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Nihil

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64. Or Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook or Killeen or San Ysidro or Edmund or Fort Hood or ...

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 06:21 AM

Apr 2014

... Binghamton or Washington Navy Yard or Aurora or Manchester CT or Omaha or ...

My fingers would wear out before I could list all of the other gun-nut shootings in the USA
that *might* have influenced this particular nut to go out and do the same.

Alternatively, he was not influenced by any of them but was just Yet Another Murderous Prick
with easy access to guns.

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Multiple shooting in Kennesaw, Georgia at FedEx location [View all] KeepItReal Apr 2014 OP

here's a link groundloop Apr 2014 #1

50 emergency vehicles? maddezmom Apr 2014 #2

Kennesaw, GA...home of just about the most lax gun laws in the country Roland99 Apr 2014 #3

This isn't the first incident groundloop Apr 2014 #4

another shooting just a couple of weeks ago Voice for Peace Apr 2014 #12

Still...a virtual paradise compared to south Chicago Roland99 Apr 2014 #19

Kennesaw had a "must have a gun" ordinance in the 1970s jmowreader Apr 2014 #44

So everyone around him was armed? KamaAina Apr 2014 #45

They have a law requiring gun ownership, in fact Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #54

Which is not enforced, IronGate Apr 2014 #55

I guess the NRA will say they're not lax enough nt LiberalElite Apr 2014 #61

Cue gun humpers in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. . . Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #5

Okay.... PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #16

tired of not. . .it is accurate. Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #18

+1 Aristus Apr 2014 #24

Not offended PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #43

As is GUNHUMPERS defending assholes that use guns to shoot people tenderfoot Apr 2014 #66

I'm afraid my sympathy must lie with what you said, Aristus. calimary Apr 2014 #53

Tired of not? PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #42

Thank you for proviing to me exactly what my post wanted to prove Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #59

MEME? It's a f***ing REALITY in America Skittles Apr 2014 #63

This town has a mandatory gun ownership law. nt EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #6

Could have been mutual simultaneous self defense jberryhill Apr 2014 #8

You can imagine a scenario in which... Helen Borg Apr 2014 #13

Like a chain reaction pile up jberryhill Apr 2014 #15

Quite possible Plucketeer Apr 2014 #23

I have never understood . . . Brigid Apr 2014 #11

It's not enforced. Brainstormy Apr 2014 #20

Interesting. Thanks for adding your insight. EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #22

In the days of Draft Cards, that is all any one had to do happyslug Apr 2014 #21

I still don't see how this could be constitutional. Brigid Apr 2014 #25

I am just pointing out, nothing in the Constitutions makes such a law illegal happyslug Apr 2014 #34

Your lengthy posts defending this nonsense don't convince me. Brigid Apr 2014 #38

I am NOT asking you to own a Weapon, I am just saying such laws are Consitutional happyslug Apr 2014 #60

The way I would approach a constitutional challenge... Dale Neiburg Apr 2014 #65

And you would be correct, BUT the Federal, State or Local Government COULD pass a LAW mandating such happyslug Apr 2014 #68

I would imagine that if the Federal government called it a tax . . . . toopers May 2014 #73

That's right, but it is not enforced. RebelOne Apr 2014 #41

Second Amendment Remedies. nt onehandle Apr 2014 #7

Update: Shooter found dead KeepItReal Apr 2014 #9

Gawd, just do the self-inflicted shots BEFORE you take out other people. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #57

Fox local news just announced shooter found dead smartphone Apr 2014 #10

6 wounded and then the he shot himself Botany Apr 2014 #14

Guns everywhere YEAH!!!!!!!! mikeysnot Apr 2014 #17

And scarred. KamaAina Apr 2014 #46

Hehehe thanks... mikeysnot Apr 2014 #69

Wait hey gunners if everyone was armed why did upaloopa Apr 2014 #26

Right now, gun fanciers are trying to determine what kind of gun he had, to make sure they have one Hoyt Apr 2014 #27

Unless you can name every gun in the murder's arsenal accurately, there can be no background checks! villager Apr 2014 #30

and to make sure the article is accurate. Doctor_J Apr 2014 #62

No idea, Brown Coat Apr 2014 #28

I never heard that one. upaloopa Apr 2014 #29

Then why do we need more LEO's on the street to combat crime? Brown Coat Apr 2014 #31

There is a difference between LEO and citizens with guns. upaloopa Apr 2014 #33

Yes, they shoot more unarmed people and dogs. Brown Coat Apr 2014 #47

So I should not be concerned with citizen shooters upaloopa Apr 2014 #48

Not CCW holders, Brown Coat Apr 2014 #49

I wouldn't expect you to be. upaloopa Apr 2014 #50

Yeah, CCWers like Zimmerman, Loughner, Stawicki, Hasan, McLendon, Alexis, Dunn, etc., don't exist. Hoyt Apr 2014 #52

I think most of these losers intend to do that when they set out. Would love to see a citation Hoyt Apr 2014 #32

Of the top of my head. Brown Coat Apr 2014 #40

They plan on doing that when they leave home. The fact they shot themselves does not mean some yahoo Hoyt Apr 2014 #51

Because very few people actually walk around with guns? hack89 Apr 2014 #35

How soon you change your tune upaloopa Apr 2014 #37

I have never advocated arming everyone. hack89 Apr 2014 #39

Yup. If everyone was armed, no crime. All shootings will be self-defense. The last one standing... freshwest Apr 2014 #36

This is just America's exceptionalism . What other country has a mass shooting every month ? geretogo Apr 2014 #56

$100 says the shooter was obsessed with Columbine Rocknrule Apr 2014 #58

Or Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook or Killeen or San Ysidro or Edmund or Fort Hood or ... Nihil Apr 2014 #64

I said Columbine because even now, it seems to be considered the end-all-be-all shooting Rocknrule Apr 2014 #67

Another day, another shooting ... the hypotheses about the "cause" are mere trivia really. Nihil May 2014 #70

Identified as 19 y/o Geddy Kramer Blue_Tires May 2014 #71

Heartbroken friend of shooter says ‘yesterday I was just in shock’ Blue_Tires May 2014 #72