and prayers and the likes of LaPierre making excuses.
     
  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Find me a country where this is even remotely possible

    1625547825860821008 is not a valid tweet id
     
  19. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
     
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  20. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    The majority of the voters favor sensible gun law reform, some reforms (like background checks) with overwhelming support.
    It is absolutely a lack of will among politicians.
     
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  21. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    My guess is that any Republican politician who makes a serious effort for gun reform will lose his or her next primary, as Liz Cheney did. So if by calling them "cowards" we mean "being unwilling to commit political suicide," then I guess they are cowards. But honest, this is the voters' fault.
     
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  22. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    I mean, yeah, it always ultimately falls on the voters. Maybe Im still naive but I expect pols to be more high-minded about things that they actually have a big hand in changing. Especially in regard to senseless violence. Hell, if ebikes were catching on fire and burning yoots crotches, they'd have legislation drawn up in a week. There is virtually no national Republican that either the daily carnage or the mass shootings has moved to get behind even common sense reforms that 80% of Americans want. Some ghouls even wear AR15s on their lapels.
     
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  23. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks, John, that is exactly what I was thinking in my prior post by saying WE are cowards as WE make them our elected officials.
     
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  24. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    #1799 rslfanboy, Feb 14, 2023
    Last edited: Feb 14, 2023
    Let's be honest on which voters. Not all voters, right?

    Just the ones that
    • are allowed to vote in the GOP primaries,
    • or at least fail to even show up, letting the crazies captain their ship.

    EDIT: I just want to make sure everyone understands that Mike Lee is NOT my fault.
     
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  25. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Correct.
     

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