Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 7:03 pm
by Simple Torture
chud, are you telling me that WBZ doesn't give you a personal bodyguard when you go out to do a fluff piece about a farmers' market in Brookline? That's ridiculous!
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 7:04 pm
by Norah
Yep, and I can't get life insurance because of it.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 7:44 pm
by Chris_H_2
Yeddie Yedder wrote:Wave the white flag on the War on Drugs.
please don't. I just saw them in concert last month and they were awesome.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 9:08 pm
by Self
cutuphalfdead wrote:Yep, and I can't get life insurance because of it.
Really?
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 9:11 pm
by Norah
Self wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Yep, and I can't get life insurance because of it.
Really?
yeah, too much risk
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 9:18 pm
by Green Habit
cutuphalfdead wrote:yeah I have no interest in seeing this video
I'm really glad that Jammer91 doesn't post here anymore, or we probably would have had to ban him again for linking to it.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed August 26, 2015 9:19 pm
by Norah
Green Habit wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:yeah I have no interest in seeing this video
I'm really glad that Jammer91 doesn't post here anymore, or we probably would have had to ban him again for linking to it.
He's posted it on facebook.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 1:00 am
by verb_to_trust
It was very strange how the guy was able to walk right up to them and raise his gun for several seconds with no reaction from any of them. I imagine doing a segment and interview like that kind of gives you blinders to what is around you though.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 2:02 pm
by Green Habit
So I did some fun with math earlier this morning...
I found a survey saying that gun ownership is actually on the decline in the US, with 1 in 3 households having guns, and 22 percent personally owning them, for about 70 million people. Now, we all know about the sheer number of guns in this country--it's at .88 guns per resident, for a total of about 281 million guns. Putting those two numbers together, the average number of guns per gun owner comes out at exactly 4.
Now I want to know how many people own just one gun, just to see how many the real gun fans might have.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 2:21 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Green Habit wrote: fun with math
lol
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 2:52 pm
by McParadigm
The thing that keeps coming to my mind about this shooting is that every news article describes a 'woman' being shot and killed, then goes on to note that her age was 24.
All I can think is, "That's basically a child." He killed a child. This is someone who was still attending pep rallies in 2009, and her story is over.
Also, 24 year olds shouldn't be reporting any kind of news. It's silly.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 3:34 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
McParadigm wrote:Also, 24 year olds shouldn't be reporting any kind of news. It's silly.
Four professionals I feel should always be older than me: police, attorneys and judges, doctors, and big time politicians.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 3:38 pm
by jwfocker
Active shooter at Mississippi State.
Also, we just change it to a shooter. I don't think we need a verb attached to it.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 3:43 pm
by Jorge
Looks like they're in custody. No injuries.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 4:23 pm
by darth_vedder
Chris Rock still has the best idea I've heard about this subject. No gun control, rather bullet control. Have all the guns you want, but buying bullets will cost you $5000.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 4:23 pm
by darth_vedder
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 4:53 pm
by Strat
lol. I love Chris Rock
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 6:37 pm
by dpupenya
Guys, I'm headed to the office. Cover me
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Thu August 27, 2015 8:48 pm
by Yeddie Yedder
I try to read similar/same stories from different sources (Fox, CNN, Al Jazeera, etc.) and I found myself looking at the comment section on Fox.
....and damn, some racist MoFos posting over there. And at an alarming rate. that real-time update can make your head spin