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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe University of Washington Just Avoided a Repeat of the Isla Vista Mass Shooting
The news: A University of Washington student has been arrested by authorities after he allegedly threatened to kill women en masse after being inspired by Isla Vista, Calif., shooter Elliot Rodger.
Keshav Bhide, 23, was detained after praising Rodger on YouTube and Google Plus and threatening to duplicate the shooting spree that killed seven and wounded 13 in late May.
The FBI is apparently involved, and Bhide is being held on $150,001 bail. In online mesages under the screenname "Foss Dark," Bhide wrote that "everything Elliot did is perfectly justified" and stated "I am the next Elliot Rodger and guess what I'll do the right thing this time."
"I'll make sure I only kill women," he added.
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A bigger issue: But mass shooters are only the most visible part of the problem. Women in the U.S. are 11 times more likely to be killed with a firearm than their counterparts in other developed countries. The presence of a gun in domestic violence situations increases the risk of homicide for women by 500%.
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http://www.policymic.com/articles/91427/the-university-of-washington-just-avoided-a-repeat-of-the-isla-vista-calif-mass-shooting?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
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(298,021 posts)sheshe2
(84,057 posts)So grateful they were stopped in time. This maddness has to stop.
The stats you presented are heartbreaking and it puts our country to shame that it is allowed. "Gun laws and Violence against Women." It's way past time that this is dealt with. I have an ex, he had a temper, I found out he owned a gun that he kept under our mattress. I left a long time ago.
alp227
(32,075 posts)It was too late, coming at the cost of an actual tragedy happening beforehand. The authorities get half credit here.
ismnotwasm
(42,023 posts)Close to where I work-- hits right home.
DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)too insane, too full of hate, or just too incompetent to trust them with a gun.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)Packerowner740
(676 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Rochester
(838 posts)IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)it's a scary world out there.
boston bean
(36,225 posts)Response to redqueen (Original post)
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The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Thanks, RedQueen.
redqueen
(115,108 posts)BainsBane
(53,127 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)these lunatics and take them seriously.
redqueen
(115,108 posts)And he was found in time.