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10 people shot dead in Texas

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  • #2
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/santa-fe-school-shooting-latest-today-texas-active-victims-police-gun-a8357846.html
    Multiple fatalities have been reported and a suspect is in custody after a shooting at a Texas high school.

    Santa Fe High School was placed on lockdown following an "incident involving an active shooter" on Friday morning, according to the school district. Assistant Principal Cris Richardson told reporters that one suspect had been arrested.

    Law enforcement sources told local news outlets that at least eight people had been killed.

    Not really shocking, which is a tragedy in itself.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #3
    ameirecan
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭ameirecan


    Say it with me folks:

    NOTHING TO DO WITH IRELAND

    Now let's get back to discussing Israel and Palestine.


  • #4
    randomname2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭randomname2005


    GLaDOS wrote: »
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/santa-fe-school-shooting-latest-today-texas-active-victims-police-gun-a8357846.html



    Not really shocking, which is a tragedy in itself.
    Awful but no desire among a large group to change policies for gun control


  • #5
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    ameirecan wrote: »
    Say it with me folks:

    NOTHING TO DO WITH IRELAND

    Now let's get back to discussing Israel and Palestine.

    You need to google what a strawman argument is.


  • #6
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    How many more will it take before they reaxminne their gun policies?

    I'm not sure that's ever likely to happen.

    Not until the current generation of teenagers is in government anyways.
    And probably not even then :(


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  • #7
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Guns don't kill people, video games do.


  • #8
    Walter Bishop
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Walter Bishop




  • #9
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    How many more will it take before they reaxminne their gun policies?

    Good one.


  • #10
    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    It's a cycle that seems unbreakable.

    When you can legally pop into many local shops with an AR-15 slung over your shoulder, your country has a problem.

    Ironically, the share price of gun companies will surge

    "If the teachers, janitors and lunch ladies had been armed, this could have been stopped"


  • #11
    facehugger99
    Registered Users Posts: 7,202 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    How many more will it take before they reaxminne their gun policies?

    27?


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  • #12
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,468 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Suspect is in custody so I’m wondering does that imply it’s a caucasian rather than African American or other minority


  • #13
    King George VI
    Registered Users Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    2nd amendment fuck yeaaaaaaaaaaaah

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  • #14
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    Imagine all the junkies around the quays in dublin had guns, this would happen every day


  • #15
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    Breaking on BBC.

    Another High school shooting by the looks of it.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-44173954

    How many more will it take before they reaxminne their gun policies?

    If they didn't after Sandy Hook, they never will.


  • #16
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Just another day in the US where things are so f***ing bleak that "at least they're old enough to speak out on behalf of their dead friends like in Florida, rather than have the NRA try to tell everyone it's all fine and carry on, like the much younger children in sandy hook" is about the best positive spin that can be put on this.


  • #17
    Captain Red Beard
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    Imagine all the junkies around the quays in dublin had guns, this would happen every day

    Junkies would shoot up a high school? Why would they do this?


  • #18
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Thoughts and prayers :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,381 ✭[Deleted User]


    _Brian wrote: »
    Suspect is in custody so I’m wondering does that imply it’s a caucasian rather than African American or other minority

    Ok.


  • #20
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »

    How many more will it take before they reaxminne their gun policies?

    How high can you count? Well it will take a number higher than that I think.


  • #21
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    If they didn't after Sandy Hook, they never will.
    This could get more interesting (and a lot more brutal) as it came out in the week that the NRA, who spent much of last year running ads literally calling on Americans to commit terrorism against other Americans, acted on behalf of Russian interests during hard US election - https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-used-nra-to-help-trump-in-2016-says-senate-intelligence-committee

    Wherever that goes is going to be very much worth keeping an eye on, as without a functioning NRA this could go absolutely bonkers on both sides.


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  • #22
    Theboinkmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    Sorry, but who in Ireland cares...


  • #23
    ameirecan
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭ameirecan


    B-b-but muh palestine

    pay attention to meeeeee


  • #24
    Shurimgreat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭Shurimgreat


    Most of these mass shootings seem to happen in NRA "country" where the easy availability of guns and loose laws are common. The South or Mid West, where the people are suspicious of those gun control folks in Washington and their efforts to rid the country of high calibre automatic rifles.

    You'd think the penny would drop at this stage?

    Sadly not.

    Its highly likely some of the victims were related to NRA members as happened in other mass shootings.

    RIP to the victims.


  • #25
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    guns don't kill, people do.


  • #26
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,569 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Treated as a form of entertainment these shootings, but real parents lose there real kids, and the media will lap it up while the Government will send their thoughts and prayers.
    We never see the true aftermath, all you see it the candlelight vigils and the hugs and love, like it's a positive that it happened.
    About time the bloody dead bodies were on the front pages, and the parents of those lost were giving a voice, maybe that will have some effect.


  • #27
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,468 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Walter Bishop wrote: »

    Had dent seen that.
    Very poinent indeed.


  • #28
    Shurimgreat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭Shurimgreat


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    guns don't kill, people do.

    An NRA mantra that rings completely hollow.

    Guns do kill people.

    A nutcase without a gun is just a nutcase. A nutcase with a gun is a threat to a lot of people. And unless everyone is armed with an AR-15 and body armour, there is nothing to stop them. A handgun is useless in these circumstances.


  • #29
    Captain Obvious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,165 ✭✭✭Captain Obvious


    ameirecan wrote: »
    B-b-but muh palestine

    pay attention to meeeeee


    That's just pathetic.


  • #30
    RustyNut
    Registered Users Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭RustyNut


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Treated as a form of entertainment these shootings, but real parents lose there real kids, and the media will lap it up while the Government will send their thoughts and prayers.
    We never see the true aftermath, all you see it the candlelight vigils and the hugs and love, like it's a positive that it happened.
    About time the bloody dead bodies were on the front pages, and the parents of those lost were giving a voice, maybe that will have some effect.

    On a societal level America seems to value guns more than kids.


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  • #31
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    RustyNut wrote: »
    On a societal level America seems to value guns more than kids.

    I wouldn't agree with this statement. I'm fairly sure most gun owners are parents and that they value their children's lives.

    Just because you like guns doesn't mean that you don't value the life of a child.


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