The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

OccultHawk · 02-15-2018, 12:16 AM

It’s a fad.

**Frownland** · 02-15-2018, 12:23 AM

Simultaneous increase in selective awareness and isolation.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-15-2018, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Several different issues to discuss. Of course gun laws, but more importantly why the **** are we doing it? Cause you can't just blame guns. This is much more complicated than just guns.

No it's not? You need a gun to shoot somebody. Obviously you require someone willing to kill to fire the gun, but you are always going to have people in a country of millions who want to kill others so having firearms available is insane imo.

What does my head in with it all is not really the fact that the gun laws won't change, its how vehemently a lot of people oppose it, and seem genuinely offended by it.

OccultHawk · 02-15-2018, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

No it's not? You need a gun to shoot somebody. Obviously you require someone willing to kill to fire the gun, but you are always going to have people in a country of millions who want to kill others so having firearms available is insane imo.

What does my head in with it all is not really the fact that the gun laws won't change, its how vehemently a lot of people oppose it, and seem genuinely offended by it.

I’ll take 20 killed by a shooter over one face permanently mangled in one of your crazy acid attacks. Assault rifles leave carnage, no doubt, but melting someone’s face with sulphuric acid is some serious next level ****.

Chula Vista · 02-15-2018, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

What does my head in with it all is not really the fact that the gun laws won't change, its how vehemently a lot of people oppose it, and seem genuinely offended by it.

For a large portion of gun owners it's the fear of a slippery slope domino effect. They feel like even giving an inch to increased gun control will ultimately lead to the gubment taking away their guns. And they are extremely zealous about that fear.

And then you have folks like the NRA, Ted Nugent, Alex Jones, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and most of the talking heads over on Fox, stoking those fears on a daily basis.

(can't wait to hear Jone's latest False Flag theory...... )

And let's not forget that one of the biggest lobbies on Capital Hill is the NRA, which basically represents all of the major gun and ammunition manufacturers.

Chula Vista · 02-15-2018, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’ll take 20 killed by a shooter over one face permanently mangled in one of your crazy acid attacks. Assault rifles leave carnage, no doubt, but melting someone’s face with sulphuric acid is some serious next level ****.

Go to Google Images and search for "Gunshot wounds head".

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-15-2018, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’ll take 20 killed by a shooter over one face permanently mangled in one of your crazy acid attacks. Assault rifles leave carnage, no doubt, but melting someone’s face with sulphuric acid is some serious next level ****.

No.

Lucem Ferre · 02-15-2018, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

No.

Yes the **** it is. Yeah, people that want to kill shouldn't have such easy access to killing machines, but most of these shootings seem to come from emotionally and mentally ill people.

Like, you totally over simplify **** by making it just a gun issue, and probably assume I'm pro guns just because I don't.

~~MicShazam~~ · 02-15-2018, 02:18 AM

I read it was the 18th US school shooting of this year, and we're in mid February ffs! Of course, this one isn't going to change anything either. Why would it. USA loves guns more than children.

It's true what Lucem says; that it's not just a gun issue, but come on...

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-15-2018, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Yes the **** it is. Yeah, people that want to kill shouldn't have such easy access to killing machines, but most of these shootings seem to come from emotionally and mentally ill people.

Like, you totally over simplify **** by making it just a gun issue, and probably assume I'm pro guns just because I don't.

We have mentally ill people in the UK.

US gun murder rate is 90 times that of the UK.
We don't have 13k gun murders per year.

It's a gun issue.

02-15-2018, 12:16 AM	#9721 (permalink)
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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Simultaneous increase in selective awareness and isolation. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

02-15-2018, 02:18 AM	#9729 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I read it was the 18th US school shooting of this year, and we're in mid February ffs! Of course, this one isn't going to change anything either. Why would it. USA loves guns more than children. It's true what Lucem says; that it's not just a gun issue, but come on...