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Fire · 12-07-2007, 07:34 AM

A few notes on this tragedy

I feel that a lawfully armed citizen could have stopped the guy a lot sooner-

that mall banned any concealed firearms, and while nebraska had legal CC, cities could ban it, and omaha had (though they MAY have overturned it recently- cannot find updates on that)-

note that the weapon used by the bad guy was stolen, and not concealable, and , if it was an sks, as the reports seem to indicate, not even on most of the ban lists as it only holds 10 rounds unless it is altered, (many are, but it is generally a bad idea as it tends to make it look "cool" but function poorly) The SKS fires a 7.62x 39 round, and is very popular because it is cheap, rugged, and as the cartridge is about on par with the 30/30, it is often used as a deer rifle (this is in part because the ammo is relatively cheap, so it is easy for someone to practice enough to actually hit the deer they are shooting at)

What really pisses me off is that in the assailants suicide letter he stated that he was going to be famous, and the media has granted his wish- I would really like it if the media stopped using his name, and instead imortalized the victims- it sucks that many of us remember the names of the guys that did the columbine shootings, but no one remembers a single victims name.....If I owned a major news outlet, I would start the story with a brief description of the bad guys suicide note and desire for fame, and then go on to describing what happened, and the lives and accomplishments of the victims - no mention of his name, no pic of him- just call him the gunman or the failure or something derogatory- and do that for all the "i am a worthless piece of shit notice me killings" make sure the victims are known, and glorified, and leave the bad guy as anonomous as possible......

12-07-2007, 07:34 AM	#41 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	A few notes on this tragedy I feel that a lawfully armed citizen could have stopped the guy a lot sooner- that mall banned any concealed firearms, and while nebraska had legal CC, cities could ban it, and omaha had (though they MAY have overturned it recently- cannot find updates on that)- note that the weapon used by the bad guy was stolen, and not concealable, and , if it was an sks, as the reports seem to indicate, not even on most of the ban lists as it only holds 10 rounds unless it is altered, (many are, but it is generally a bad idea as it tends to make it look "cool" but function poorly) The SKS fires a 7.62x 39 round, and is very popular because it is cheap, rugged, and as the cartridge is about on par with the 30/30, it is often used as a deer rifle (this is in part because the ammo is relatively cheap, so it is easy for someone to practice enough to actually hit the deer they are shooting at) What really pisses me off is that in the assailants suicide letter he stated that he was going to be famous, and the media has granted his wish- I would really like it if the media stopped using his name, and instead imortalized the victims- it sucks that many of us remember the names of the guys that did the columbine shootings, but no one remembers a single victims name.....If I owned a major news outlet, I would start the story with a brief description of the bad guys suicide note and desire for fame, and then go on to describing what happened, and the lives and accomplishments of the victims - no mention of his name, no pic of him- just call him the gunman or the failure or something derogatory- and do that for all the "i am a worthless piece of shit notice me killings" make sure the victims are known, and glorified, and leave the bad guy as anonomous as possible...... __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens