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Sky news saying at least 22 dead now.
The suspect is still on the loose after murdering at least 22 people in a bar and bowling alley in Lewistown, Maine.
He's been identified as Robert Card a trained firearms instructer at a US Army Reserve training facility.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/at-least-22-dead-in-us-shooting-at-bowling-alley-as-hundreds-of-police-search-city-in-manhunt-for-suspect/a1031269016.html
America is full of so many whackos at this point I just shrug my shoulders when news like this breaks. Very sad but not even remotely surprising. Its just a matter of counting down to the next one while listening to nonsense from the powers that be.
Gun sales will increase after this again, if anybody even pays attention anymore
Just grateful we don’t live in that wretched country.
Imagine feeling anxious when your kids go to a birthday party in a local bowling alley, that some demented fruitcake with a bag of machine guns could just march in and start slaughtering everyone
If true, he did the right thing by saying he had mental health issues but after 2 weeks the mental health services released him on his merry way?
I don’t know which is crazier - the man or the system 😠
504th mass shooting of the year. Horrific acts that have become so commonplace that this will barely register let alone act as a catalyst for change.
Another toxic and embittered man ruining countless other lives.
Ban guns and you at least drastically reduce the potential for male violence.
In the USA? No chance
BUT MUH FREEDOMS!!!!!
The "thoughts and prayers" crowd are all over twitter
Dont forget, you cant ever suggest that you can even restrict gun ownership of access for the mentally ill. The right to bare arms is for everyone.
The blame in this case lies with whichever medical professional discharged, after only 2 weeks, an army sniper who volunteered himself to psychiatric care on the grounds that he was hearing voices.
Which is really depressing as there is generally broad public support for additional background checks and restrictions. Most gun owners acknowledge that not everyone should be able to obtain a gun.
The gun lobby is powerful enough that no politician will go near it though, and sone states get the opposite with relaxation of laws and lowering of the legal age.
Where was the good guy with the gun?
All you need is a t-shirt for bare arms.
Murica
No, it's not.
He has to take full responsibility for his actions, no matter what.
Feck that!
Imagine feeling anxious about sending your child to school every morning.
For your child to be taking part in active firearm drills or whatever they are called.
I remember growing up in the 80's watching shows like "The Cosby show", "Family Ties" , "Beverly Hills 90210" etc wishing I lived in America
How far the almighty have fallen, one major f*cked up country.
Thought. Prayers. Repeat.
See you next month
Sadly, an army reserve firearms instructor is exactly the kind of 'good guy with a gun' that the NRA keep lobbying for schools to keep as armed guards
You don’t think the state has an obligation to remove dangerous people from society, especially if they announce themselves to be dangerous?
Why use 'person of interest '?
Why not call him the gunman?
"Gun was in his safe because he is a responsible gun owner"
You think it will be a whole month?
Guns and mental illness = tragedy. Cycle continues over and over, rinse and repeat.
America is slowly sliding into the abyss.
Trump will blame the Democrats in some way.
Like a poster above, I remember thinking America would be so cool to love in when I was a kid, now I wouldn't want my worst enemy living there.
What I'm saying is that mental health is never a justifiable way of excusing mass murder - as if the perpetrator was somehow a mindless robot incapable of knowing what he was doing.
Depression, anxiety, hearing voices, alcoholism -- whatever it may be, it doesn't excuse or water down the responsibility that someone has for their actions.
The proximate responsibility lies in the US's mad obsession with easily acquired weapons.
Look how we treat people with mental health issues in this country (that's if they can even be admitted or get help). We are probably just 'lucky' there isn't easy access to firearms here. You can't blame a medic when they probably don't have resources, he probably didnt have insurance, the whole system over there (and here) is broken.
If he had a mental illness then, legally, the gunman's responsibility will be diminished as he was incapable of taking full responsibility for his actions.
Anyway, the answer will somehow be more guns required.
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