The 'Americans Getting Shot' Thread

[Stumpy]

put other things higher in their priority when voting than massacred children.

Imagine if that asshat Elon Musk took it as a mission with all of his money to address it versus bitching like a child on twitter trying to prove some petty point.

Its all about priorities and money. Their are no consequences to higher ups for mass shootings. Just the person that did it and in this case, the kid is dead so now the only thing left behind are the destroyed families and their local community.

MAYBE.......If they took the unedited photos of the children and sent that to the 50 Senators and politicians it might impact them. They will never see the true carnage, just a total figure.

[hallelujah]

There are a lot of great things about the US, but there are a lot of things which are difficult to fathom as a supposed civilised country.

It's well and truly fucked up when the right to own a lethal weapon is of more importance to many than the safety of your children and other innocent members of society.

[nidhogg]

Imagine if that asshat Elon Musk took it as a mission with all of his money to address it versus bitching like a child on twitter trying to prove some petty point.

Its all about priorities and money. Their are no consequences to higher ups for mass shootings. Just the person that did it and in this case, the kid is dead so now the only thing left behind are the destroyed families and their local community.

MAYBE.......If they took the unedited photos of the children and sent that to the 50 Senators and politicians it might impact them. They will never see the true carnage, just a total figure.

From the news, they are identifying some of the victims through DNA. The implications of that are quite horrifying.

[Headworx]

MAYBE.......If they took the unedited photos of the children and sent that to the 50 Senators and politicians it might impact them.

Impact them to do what exactly? Make obtaining firearms harder when there's literally hundreds of millions of them and billions of rounds of ammunition already in circulation? Come up with some buy-back scheme to disarm the public, many (most?) of whom would rather die that give their guns up? This is before we even go down the road of the 2nd Amendment!

Not being an arse Stumpy, but we both know there's no realistic fix for this.

[Fondles]

Not being an arse Stumpy, but we both know there's no realistic fix for this.

If God didnt want this, he wouldn't have given us AR15's.

[harrybarracuda]

they send thoughts and prayers and think that is a solution... dumb stupid fucks.

They don't think it's a solution. They know that it will do as far as most people are concerned.

If anyone brings up the fact that it's time to do something about it, it's the usual conversation:

Democrats: "It's time to do something about it"
Republicans: "You're politicising it!"

Leave it a while.

Democrats: "It's time to do something about it"
Republicans: "They're trying to take away our guns!".

Endless fucking cycle.

[Fondles]

They don't think it's a solution. They know that it will do as far as most people are concerned.

If anyone brings up the fact that it's time to do something about it, it's the usual conversation:

Democrats: "It's time to do something about it"
Republicans: "You're politicising it!"

Leave it a while.

Democrats: "It's time to do something about it"
Republicans: "They're trying to take away our guns!".

Endless fucking cycle.

Conservative Americans

"Women shouldn't be allowed an abortion even if the pregnancy is a result of rape, we must protect the sanctity of the life our lord Jesus Christ created"

Also conservative Americans

"It is acceptable for a few hundred 8 year olds to get shot in the face every year, it's the price of freedom"

[DrWilly]

"It is acceptable for a few hundred 8 year olds to get shot in the face every year, it's the price of freedom"

18 is not exactly a few hundred, but enjoy your rant.

[panama hat]

Steve Kerr the coach of the Golden State Warriors NBA team. Very upset as are all Americans who hate our gun laws. No pregame talk, only this.

Brilliant and powerful and sad

[Seekingasylum]

It's The Age of The Stupid after all and they don't get much dumber than redneck, republican, fuckwitted Americans clinging to their anachronistic amendments as if their futile, irrelevant little lives would be diminished without them.

Can you imagine an 18 year old walking into a gunshop in any civilised country and able to buy two assault rifles and ammunition?

A nation of 332 million owning 500 million weapons??? More children die from gunplay than any other means now in the US. More people have died in the US from gunplay than all those Americans killed fighting in wars.

Truly, a fuckwitted country beyond redemption.

But then, Trump got elected so it's really just a fact of life, a significant proportion of Americans are fucking idiots.

[Stumpy]

Not being an arse Stumpy, but we both know there's no realistic fix for this.

I don't think you are being an ass (arse). You are right. This situation is sadly too far out of control for a simple one solution approach and anything they start today would take years to have an impact. I have always said ammunition needs to be closely governed. If you do not have a permit to buy it, then you can't get it and rounds should be limited. Right now any 18 year old can go buy up a buttload at any sporting shop. The only ammunition currently closely monitored is .50cal. Every purchase is logged and you better have a damn good reason to be buying it. Additionally making it extremely difficult to purchase a gun would also assist.

At this point there are so many available guns for sale by private parties that are not governed its staggering. I could easily pick up a 9MM with a few calls ( No paperwork), an AR15 if I really wanted to ask for a favor. I know guys that have 20 guns or more, most are collectors and go to the range. I want to go on and say that not all gun owners are crazy whackos. But what is scary now is that kids 12 to 18 years old are now shooting up places.

Anyway while we are all up in arms about this terrible situation, the sad reality is that it will not change. The near term hype, the BS about gun control that will now resurface and Biden will be asked to fix it like every President before him. The Why and how comes will soon be forgotten until the next unfortunate shooting.

[S Landreth]

there's no realistic fix for this.

There is and I’ve outlined it on this thread before.

I think

[Troy]

How is the NRA doing nowadays? I thought it was bankrupt and losing trust. Is it time to kill the NRA completely as the first step towards sanity.

[bsnub]

Is it time to kill the NRA completely as the first step towards sanity.

I would agree, and those efforts are being taken.

That said, America is overtaken by trumpanzee morons. Most live in the shit horrid parts of America that no sensible tourist would travel, but nonetheless the fucking scum have a vote. The American system is rigged. Some states like North and fucking South Dakota were deliberately created to give the fucking Republicans more Senate votes. Same with North and South Carolina, and same for the Virginia's.

[Headworx]

There is and I’ve outlined it on this thread before.

I'd definitely like to see it, or even just the bullet-points (pun intended) because I've never read or even heard of any realistic ways to stop this sort of thing. As fucked-up as it may sound, the closest I've ever heard to a solution that might end school massacres is having multiple armed security or even Military at each and every school during the hours kids are in attendance. This of course means more guns, and does nothing to address the war-zone like numbers of people wounded or killed daily by firearms in places besides schools which is where your average whack-job with an assault rifle would simply turn to.

[S Landreth]

I'd definitely like to see it,....

I only have 10 posts on this thread. There are 168 pages.

It used to be easy to find posts made by posters but it seems someone in management has decided to make it difficult so when you look to see my (everyone else also) posts you’ll receive a message.......

Someone in management thinks it’s better that posters start a new thread for every new news event that occurs.

Fvckin’ silly bunch.

The post I made does protect the 2^nd amendment. Everyone can own a gun and purchase ammunition. But that person just has to jump through hoops (every year) to do so. Can’t have a criminal background either. Also grandfather gun owners in now for a period of 5 years before they’ll have to comply.

One more thing,.........the hoops that I describe in that post would deter most from owning a gun.

Edit: And the federal government would make money hand over fist to support compliance.

[Cujo]

Impact them to do what exactly? Make obtaining firearms harder when there's literally hundreds of millions of them and billions of rounds of ammunition already in circulation? Come up with some buy-back scheme to disarm the public, many (most?) of whom would rather die that give their guns up? This is before we even go down the road of the 2nd Amendment!

Not being an arse Stumpy, but we both know there's no realistic fix for this.

For fucks sake, at least make it harder for MORE people to buy guns. If this moron wasn't able to go out and buy these guns MAYBE this wouldn't have happened.

[Headworx]

For fucks sake, at least make it harder for MORE people to buy guns. If this moron wasn't able to go out and buy these guns MAYBE this wouldn't have happened.

Do you have any idea how easy it is to get your hands on guns/ammo in America without having to walk into a gun shop or other licenced vendor, especially in states like Texas? Do you realise that if all guns sales were banned there starting tomorrow there'd still be roughly 500 million firearms in circulation that could change hands faster than a used blender at a fucking garage sale, just as they do now? Obviously not.

[Troy]

^ Yes, but didn't this kid just buy his online?

Sounds like it's easier to buy a gun than it is to buy a drink.

No need to ban gun ownership outright. It doesn't take much to make it appear as anti social behaviour to have one in public though, much like smoking.

A different mental attitude towards guns is required before legislation can be introduced to limit ownership and use. This has to be carried out through the usual mass media channels. Big money is required to push the required coverage. Licence on a per firearm basis based on calibre and purpose would bring in the needed cash.

[helge]

thoughts and prayers. again.

Yeah
You do that

Blah blah

[DrWilly]

Yeah
You do that

Blah blah

Whoosh.

[Headworx]

Sounds like it's easier to buy a gun than it is to buy a drink.

Well in states like Texas both are perfectly legal, so yeah. I think you need to be 18 to buy a drink in Texas though, but there's no minimum age limit on rifle ownership there.

No need to ban gun ownership outright. It doesn't take much to make it appear as anti social behaviour to have one in public though, much like smoking.

Yeah that's a bad comparison. Smoking kills but their train of thought is guns save lives.

[Cujo]

Do you have any idea how easy it is to get your hands on guns/ammo in America without having to walk into a gun shop or other licenced vendor, especially in states like Texas? Do you realise that if all guns sales were banned there starting tomorrow there'd still be roughly 500 million firearms in circulation that could change hands faster than a used blender at a fucking garage sale, just as they do now? Obviously not.

Actually I do but at least TRY and put SOME obstacles in his way. MAYBE if it hadn't been SO EASY for this asshole to buy these guns it wouldn't have happened.
Doing nothing is ridiculous.

[Cujo]

^ Yes, but didn't this kid just buy his online?

Sounds like it's easier to buy a gun than it is to buy a drink.

No need to ban gun ownership outright. It doesn't take much to make it appear as anti social behaviour to have one in public though, much like smoking.

A different mental attitude towards guns is required before legislation can be introduced to limit ownership and use. This has to be carried out through the usual mass media channels. Big money is required to push the required coverage. Licence on a per firearm basis based on calibre and purpose would bring in the needed cash.

Also an outright ban on these semi auto assault style rifles.

[Headworx]

Also an outright ban on these semi auto assault style rifles.

Yeah that'll work. Got an assault rifle? Well they're illegal now so please hand the 5 you own in along with your 60 shot magazines and 5000 rounds of ammunition at your nearest collection point where you'll be given a fair price. Not gonna happen, even normally law abiding citizens wouldn't comply.

I don't think you have any grip whatsoever on the gun culture there, people who've owned and carried their whole lives are not going to suddenly stop doing so regardless of laws, not that any laws like banning assault rifles will ever be brought into existence.