The 'Americans Getting Shot' Thread

[SKkin]

the American intelligentsia

And they have agendas that do not coincide with the welfare or the real interests of the US general population.

So here we are...

[tomcat]

And they have agendas that do not coincide with the welfare or the real interests of the US general population.

As I remember, you think everyone has an agenda that does not coincide with the welfare or the real interests of the US population...

Intelligentsia sounds more like a European social construct than an American one...and many, if not most, USians detest uppity intellectuals...

[RPETER65]

The real problem facing the American intelligentsia is that most of their citizens have an IQ lower than the highest Fahrenheit temperature in, say, Colorado. Very difficult to do anything with folks that dumb.

You speak without facts to back to back it up,you are seriously miss guided.

[SKkin]

^^ tc...All I've had to do to see that over the last several decades is to open my eyes look around and observe.

It's probably harder to see from a balcony in Thailand...and no i don't think its everyone.

[tomcat]

you are seriously Miss Guided

...a stage name for a drag queen then...

It's probably harder to see from a balcony in Thailand

definitely...that's why I'm perched on my aerie...and not doomsday prepping in a flyover state cave...

[harrybarracuda]

Louisiana shooting: Two dead at Grambling State University

Two men have been shot dead on a university campus in the US state of Louisiana, police say.
They were fatally wounded in the courtyard of a dormitory at Grambling State University (GSU) following an altercation in a dorm room, according to university spokesman Will Sutton.
Police said a suspect fled the scene.
The victims, both 23, were named as Earl Andrews, a GSU student, and Monquiarious Caldwell, who did not attend the university.
The Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department said it was assisting campus police with an investigation.

Louisiana shooting: Two dead at Grambling State University - BBC News

[Davis Knowlton]

Monquiarious Caldwell

Louisiana shooting: Two dead at Grambling State University - BBC News

Where do they find these names???

[cyrille]

Clearly not the dawning of the age of Monquiarious.

[Seekingasylum]

The utter worthlessness of humanity is now so apparent it occurs to me the only things keeping it all going is cloying sentiment and habit.

Revolting skin bags infested with bacterial growth driven by a septic consciousness born out of conceit, self preservation and boorish delusion festoon the planet in futile proliferation.

Looking at the world these days truly makes one yearn for some pandemic botulism or airborne contagion that will eradicate the disease that is homo sapiens.

[harrybarracuda]

Where do they find these names???

Apparently...

The name Grambling came from P. G. Grambling, a European American, who leased land from the younger Richmond in 1887 to build a sawmill. The sawmill was located near an area north of the railroad which runs east-west through the city and south of the present-day Interstate 20. Because of the sawmill, the train would stop in the community to pick up lumber.

The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad started calling it the "Grambling stop" for P. G. Grambling's sawmill; there- fore, the name stuck.

[tomcat]

Monquiarious

I believe Davis may have been referring to this name...just a hunch: the article's author is black...

[harrybarracuda]

Looks like the NRA are getting their cock sucked by congress again.

Just weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern history, a bipartisan gun control measure has fallen to the wayside, Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore

[AntRobertson]

Shooting at a WalMart: Two men dead, one woman injured in Denver Walmart shooting - NZ Herald

Is it possible to actually get any more American than that? USA! USA! etc.

[harrybarracuda]

Meanwhile, the "I wuz scared 'cuz he was black" defence wins again.

Two Indianapolis police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist after he fled a traffic stop won't face criminal charges in the killing, a special prosecutor announced Tuesday.
St. Joseph County Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter cited the officers' claims of self-defense in deciding that he wouldn't file charges against them in the June death of 45-year-old Aaron Bailey. He said in his court report that there's 'insufficient evidence to refute' their claims 'of subjective fear or the objective reasonableness of that fear.'
Officers Michal Dinnsen and Carlton Howard told investigators they believed Bailey was reaching for a gun when they shot him on June 29.

2 Indianapolis officers won't be charged in fatal shooting | Daily Mail Online

[harrybarracuda]

Well good to see that they are "looking into it" and "having discussions". That's obviously very fucking useful.

WASHINGTON — Debate about "bump stocks" is not going away, despite little action taken by congressional leaders and the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after the devices were used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
House Speaker Paul Ryan earlier this month said the ATF should regulate bump stocks. But with the ATF having previously said it does not have the authority to do so, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that would force the ATF to regulate bump stocks.
A bump stock is a device that allows users to fire a semiautomatic rifle — in which the trigger must be pulled for every shot — at a faster rate without converting the firearm to be fully automatic. The shooter in the October 1 Las Vegas massacre had bump stocks attached to at least a dozen rifles found inside his hotel room.
The new bill amends the National Firearms Act, which regulated fully automatic firearms and outlawed new ones made after the law's implementation. "A reciprocating stock, or any other device which is designed to accelerate substantially the rate of fire of a semiautomatic weapon," would be added to the books.
The bill, sponsored by Democratic Reps. Dan Kildee and Dina Titus as well as Republican Reps. Dave Trott and Brian Fitzpatrick, would require people who purchase or possess bump stocks to register with the ATF, submit to a background check and fingerprinting, and pay a $200 registration fee.
The Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act would solve the quandary of whether the bump-stock issue should be fixed by legislative or regulatory action by placing the ball in the ATF's court, Kildee said in an interview with Business Insider on Monday.
"I understand that there's this tension between whether or not the ATF has this authority to regulate these things or not," he said. "My view on this is Congress can end that conversation simply by passing legislation that makes it clear." He added: "If there's any debate whatsoever about whether or not these things are already regulated under the law or theoretically could be considered to be regulated under the law, well let's take that question away."
The bipartisan group of lawmakers crafted the bill under "guidance and advice" from the ATF Association, an organization consisting of more than 400 current and former ATF agents.
There have already been multiple attempts in Congress to ban bump stocks. Reps. Mike Thompson and David Cicilline introduced a bill following the attack in Las Vegas, but it was backed only by Democrats. A bipartisan effort by Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida and Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts lost traction once Ryan said he preferred a regulatory fix to a legislative one.
Removing the question of whether the ATF can regulate bump stocks and similar devices would be an end around to the hurdles the past bills were unable to clear.
Whether the Republican leadership will take up this new bill is still unclear.
"The power of a good idea should prevail and that the common-sense aspects of our legislation gives those people, particularly those in leadership who have been saying they wanna do something, a way to do it," Kildee said.
AshLee Strong, Ryan's spokeswoman, said, "The Judiciary Committee is looking into this and having discussions with ATF about it."
Some elements of the bill could face backlash from gun-rights advocates. The National Rifle Association has a strict stance against registrations for firearms, saying they do not prevent or solve any crimes. The NRA does, however, support background checks for firearm purchases from licensed dealers.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is bringing a new gun-control bill forward after inaction from Congress after the Las Vegas shooting, Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore

[AntRobertson]

^^Had the guy survived he could've faced charges of failure to stop when directed and being excessively black in a public place.

[harrybarracuda]

Fortunately we can simply chuckle at our resident whackjobs here, but IRL they are a cancer and should be facing jail time.

Survivors of the Las Vegas shooting earlier this month have been accused of “acting” by online trolls and conspiracy theorists.

Las Vegas mass shooting victims accused of 'acting' by conspiracy theorists | The Independent

[harrybarracuda]

But let's move on to some happy, Christmas spirit.

USA! USA! etc.

A drunk man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire on a Halloween party, killing one man and injuring four other people in Texas.
The "highly intoxicated" man was allegedly hosting the party at his Avenue F home in the city of Austin on Saturday (28 October).

<snip>

Austin police Lt. Jason Staniszewski said, according to the New York Post, that Jones was "highly intoxicated" before he was told to "go to bed or calm down" by party-goers.


But Jones allegedly returned from his room with a gun and confronted the crowd, firing one round at the floor, intending to disperse everyone in the room. McCloskey tried to intervene after Jones had opened fire and was shot several times, Staniszewski stated on Monday.

Killer dressed as Santa Claus arrested for Halloween party shooting that left 4 injured

[AntRobertson]

Speaking of gun totin' First Amendmenting angry Americans...

I was supposed to be visited by one here today to beat me up or shoot me or something but he has stood me up.

[harrybarracuda]

Speaking of gun totin' First Amendmenting angry Americans...

I was supposed to be visited by one here today to beat me up or shoot me or something but he has stood me up.

Maybe his mum is making him finish his homework.

[harrybarracuda]

What a waste of a fucking life.

NOVEMBER 02, 2017 9:48 AMPITTSBURGH A 3-year-old Pennsylvania boy who was struck by a hunter's stray bullet as a newborn and struggled with health issues afterward has died.

Shayne Iverson's mother writes in a Facebook post that he became ill with a fever over the weekend and was diagnosed with meningitis. She says Wednesday he died at a hospital, adding "he's at peace now."

Shayne was just days old on Sept. 25, 2014, when a hunter's stray bullet came through a window in the family's farmhouse east of Pittsburgh. It struck the baby's skull as he was being held by his father.

The boy was blinded, suffered from seizures and made repeated trips to the hospital for surgeries.

Boy struck by hunter's stray bullet as newborn dies at age 3 | Miami Herald

[uncle junior]

A drunk man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire on a Halloween party, .

lol...

[fishlocker]

New York terror suspect wanted ISIS flag in hospital, documents say

New York terror suspect wanted ISIS flag in hospital, documents say - CNN

Oops, sorry. This is not the Armenian getting shot thread, I meant Uzbekistanian.

[Klondyke]

A drunk man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire on a Halloween party, killing one man and injuring four other people in Texas.

Wondering what did he shout? (if any...)

[AntRobertson]

Hopefully "Merry Xmas!" and not that War Against Christians/Christmas "Happy Holidays!" nonsense.