Keyser_Soze Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 U.S. woman arrested trying to enter Australia with golden gun in bag WWW.NBCNEWS.COM The Australian Border Force said staff members found the 24-karat gold-plated handgun in the luggage of the 28-year-old woman, who flew from Los Angeles to Sydney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose - ABC News ABCNEWS.GO.COM Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Quote Residents are being told to "stay inside [and] stay clear" of the crime scene until the investigation has concluded, but do not believe the suspect, a Mexican national, is in the area. Well the discourse about this one should be particularly deranged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: U.S. woman arrested trying to enter Australia with golden gun in bag WWW.NBCNEWS.COM The Australian Border Force said staff members found the 24-karat gold-plated handgun in the luggage of the 28-year-old woman, who flew from Los Angeles to Sydney. To think she did all that dancing around Egyptian only to get bused on the way to Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Republicans grappling between their racist and 2A brain cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Derek said: 5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose - ABC News ABCNEWS.GO.COM Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say. The murderer is Mexican and the victims are all Honduran, so it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an ethnocentric dimension to this attack as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 17 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: Hey now I said frequently! You're the exception to the rule, and I'm not sure the country can run on that when it comes to guns and our gun culture. I think she is much more the norm than the gun-to-grocery-store guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I think she is much more the norm than the gun-to-grocery-store guy. As much as I hate gun culture and believe in getting rid of the Second Amendment, this is probably correct. Even my parents don’t do that shit and they’re far bigger gun nuts than me. They both have a CC but I don’t think they actually carry anywhere in public. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The murderer is Mexican and the victims are all Honduran, so it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an ethnocentric dimension to this attack as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Police: 11 shot, injured during mass shooting at South Carolina park 13WHAM.COM Multiple people, including several teenagers, were left injured following a shooting incident in the early hours of Saturday morning at a park in South Carolina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: I think she is much more the norm than the gun-to-grocery-store guy. Whether that's the case or not, I'm saying it's not worth the trade off. It doesn't really matter if it empirically is the norm or not. I seriously doubt others are as smart and safe and practical as CastlevaniaNut, most people are poorly educated and religious and love guns, I'm not buying she's the norm except on paper. In practice, she definitely isn't just due to her emotional and political intelligence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Whether that's the case or not, I'm saying it's not worth the trade off. It doesn't really matter if it empirically is the norm or not. I think hunting rifles are essentially fine. Good luck committing mass murder with a bolt-action that only holds 5 rounds. Of course, I'm fine with licensing and registration for hunting rifles, too. Which is why I say get rid of 2A and rework the entire system to something more sensible. I do own a couple of handguns, but the only time they leave my house is when I take them to shoot targets in the country with my parents and that's rare. My life wouldn't change if I didn't have them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I think hunting rifles are essentially fine. Good luck committing mass murder with a bolt-action that only holds 5 rounds. Of course, I'm fine with licensing and registration for hunting rifles, too. Which is why I say get rid of 2A and rework the entire system to something more sensible. I do own a couple of handguns, but the only time they leave my house is when I take them to shoot targets in the country with my parents and that's rare. My life wouldn't change if I didn't have them. I agree but it's really not about which guns can kill and can't kill people with easily. The problem is our culture. The way we see, perceive, and want to use guns is tainted by centuries of violence we've put on a pedestal. This country loves guns. "Don't tread on me" BS. Punisher logo t-shirts. We have more shootings than we've ever had. There's nothing to "rework". We have to get rid of guns, like the UK, South Korea, and Australia, full stop. There's no: "let's carve out a section for hunters" in America. You give Americans a little rope in this regard, they'll take the whole damn thing and work the system somehow. It's just not in us to use these things responsibly, particularly Americans vs. other countries. While I know we'll never get a blanket ban on guns in this country, it's the only solution. I'm down with your suggestion of getting rid of 2A but I don't see a re-working of the system that gun maniacs won't just abuse. Again, if the tradeoff of us giving up gun ownership entirely because large swathes of the populace can't handle it is the small subsection of people who are smart gun owners who only hunt lose their ability to do so, well, that's an easy trade to make to save lots of lives, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said: I agree but it's really not about which guns can kill and can't kill people with easily. The problem is our culture. The way we see, perceive, and want to use guns is tainted by centuries of violence we've put on a pedestal. This country loves guns. "Don't tread on me" BS. Punisher logo t-shirts. We have more shootings than we've ever had. There's nothing to "rework". We have to get rid of guns, like the UK, South Korea, and Australia, full stop. There's no: "let's carve out a section for hunters" in America. You give Americans a little rope in this regard, they'll take the whole damn thing and work the system somehow. It's just not in us to use these things responsibly, particularly Americans vs. other countries. While I know we'll never get a blanket ban on guns in this country, it's the only solution. I'm down with your suggestion of getting rid of 2A but I don't see a re-working of the system that gun maniacs won't just abuse. Well, unfortunately we're at a point where even the little things can't get done. I don't see any of that changing in my lifetime. I'll just have to keep being one of the sane ones who doesn't worship my guns or see them as an essential part of my identity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Well, unfortunately we're at a point where even the little things can't get done. I don't see any of that changing in my lifetime. I'll just have to keep being one of the sane ones who doesn't worship my guns or see them as an essential part of my identity. Yeah, sadly I completely agree. We're not even close to moving the needle much on banning automatic assault rifles and shit, I don't expect a perma-ban on guns in my lifetime either. I just feel bad so many people keep on dying more and more every year to guns in this country and it's getting to a point of absurdism for me. Full Idiocracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Yeah, sadly I completely agree. We're not even close to moving the needle much on banning automatic assault rifles and shit, I don't expect a perma-ban on guns in my lifetime either. I just feel bad so many people keep on dying more and more every year to guns in this country and it's getting to a point of absurdism for me. Full Idiocracy. Yep, the culture is depressing as fuck. My books are in bigger danger of being banned than my guns. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Yep, the culture is depressing as fuck. My books are in bigger danger of being banned than my guns. So true, man, that's a truly depressing thought. I fucking hate Republicans. I've been fighting Republicans (and centrist/corporate Democrats) for 20+ years now and this battle of attrition with guns is not helping my confidence after decades of this shit. Bowling for Columbine came out 21 years ago! Fuck's sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Just now, Greatoneshere said: So true, man, that's a truly depressing thought. I fucking hate Republicans. Same. I despise the GOP. And to be clear, I don't disagree with what you said above. I was just speaking on what I personally wish would happen. Let people hunt, so long as they get licensed and register their firearms(doesn't the UK have something like that?) and ban semi-automatics and handguns. That would do such much in cutting down on gun violence. But you're most likely right in that give the nuts an inch and they'll take a mile. Either way the 2nd needs to be gone and it'll never happen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Same. I despise the GOP. And to be clear, I don't disagree with what you said above. I was just speaking on what I personally wish would happen. Let people hunt, so long as they get licensed and register their firearms(doesn't the UK have something like that?) and ban semi-automatics and handguns. That would do such much in cutting down on gun violence. But you're most likely right in that give the nuts an inch and they'll take a mile. Either way the 2nd needs to be gone and it'll never happen. Yeah to be clear I wish Americans were responsible enough to let people like you hunt. I have nothing against responsible hunting. The shame of it is that the nuts have ruined it for everyone so I feel like drastic measures are needed at this point. But I agree with you nothing drastic is likely to ever happen and the second amendment is likely also never going away. I mean kids are dying but we can't seem to move the needle is just so frustrating. Banning all guns, your version of things, I'll take whatever at this point if it helps stop even one death. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I'm with cnut, I think there are exceptions like people who raise livestock that occasionally do need to shoot like boars, coyotes, etc. As she said, good luck conducting a mass shooting with a bolt action rifle or a breach loading shotgun. The problem is a lot of those people who DO need an occasional rifle every now and then are the same people who will fight tooth and nail to keep assault rifles because they're all filled to the brim with "don't tread on me" bullshit. They all think they're John McClain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: And another one Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says | CNN WWW.CNN.COM A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about gunfire, according... dude was shooting his rifle in his yard/driveway, his neighbors asked him to stop because their kid was trying to sleep, he responded by going to their house and murdering all of them. Thoughts and prayers, people... Thoughts and prayers. That's the one posted earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: That's the one posted earlier. I even read that one earlier and thought this one was different for some reason. It's hard to keep track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 They haven't found this guy either. Probably feed the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: They haven't found this guy either. Probably feed the country. It's ALWAYS about food here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 8 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The murderer is Mexican and the victims are all Honduran, so it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an ethnocentric dimension to this attack as well. inferiority complex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 21 minutes ago, Jason said: It's ALWAYS about food here. Damn phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: They haven't found this guy either. Probably feed the country. Soylent green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says | CNN WWW.CNN.COM A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says | CNN WWW.CNN.COM A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about... You’re the third person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: You’re the third person. There's so many of them it's hard to keep them straight even after just a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 adults, 1 minor shot during illegal street racing event in Auburn WWW.KING5.COM Three men and one girl were shot and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Jason said: There's so many of them it's hard to keep them straight even after just a few hours. 4 hours ago, Fizzzzle said: I even read that one earlier and thought this one was different for some reason. It's hard to keep track. I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 12:07 AM, Jason said: Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says | CNN WWW.CNN.COM A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including an 8-year-old, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about... This one can be approved by the GOP, it is a non-white shooter so they can spin this around and claim that the “immigrant threat” validates the need for “good white real Americans” to have guns.. its a win win.. hell the victims even called for cops 5 different time and they didnt show up until after the fact… What is it with Texas cops and their response? are they Demolition Man disciples? seriously whats their Boggle?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Greg Abbott’s tweet about the Mexican man killing the five Hondurans is fucking disgusting. He had to specify that they were illegal immigrants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 1 minute ago, MarSolo said: Greg Abbott’s tweet about the Mexican man killing the five Hondurans is fucking disgusting. He had to specify that they were illegal immigrants. He trash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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