tsubaki
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One of the suspects (or the suspect) has been shot dead, apparently.
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One of the suspects (or the suspect) has been shot dead, apparently.
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Aren’t the vast majority of these mass shootings some form of terrorist attack?
How can you tell if these are good guys with guns or bad guys with guns? Should we shoot anyone with a gun just to be sure?Just imagine walking into the Asda and seeing this.
tsubaki
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Only if you extend the definition of terrorist attack beyond what it should be.
Until we know more about the suspect ie his motives. It cannot be dismissed nor confirmed.
Violence against civilians for political gain is the basic definition of terrorism.
Obviously this day and age its twisted and manipulated and in some cases is used incorrectly or not used when it should.
In the US if it's not an attack by a muslim or other enemies of the state it gets dismissed quite quickly by the right and well some on the left
Believe it’s 5 dead this time
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We just have to hope that a high ranking member of the NRA is ‘affected’ one day by one of these incidents for a change to happen.
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Which is the thing - if that is the definition (and it is a sensible one) then these mass shootings aren't terrorism, nor for that matter are the lone actor, low technology "IS-inspired attacks" like Westminster or even something like Nice. Using terrorism as a label tends to obscure the really quite a lot of similiarities between a lot of these attackers in the states and people like Masood, Mateen and Lahouaiej-Bouhlel.
Texas gun law changes take effect one day after deadly shooting near Odessa and Midland
A bulk of gun law\u00a0changes took effect in Texas on Sunday, loosening restrictions a day after a shooting near Odessa and Midland left 7 people dead.
www.usatoday.com
The laws were already set to take effect Sept. 1 but come just one day after a routine traffic stop on Interstate 20 triggered a deadly shooting rampage. Police in Texas say the incident began at 3:13 p.m. CDT Saturday when an assailant described only as a white male in his mid-30s driving a gold-colored car was pulled over by a pair of state troopers for a traffic violation. The stop turned violent when the man grabbed a rifle and shot multiple times at the pair of troopers through the rear window, wounding one. He then sped off, shooting at other motorists and passers-by.
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