Part of the equation, for sure.
Mass Shooting and Gun Control Megathread
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Droppersneck
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Swim is getting some legit non slop Thai food.
Xorkoth
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No swimming, ban incoming
nepalnt21
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mmmmm, thai green curry with duck... mmmm mmmm
personally, i think i should be able to go kill a duck with my shottie (above board) but i also think we need to enforce many gun regulations which are often ignored, add some common sense (getting guns out of the hands of obviously criminally insane people and closing gun show loopholes and shit), although i'm not keen on the particulars which is why i stay out of this debate for the most part.
i will say that my state has passed some stupid laws (which ban specific scary+black ar15s but leave alone guns that have analogous function like mini-14s, for example)...
i think the problem is we have anti- gun lobbyists and lawmakers that have NO CLUE what a gun really is and how it operates, don't know shit about gun jargon, and don't care to get it right... and then on the other side we have the nra which loves to manufacture fear to help their buddies sell cartridges en masse, and have no qualms lying and generally being shitty.
we need people on BOTH SIDES of the debate to be, like, oh i dunno... sensible and open to comprimise?
personally, i think i should be able to go kill a duck with my shottie (above board) but i also think we need to enforce many gun regulations which are often ignored, add some common sense (getting guns out of the hands of obviously criminally insane people and closing gun show loopholes and shit), although i'm not keen on the particulars which is why i stay out of this debate for the most part.
i will say that my state has passed some stupid laws (which ban specific scary+black ar15s but leave alone guns that have analogous function like mini-14s, for example)...
i think the problem is we have anti- gun lobbyists and lawmakers that have NO CLUE what a gun really is and how it operates, don't know shit about gun jargon, and don't care to get it right... and then on the other side we have the nra which loves to manufacture fear to help their buddies sell cartridges en masse, and have no qualms lying and generally being shitty.
we need people on BOTH SIDES of the debate to be, like, oh i dunno... sensible and open to comprimise?
smokeymcpot42088
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I can't, nay dont want to read 80 pages.
In a double blind study I was helping with .......people who play first person shooters are a bit overconfident in real word abilities but seemed no more prone to snapping than anyone else. . Not that exciting an experiment. (definitely didnt get my ps4 that way)
But my prevailing thought remains that mass shootings are a symptom of a much larger problem. (a bit of gun control would help but I don't think it is even needed).
Why would a person want to go on a mass shooting? why would a country of people begin such a thing?
In a double blind study I was helping with .......people who play first person shooters are a bit overconfident in real word abilities but seemed no more prone to snapping than anyone else. . Not that exciting an experiment. (definitely didnt get my ps4 that way)
But my prevailing thought remains that mass shootings are a symptom of a much larger problem. (a bit of gun control would help but I don't think it is even needed).
Why would a person want to go on a mass shooting? why would a country of people begin such a thing?
Illyria99
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No matter how many gun control laws are passed, people will always be able to get guns in America. That's just a fact. "Gun control" is like the war on drugs: if people want something bad enough they WILL find a way.
I don't own a gun because I know I have a psychotic temper...and if someone pissed me off enough, I wouldn't hesitate to blow them away. And since I DON'T want to spend years in jail for an impulsive decision, it's better that I don't have access to firearms.
I don't own a gun because I know I have a psychotic temper...and if someone pissed me off enough, I wouldn't hesitate to blow them away. And since I DON'T want to spend years in jail for an impulsive decision, it's better that I don't have access to firearms.
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Suspect at large after 2 "active shooter events" in Lewiston, Maine
Residents in Lewiston, Maine are being asked to shelter in place due to an active shooter.
www.cbsnews.com
elgoucho9
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The fbi have been caught actively encouraging kids to do mass shootings.
You also have many people who have been radicalised by whatever news channel they've been watching.
Pool's closed
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Hes still on the run robert cage. Hes a army vet of 20 years reported mental health issues.
Massive man hunt for him
Massive man hunt for him
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The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist
An undercover FBI agent befriended teenager Mateo Ventura online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
theintercept.com
How the FBI Created a Terrorist
In 2012, Sami Osmakac was 25 years old, broke and struggling with mental illness. His family wanted to get him help. The FBI wanted him to plot a terrorist attack.
theintercept.com
Family: FBI knew Oklahoma bomb plot suspect is schizophrenic
The family of 23-year-old Jerry Varnell say their son has been in and out of mental hospitals since he was 16
www.cbsnews.com
If you just google FBI grooming shooters or teenagers more will come up. They have been doing this kind of stuff for years. It benefits them cos then they can claim they caught a big terrorist, gain positive news/adjulation and increase national security.
JahBeeuS
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I wasn't familiar with the shooting stuff but I'm aware of more than one case where the alphabets entrap radically-minded indivuals or radical-adjacent people into (t)errorist plots.The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist
An undercover FBI agent befriended teenager Mateo Ventura online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
How the FBI Created a Terrorist
In 2012, Sami Osmakac was 25 years old, broke and struggling with mental illness. His family wanted to get him help. The FBI wanted him to plot a terrorist attack.
Family: FBI knew Oklahoma bomb plot suspect is schizophrenic
The family of 23-year-old Jerry Varnell say their son has been in and out of mental hospitals since he was 16
If you just google FBI grooming shooters or teenagers more will come up. They have been doing this kind of stuff for years. It benefits them cos then they can claim they caught a big terrorist, gain positive news/adjulation and increase national security.
"The FBI's Terror Machine, Tonight on HBO" | ACLU
www.aclu.org
How the FBI Created a Terrorist
In 2012, Sami Osmakac was 25 years old, broke and struggling with mental illness. His family wanted to get him help. The FBI wanted him to plot a terrorist attack.
theintercept.com
There was a decent documentary on one of the streaming services a few years ago that documented something like this happening but I can't, for the life of me, find it anywhere (curious).
Ahh - here it is.
Better This World - POV
The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention,...
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Droppersneck
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I actually got to shoot ali and my 1911 last week. Expensive to shoot, and felt bad running through a few hundred rounds.
Droppersneck
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You seethose whitmore kidnap plot people finally got off? I don’t think the judges or juror’s conscience would let them go to prison much longer just so the fbi could pad it’s stats and the state could make a bit more propaganda. Glowies SuckI wasn't familiar with the shooting stuff but I'm aware of more than one case where the alphabets entrap radically-minded indivuals or radical-adjacent people into (t)errorist plots.
"The FBI's Terror Machine, Tonight on HBO" | ACLU
www.aclu.org
How the FBI Created a Terrorist
In 2012, Sami Osmakac was 25 years old, broke and struggling with mental illness. His family wanted to get him help. The FBI wanted him to plot a terrorist attack.
There was a decent documentary on one of the streaming services a few years ago that documented something like this happening but I can't, for the life of me, find it anywhere (curious).
Ahh - here it is.
Better This World - POV
The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention,...www.pbs.org
JahBeeuS
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Only a few of them who wanted nothing to do with it if I'm correct?
Droppersneck
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Oh ya I guess they probably still got a few of them. I don’t think any of them wanted much to do with it, but they entrapped some better than others’. Shits horrifying