12-06-2007, 08:52 AM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Omaha Shootings
Just saw the news story on CNBC this morning, and thought I'd check CNN to get the details. Here's the word:
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Do you see shootings like this one and those at Columbine and Virginia Tech as a trend among disgruntled young men, or just a singular instance to be thrown in with all the rest of the horrible things of this world? I definitely see a trend. I can't assume conspiracy theory or underground movement... but more a terrible behavioral trend of mistreated young people trying to be heard. What can we do to improve things? Were shootings this run-of-the-mill in the past, or is this a recent trend?
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12-06-2007, 10:12 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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i don't' see it as a trend. it's horrible, yes, but it's not new.
do you remember the song "i don't like mondays" by the boomtown rats? that song was about a 16 year old girl in 1979 who opened fire at a school ,when asked why she did it, she replied "i don't like mondays." in 1975, ottawa canada, some dude shot up his school. as awful as it is, kids have been violently "acting out" for quite some time. maybe not all school shootings, but murders. i saw a video of an interrogation of a kid who killed another kid (they were both under 15 years old) and i also remember a story (don't know if this is true, but we all talked about it) about a kid who killed another kid "because he was fat and i didn't think anyone would miss him." kids have been fucked up for years. there has probably been a good number of similar acts by youths in the past, we just didn't hear about them because there was no internet and immediate cell phone picture coverage of the event.
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12-06-2007, 10:16 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Can't say I really care. Just more of white folk being white folk (Yeah yeah... Save me the grief that I will undoubtedly get when someone decides to quote me).
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12-06-2007, 11:34 AM | #5 (permalink) | ||
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12-06-2007, 11:51 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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again, another mass murder/shooting occurring in an area where guns are not allowed. what's the world coming to when criminals and psychopaths won't obey the rules?
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12-06-2007, 12:05 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 12:09 PM | #8 (permalink) | ||
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12-06-2007, 12:22 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 12:49 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 12:50 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 03:49 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 03:52 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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I'm sure it'd be the same if you've played enough first-person shooters. It can't be that difficult to shoot a gun.
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12-06-2007, 07:19 PM | #24 (permalink) | |
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Fact is, random shit like this happens. It's huge news--as it should be. But the odds of being part of this is even smaller than the odds of being a victim of terrorists. Which is to say, vanishingly, ridiculously small. |
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12-06-2007, 07:42 PM | #26 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 08:08 PM | #27 (permalink) |
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Does anyone know if the gun used was a legally registered, lawful gun or an illegal gun?
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12-06-2007, 08:12 PM | #28 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 08:13 PM | #29 (permalink) | |
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Probably a legally registered SKS. They're very lawful in normal states... boring, even. Back in the day (1995) you could buy a crate of 10 Yugoslavian for $1500.
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12-06-2007, 08:21 PM | #30 (permalink) | |
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12-06-2007, 08:46 PM | #32 (permalink) | |
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Crompsin, I love you.
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12-06-2007, 08:50 PM | #33 (permalink) |
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You don't love me, you just love my Crompy style.
*watches for Pig* I kick ass with the archery stuff. Only problem? Can't hide a bow in your pants. *waits for predictable cock jokes* I wonder if McDonald's people had to do any CYA press releases for this guy... since he was fired from their fine establishment. |
12-06-2007, 08:51 PM | #34 (permalink) | ||
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12-06-2007, 08:53 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
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WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW?! HUH?! HUH?! ... Guns have similar labels engraved into the receivers / slides. "Don't stick this in your ear and pull the trigger. It may harm you." |
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12-06-2007, 08:56 PM | #36 (permalink) | ||
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12-06-2007, 10:00 PM | #37 (permalink) |
Eat your vegetables
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Wow, you guys are making me laugh. So glad you can infuse such a depressing topic with some silly humor. I don't know about you guys, but I had an entire quarter of mandatory archery lessons in 8th grade PE class.
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12-07-2007, 03:38 AM | #38 (permalink) | |
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They actually banned archery at my high school because the parents protested it and said it was too violent.
The next month we had a student abducted from a classroom and killed by gang members. Not related but ironic. ... Man, I feel all bad that nobody got my sarcasm regarding the drugs and alcohol thing. Oh well. Lemme give a shoutout to all six teenagers in the country who, like me, somehow managed to be nerdy enough to never engage in said recreational inebriation. Ya know, those substances are merely gateways to heavier things... like purchasing old 7.62x39mm Russian semi-automatic rifles and engaging in sad, pointless mall shootings. Instead of yelling fire in a theater... all you have to yell these days is: "Angry white teenager!" You don't even have to get deployed to get shot at by these weapons anymore... you can do it outside The Gap! Quote:
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