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Vegas shooting incident

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    #182
    Hector Savage
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    BBC saying 50 people now dead ... jesus


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    #183
    [Deleted User]
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    seamus wrote: »
    We see continuously that during the initial stages of these things that the number of people involved and the scale of the destruction is usually overstated by around double.
    I don't recall anyone saying there were 100+ dead.


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    #184
    [Deleted User]
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    Burial. wrote: »
    clowns here who went into FB and pulled their entire liked page history just to fit an agenda is just sad.

    I did that because people were literally saying that he could be a Trump-hating Republican. And the other guy who couldn't fathom any use of logic asked for proof. It ended like two pages of nonsense.


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    #185
    thomasj
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    According to CBS news, Stephen paddock the chief suspect, 64 years of age wasnt a veteran but living in a retirement community

    https://secure-fly.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooting-mandalay-bay-resort-casino/


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    #186
    pilly
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    Jesus H Christ, 50 people out enjoying a night out. Sometimes I wonder about the media covering these things at all. I know it's practically impossible now not to cover them but I just feel it gives the fame hungry psycho an outlet.


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    #187
    BillyBobBS
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    Seriously what the hell goes through these sickos minds?? World is so screwed up.


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    #188
    Outlaw Pete
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    Skylinehead wrote: »
    That's not the reason why people are posting FB links on this thread.

    The reason I posted a screencap of likes was because of the sanctimonious moaning about someone being called a 'leftist'.

    I was merely showing why I did so. I didn't link to their page and nor did I name them, for reasons obvious.


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    #189
    seamus
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't recall anyone saying there were 100+ dead.
    You mean to say that a speculative discussion post I made wasn't scalpel accurate?! I'll just go hide under the covers now, I can't deal with the shame of it.

    Wtf is wrong with you?


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    #190
    Gringo180
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    thomasj wrote: »
    According to CBS news, Stephen paddock the chief suspect, 64 years of age wasnt a veteran but living in a retirement community

    https://secure-fly.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooting-mandalay-bay-resort-casino/

    War veteran. Said it earlier.


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    #191
    Samaris
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    That list of facebook likes, was that actually accurate, or was that someone else's? There's been so much misinformation in this thread that I've lost track.

    Appalling incident, whatever his motives, I'm damn sure they weren't worth the lives of fifty people.


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    #192
    server down
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    Gringo180 wrote: »
    War veteran. Said it earlier.

    That link says not a war veteran.


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    #193
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    Gringo180 wrote:
    War veteran. Said it earlier.


    Wasn't a veteran. Here's your cookie


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    #194
    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Westernyelp wrote: »
    Wasn't a veteran. Here's your cookie

    :pac:


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    #195
    [Deleted User]
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    Samaris wrote: »
    That list of facebook likes, was that actually accurate, or was that someone else's? There's been so much misinformation in this thread that I've lost track.

    Appalling incident, whatever his motives, I'm damn sure they weren't worth the lives of fifty people.

    Someone else's. The Stephen name got mentioned early on in this thread but then another one got brought in, and elsewhere on the web, it was posted as well.


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    #196
    Outlaw Pete
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    https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/914805642971439104


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    #197
    murpho999
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    Terrible news.

    No doubt Trump will defend "America's beautiful gun laws and freedom' shortly.


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    #198
    [Deleted User]
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    seamus wrote: »
    You mean to say that a speculative discussion post I made wasn't scalpel accurate?! I'll just go hide under the covers now, I can't deal with the shame of it.

    Wtf is wrong with you?
    It's more your criticism of other speculation while widly speculating yourself.


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    #199
    gandalf
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    FFS the American fetish for the free availability of military grade weapons bites them in the ass again!

    RIP to all those innocents caught up in this and I hope those injured recover fully.

    There is no justification to allowing an ordinary member of the public to own a fully automatic weapon that can wreak such havoc from a distance in such a short period of time.


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    #200
    wakka12
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    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    The shooting went on for 7-8 minutes before the police got to him (or he ran out of bullets) according to some guy on Fox. I'd be very surprised if the death toll stays in and around 20 considering the size of the crowd and the advantages the shooter had from an elevated firing position in that time.

    Youre right, over 50 confirmed dead now. Will easily surpass last years Pulse nightlcub shooting as the deadliest massacre in US history by one man


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    #201
    The_Kew_Tour
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    Nothing to say. Just awful waste of life.

    Its a pity the Hate that is in such a small minority, destroys the majority of good.


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    #202
    LeinsterDub
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    pilly wrote: »
    Jesus H Christ, 50 people out enjoying a night out. Sometimes I wonder about the media covering these things at all. I know it's practically impossible now not to cover them but I just feel it gives the fame hungry psycho an outlet.
    Maintaining a list like this also punches a hole in the NRA argument that if mass shootings are televised, more mass shootings will occur via copycats. In fact, most of these shootings do not receive more than a day's worth of local coverage. Yet mass shootings continue to occur anyway. We believe mass shootings should receive more publicity, not less.

    https://www.massshootingtracker.org/about


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    #203
    MrPudding
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    Terrible news.

    No doubt Trump will defend "America's beautiful gun laws and freedom' shortly.

    Well yeah. They need more guns, obviously. They should change the law so everyone must carry a gun. If everyone at the concert had been armed 50 people would not be dead. I mean, what could possibly go wrong...?

    MrP


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    #204
    Hande hoche!
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    Youre right, over 50 confirmed dead now. Will easily surpass last years Pulse nightlcub shooting as the deadliest massacre in US history by one man
    Would be the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. Christ.


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    #205
    BattleCorp
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    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Would be the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. Christ.

    Any word yet on what this nutjob's motive was?


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    #206
    CalamariFritti
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    backspin. wrote: »
    Humans are curious and inquisitive creatures. That's hardly news to you.

    They’re the nice words. One might also call it sensation seeking morbid attention seeking self important ignorant disgusting. Any of those.


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    #207
    TallGlass
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    Wreckless loss of life. Thoughts with the victims, anyone that's hurt and there families at this moment.


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    #208
    BarryD2
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    gandalf wrote: »
    There is no justification to allowing an ordinary member of the public to own a fully automatic weapon that can wreak such havoc from a distance in such a short period of time.


    Even in the context of their love of guns, it's madness to allow such access. But will anything change, hardly :(


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    #209
    Beefy78
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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Any word yet on what this nutjob's motive was?

    He was a ****.


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    #210
    baylah17
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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Any word yet on what this nutjob's motive was?

    Not so far, nothing could justify what he did but it will be interesting to see what his deluded motive was.


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    #211
    McGrath5
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    I got back from a trip to America on Saturday morning, this time last week I was in Vegas too, scary stuff.


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