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Orlando mass shooting

k0llectable5 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:30:04 GMT

Does anyone have any information on this? The biggest mass shooting in America's history (apparently) I'm surprised haven't seen more talk on this...

Re: Orlando mass shooting

davidc4430 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:40:54 GMT

whats to say, america is its own worse enemy.

if the killing of children wasnt bad enuff for the gun lovers to say its time to take a backward step then nothing will.

Re: Orlando mass shooting

bushies.girl — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:20:57 GMT

Starting to become difficult to show sympathy towards a country who refuse to change their totally insane gun laws

Re: Orlando mass shooting

imastawka — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:31:31 GMT

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

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debra9275 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:40:21 GMT

the Orlando shooting is tragic but thak goodness this guy was apprehended

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/california-west-hollywood-suspect-aresenal/

3ks there's been lots about the Orlando shooting in the news, don't know how you could mis it... the 2nd offender in my link I honestly haven't seen much about that one, just a short story on the news one night

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bright.ton42 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 02:38:05 GMT

I don't know how anyone could miss it either, the media has been full of it for the past few days.

Re: Orlando mass shooting

davidc4430 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 03:06:03 GMT

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604

speaks for itself really

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 03:20:14 GMT

The most inane thing is, that whenever someone brings up gun control, the gun fondlers immediately jump on Australia, where they say homicides have increased dramatically since the gun buyback........despite Snopes, Factchek, and the Australian government itself providing facts that disprove those statements.

Re: Orlando mass shooting

k0llectable5 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:40:18 GMT

It can't be only the fault of guns though. Don't get me wrong, I've never shot a gun in my life. So I'm not pro or anti anything...

The attack occurred in what was supposed to be a "safe space" but maybe if just 1 of those people was armed there could have been lives saved... and this seems like it was a well thought out targeted attack not only on the LGBTQI community but also on Western cultural values, by a person who supposedly claimed affiliation with ISIS and the Boston bombers...

Could it possibly have something to do with multiculturalism and the fact that there are many people in western countries who do not respect the culture because it goes against their religious beliefs? They also may harbour a hatred for America because of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria etc.

I just don't think guns are solely to blame for this...

Re: Orlando mass shooting

lurker172602 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:02:25 GMT

Occupy Democrats have quite a few pieces up on this topic. This article caught my eye

Trump Says A “Good Guy With A Gun” Would’ve Stopped Orlando Massacre. There WAS A Good Guy With A Gun.

“Good Guy With A Gun”

Re: Orlando mass shooting

lurker172602 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:04:25 GMT

by a person who supposedly claimed affiliation with ISIS and the Boston bombers

I thought it had become clear that he didn't really have those affiliations. Yes, he was Muslim but not connected with IS.

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lurker172602 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:05:08 GMT

Re: Orlando mass shooting

imastawka — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:22:55 GMT

Makes you wonder how he managed to walk in with an AR15

It's not a small piece of weaponry

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bsal6160 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:18:29 GMT

i am not condoning this action by a very disturbed individual but we need to remember "Guns dont kill......people kill"

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lurker172602 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:26:49 GMT

That's true basal, but it's a hell of a lot easier to kill a hell of a lot more people if you've got a hell of a lot of guns.

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lind9650 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:51:16 GMT

More Gun dealers than McDonalds in America.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/this-is-how-easy-it-is-to-get-a-gun-in-the-us/news-story/6e66a0e65d1d9cec50717401d463bff0

It's almost unbeliveable.

Erica

Re: Orlando mass shooting

davidc4430 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:22:41 GMT

ok, so this is turning into a math exercise.

how many people (not involved in a war) would die from gun shot wounds if nobody outside the military had guns?

and no, military people cant take their guns home on weekends to polish. they just have to find some other item to enjoy rubbing.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:34:26 GMT

Makes you wonder how he managed to walk in with an AR15

It's not a small piece of weaponry

It wasn't an AR-15, it was a Sig Sauer MCX, and had a folding stock........

While I have no problem with civilian ownership of firearms ( I have several), I firmly believe there is no place in these United States for semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Re: Orlando mass shooting

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:38:18 GMT

how many people (not involved in a war) would die from gun shot wounds if nobody outside the military had guns?

This is an exercise in futility.......those on the shadowy side of the law aren't going to turn in their weapons.........and remember, folks have been killing each other with whatever was handy for millenia......

Re: Orlando mass shooting

go-tazz — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:22:37 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
Makes you wonder how he managed to walk in with an AR15

It's not a small piece of weaponry

It wasn't an AR-15, it was a Sig Sauer MCX, and had a folding stock........

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/10/foghorn/gun-review-sig-sauer-mcx/

It's a gun designed to kill people and it should never be available to a civilian and the US mentallity of

"needing" these types of guns as protection is absolutily ludicrous,(whilst the US government allows these you

will continue to have mass shooting),

Somewhere along the track there will be a possible mass shooting event that will dwarf all others if there is

ever a targetted terorist attack involving these type of wearons.,

While I have no problem with civilian ownership of firearms ( I have several), I firmly believe there is no place in these United States for semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.

I used to own a 22 repeater that I used for shooting rabbits and foxes as did my brothers,(we lost all the guns

due to the law changes and never worried about it).