Current Affairs The " another shooting in America " thread

[Ghost Rider]

I know the easy answer here is to ban guns and that would take a massive step towards solving the problem. The underlying issue here though, what's causing it? It's almost always a former student going back with a grudge, there is more to it than access to weapons. For it to happen so regularly. What is the root cause?

Just heartbreaking news , not long dropped my daughter off at school and I can't imagine her not being here anymore at home time. Any parent affected by this , I cannot begin to understand their feelings.

 

[jaspercabbage]

Now that is the one event where a mass shooting would benefit the planet.

 

[Bluerover]

Commiserations for another dreadful tragedy

I simply don't understand how a supposed right to bear arms can be more important than the lives of children.

Americans may be interested to read of the responses to UK shootings in 1987 and 1996 which hardened already fairly firm gun control measures in the UK

Hungerford massacre - Wikipedia

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Dunblane massacre - Wikipedia

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A young Andy Murray survived Dunblane. Sixteen pupils and one teacher died.

I remember both too well. For Dunblane, my wife and I were on short break in Clifden Connemara. The weather was atrocious, and while watching the news coverage we both decided to just go home three days early. We were so depressed that anyone could do such a thing, we had no stomach to continue our 'holiday'. 13 March 1996.

 

[Bluerover]

On my 18th Birthday, my dear late Dad brought me out for a few pints.

This genius is allowed to go out and buy two assault rifles.

Christ help them.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

 

[Bluerover]

RIP Xavier


That this can happen is so senseless

God bless them all and their poor grieving families. Puts any problems I may have into perspective - they are specks of dust compared to these mountains of grief.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

 

[john jako]

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Nail on the head. Someone else mentioned this earlier in this thread. If sandy hook wasn’t going to change anything, nothing ever will.

 

[maccavennie]

Absolutely horrible news

RIP to all the children and teachers, my thoughts are with them all.

Needless loss of so much life taken from an absolute shithouse

 

[Blue 1]

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Jesus Christ! Dan Hodges doesn't have the shittiest take on Twitter for once!

 

[Blue 1]

Texas Conservatives: Let's ban abortions immediately. Our children's lives are absolutely sacrosanct.

Texas Conservatives after a school shooting kills 19 children: Woah now. Slow down. Let's not act in haste and start banning things.

 

[Prevenger17]

Tragic. Absolutely heartbreaking to see pictures of those poor kids

 

[Bungle]

What a backwards country, utterly grim seeing that news and knowing that there'll probably be half a dozen more incidents like it before the year is out.

Kids robbed of a future and parents left with a lifetime of hurt, just beyond sad.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[DanEFC92]