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tiger fancini
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 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: Shootings in Nebraska shopping mall |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7129906.stm
A gunman has stormed through a shopping centre in the US state of Nebraska, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself, police say. |
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cj1976
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| America seriously needs to think about it's gun laws and (lack of) control. This year there seems to have been a lot of shootings, and I'm not really surprised. I think the problem is 'have guns, will shoot'. |
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The Bobster
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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This one's home-grown, not like the last one. At least we didn't have to send out halfway across the world to find a guy goofy enough in the head to think being famous is worth doing anything ...
What is it about America that confuses people so? Is it really just the availability of guns? I'm not convinced. I think the guns just give it a sensational outlet so that we notice it - a symptom, really, of something deeper that makes people get bent ...
If that's the case, a similar thing probably happens in other countries, other cultures, but it doesn't get noticed so easily because the lack of guns makes the result not so news-flashy. It would be expressed in other ways - suicide bombing, flamboyant sexual eccentricities, etc.
In some cultures, it's perfectly acceptable to be a loner, go your own way and do your odd little dance, and people don't think much of it. I think America has one of those cultures where being noticed and appreciated in a positive way people around you is almost as important as brerathing ... Korea is another culture a bit like that, of course, hence Mr Cho at VA Tech ... |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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One of the victims was a retired 61 year old English Teacher. You know it really sucks when you spend your life giving to others, working towards retirement and then something like this happens. Merry Christmas!  |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| America seriously needs to think about it's gun laws and (lack of) control. This year there seems to have been a lot of shootings, and I'm not really surprised. I think the problem is 'have guns, will shoot'. |
America has over 400 million people. It's about the size of Europe. Don't forget that. America is a country full of people from all walks of life from every country around the world. Just imagine if all the countries in Europe were judged as one country. That's basically what you are doing. Every state has different gun laws. And getting rid of all the guns in America will not stop the killings. The news today was about a mother who's suspected of killing five children in her home in Germany. I don't think she used a gun. Lots of people go off the deep end all around the world. It's not just in America. And there are worse things other than guns. Don't forget about what Timothy McVeigh used, explosives! |
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atomic42
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Vicissitude wrote: |
| America has over 400 million people. |
You sure about that? Might wanna check before you wreck it.
Europe has more than double the population of the US and nowhere near the homicide stats. |
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SHANE02
Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| America seriously needs to think about it's gun laws and (lack of) control. This year there seems to have been a lot of shootings, and I'm not really surprised. I think the problem is 'have guns, will shoot'. |
yes but to me guns are only part of the problem.
1. Guns,
2. a state/media that controls people by fear (making them defensive),
3. glamorization of violence in music and vusual media,
4 a lack of affordable health care/medication |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| SHANE02 wrote: |
| cj1976 wrote: |
| America seriously needs to think about it's gun laws and (lack of) control. This year there seems to have been a lot of shootings, and I'm not really surprised. I think the problem is 'have guns, will shoot'. |
yes but to me guns are only part of the problem.
1. Guns,
2. a state/media that controls people by fear (making them defensive),
3. glamorization of violence in music and vusual media,
4 a lack of affordable health care/medication |
You forgot some:
5. The evil McDonald's and Walmart
6. Angelina Jolie |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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This, IMO, is what is wrong with threads like this one:
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| � Omaha gunman's suicide note: 'Now I'll be famous' |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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This is a serious reason why the US needs to tighten their gun laws seriously......unfortunately it is as much of a political issue as it is a safety one.
Many federal congressmen (especially in the south and west) are totally against it because it infringes on the rights of "respectable" citizens to have guns.
Why do ordinary people need guns?
Protection? Ha!
If guns were taken off the streets, the police would be entrusted with doing their job since they should be the only ones to possess weapons in the public domain.....
Some people say it would infringe on their 2nd amendment right (interpreted as saying "people have the right to bear arms...")- but people forget to read the REST of that amendment when it says "in an organized, regulated militia" (hence, the National Guard)......since that right is organized at the state level AS the Army National Guard, the right to bear arms has little effect on the ordinary citizen, unless they are a guardsman.
I have a question to ask my Canadian peers- What is the rate of gun-related crimes being committed north of the border? I am sincerely asking this question to help make a contrasting picture of both societies and how guns play a part in each of them......
The more I see stuff like this, it makes me alittle ashame to call myself "An American".......seriously |
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dogshed
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