The 'Americans Getting Shot' Thread

[Hugh Cow]

I rather think your comment is the obtuse one.

So that's your positive contribution to the thread is it? Go back to your wild erotic fantasies of Frau Merkel you sycophantic German wanabee.

[baldrick]

Has everyone forgotten sandy hook when Obama was President?

he was not composing a tweet



but still it was all fake according to some

and so were the tears

[Klondyke]

and so were the tears

While we (and the world) do not see the tears (and the thought and prayers) when much more people (and the kids either) are daily shot/bombed in other countries...

[bowie]

Chicago hospital stops accepting patients after trauma center is overwhelmed with shooting victims

By Madeleine Thompson, Laura Ly and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Aug 5, ‘19

Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital temporarily stopped accepting patients Sunday morning because they were at capacity following a series of shootings, a hospital official said.

The hospital went "on bypass" in the early morning, said Roberta Rakove, Senior VP for External Affairs.

Hospitals use the term "on bypass" when they stop accepting ambulance runs and those ambulances are diverted to other trauma centers. Mount Sinai Hospital is one of five trauma centers in Chicago, according to Rakove.

At its height early Sunday morning, Mount Sinai had 12 trauma patients, Rakove said. She could not provide information on their conditions.

Chicago Police Public Information Officer Anthony Guglielmi told CNN Sunday that officers responded to several multi-victim shooting incidents on the west side of Chicago stemming from gang conflict.

Police Chief Eddie Johnson addressed the press on Sunday and gave a rundown of the violent acts.

He noted three separate shootings, which resulted in 10 injuries, one of which was fatal. The incidents are all still under investigation.

Before the press conference, Johnson noted the recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.

"You have to stop yourself and ask what will it take before we get a handle on what's going on," Johnson said. "Not only in Chicago, but across the country."

"From police departments to the court systems to prosecutors to legislators -- we have to come together and figure out more common-sense solutions to these problems because clearly too many of our citizens are being shot and killed."

Rakove could not say when Mount Sinai Hospital went "on bypass," but said it came "off bypass" at approximately 6:30 am. It has since resumed accepting patients.
She also couldn't say how often Mount Sinai Hospital goes "on bypass," but said they had an even busier weekend last year with more than 70 people shot.

"All Level 1 trauma centers were overwhelmed, but we all managed," Rakove said of the previous year's shootings. "This weekend was not that kind of weekend, but it was enough."

[Norton]

Trump to address nation in about 30 mins. This ought to be interesting.

[harrybarracuda]

Trump to address nation in about 30 mins. This ought to be interesting.

I hope he addresses the parlous state of English cricket.

[harrybarracuda]

Honestly what a fucking joke. It's embarrassing. And I'm not talking about the cricket.

[Cujo]

Honestly what a fucking joke. It's embarrassing. And I'm not talking about the cricket.

You just know he's had to be cajoled into it.

[tomcat]

...not actually from GS: she merely forwarded this brilliant suggestion...

[misskit]

^ I like it.

[harrybarracuda]

You just know he's had to be cajoled into it.

They probably just told him people were saying nasty things about him.

[Troy]

So that's your positive contribution to the thread is it? Go back to your wild erotic fantasies of Frau Merkel you sycophantic German wanabee.

I hope you aren't allowed a gun. You appear to have anger issues.

[Jack meoff]

Invading countries and Starting 2 world wars is more of an anger issue na?

[Norton]

Trump to address nation in about 30 mins. This ought to be interesting.

Fell asleep before he gave his address. Just saw now. I was wrong. Wasn't at all interesting. Read exactly what he was told to say. His delivery was very pained. Reminded me of someone being forced to say something they really didn't want to say.

No mention of guns but we better do something about those damn video games and the nutters who play them.

[Humbert]

nutters

He was quick to blame the shootings on mental health issues wasn't he. Funny that one of his first acts as president was to rescind the mental health gun purchase prohibitions Barack Obama initiated.

But it's the economy isn't it? What me worry?

[Latindancer]

Funny that one of his first acts as president was to rescind the mental health gun purchase prohibitions Barack Obama initiated.

What was the deal with that, anyway ? How did he manage to rationalize doing it ?

[Humbert]

hat was the deal with that, anyway ? How did he manage to rationalize doing it ?

He has made it his number one priority to undo everything Obama did.

Another fun fact for Republicans to ponder:

President Bill Clinton was responsible for banning assault weapons in 1994 which caused in a huge drop in mass shootings. George Bush let the act expire under his leadership resulting in a a 243% increase in mass shootings.

The party of stupid.

[AntRobertson]

Another fun fact for Republicans to ponder:

President Bill Clinton was responsible for banning assault weapons in 1994 which caused in a huge drop in mass shootings. George Bush let the act expire under his leadership resulting in a a 243% increase in mass shootings.

The party of stupid.

And another:

Reagan (as Governor) the NRA and Republicans at large supported gun controls when the Black Panthers made a point of protesting carrying guns.

The party of racist hypocrisy.

[docmartin]

I support gun control but that horse has bolted already.
The weapons are already out there in quantity.
Nevertheless there’s no reason for Joe Average to possess a semi auto weapon.
Farmers need them to knock off pigs and roos etc but no one else needs them.
The real issue is the losers who go crazy and why they do it.
Probably a lot of pencildick incels compensating for their powerlessness.

[grasshopper]

Strange, haven't seen any comments from NRA media.

What, not even "Thoughts and prayers"?

Hardly seems fair, does it?

[grasshopper]

Looks like it was an anti-immigrant 'Build the Wall!' kinda dude responsible. White, obviously.

And he was taken into custody? How does that work exactly? You can be shot and killed during a routine traffic stop for driving whilst black but all these guys somehow get taken alive.

It's the INCELS version of the MeToo theme.

"I'm deprived of a normal sexual relationship so I'll just pop down to the local Walmart and kill me a few suckers.That oughta do it! I'll be thought of as a REAL MAN by them girls then."

[harrybarracuda]

Strange, haven't seen any comments from NRA media.

What, not even "Thoughts and prayers"?

Hardly seems fair, does it?

[harrybarracuda]

EL PASO, Texas — A hospital official says another victim of the weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, has died.

Dr. Stephen Flaherty, of the Del Sol Medical Center, says the patient was one of two victims of Saturday’s attack to die at the hospital on Monday. Police earlier announced the death of one of the patients.

The new deaths bring the death toll from the attack to 22. More than two dozen other people were wounded.

Meanwhile....

Federal authorities said they are weighing hate-crime charges against the suspected gunman El Paso that could carry the death penalty. The suspect, 21-year old Patrick Crusius, has been booked on state capital murder charges, which also carry a possible death penalty.

The shootings in Texas and Ohio were the 21st and 22nd mass killings of 2019 in the U.S., according to the AP/USA Today/Northeastern University mass murder database that tracks homicides where four or more people killed — not including the offender.

Including the two latest attacks, 126 people had been killed in the 2019 mass shootings.

https://triblive.com/news/world/el-p...th-toll-to-21/

[AntRobertson]

Wait wot... so the Texas shooting was carried out in a state with the death penalty which stops this kind of thing and with a heavily armed citizenry of good guys with guns which is also a deterrent?!

Does not compute.

[bowie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_vi..._United_States