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Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Another school shooting in America.

Magica · Go Outside

Flipping heck this is beyond a joke. Happening a lot now.

They should ban guns in America, but of course they won't.
Why do they love guns so much.🤔

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2024
Keep scrolling down it's a long list!

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

Seems to me that the American people are more to be feared in America than Al Qaeda ever will be!

Maddog · Go Outside

Magica wrote:
Flipping heck this is beyond a joke. Happening a lot now.

They should ban guns in America, but of course they won't.
Why do they love guns so much.🤔

It's not really happening more.

Like all tragedies, it's shared in seconds around the globe.

While I don't know the school shooting numbers by year, I do know that our murder rare was about 4 times higher in 1990, yet if you ask most Americans they think we live in the deadliest times in our history.

Even in your country, I imagine the typical Brit thinks your living in the deadliest times bases on the headlines.

The actual numbers tell a different story..

Maddog · Go Outside

jackb wrote:
Seems to me that the American people are more to be feared in America than Al Qaeda ever will be!

That was always the case.

Parents in America kill 500 children a year..

Al Qaeda had one good year, and that's it.

And I doubt they got more than 10 or 20 kids in 2001..

Date: Sep 5 7:27 AM, 2024

Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.

"Gray was investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack last year, the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.

They said they received several anonymous tips about someone using photos of guns online to make threats about committing a school shooting.

The FBI interviewed Gray, then 13, and his father, who stated he had hunting guns but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them."

Colt Gray: What we know about the 14-year-old school shooting suspect | US News | Sky News

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

This reminds me of a schoolgirl going into school and shooting at classmates and teachers in 1979.

When the girl was asked why, she was reported as saying "I don't like Mondays", which is where the song came from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

Syl wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.
"Gray was investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack last year, the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
They said they received several anonymous tips about someone using photos of guns online to make threats about committing a school shooting.
The FBI interviewed Gray, then 13, and his father, who stated he had hunting guns but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them."

Colt Gray: What we know about the 14-year-old school shooting suspect | US News | Sky News

Why on earth would you name a kid after a gun?

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

jackb wrote:
Syl wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.
"Gray was investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack last year, the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
They said they received several anonymous tips about someone using photos of guns online to make threats about committing a school shooting.
The FBI interviewed Gray, then 13, and his father, who stated he had hunting guns but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them."

Colt Gray: What we know about the 14-year-old school shooting suspect | US News | Sky News

Why on earth would you name a kid after a gun?

Maybe he was named after a horse.

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

Syl wrote:
jackb wrote:
Syl wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.
"Gray was investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack last year, the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
They said they received several anonymous tips about someone using photos of guns online to make threats about committing a school shooting.
The FBI interviewed Gray, then 13, and his father, who stated he had hunting guns but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them."

Colt Gray: What we know about the 14-year-old school shooting suspect | US News | Sky News

Why on earth would you name a kid after a gun?
Maybe he was named after a horse.

Could be.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

We don't have the sort of gun culture here that the US has....thankfully.

"About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 – 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% – involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 – 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% – also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
jackb wrote:
Syl wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Officials name 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the suspect in a school shooting that left four people dead in the US state of Georgia
Two students and two teachers died in the incident at Apalachee High School. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals

He made online threats to do it a year ago, but thanks to lax US laws around 'freedom of speech' nothing was done about it.
"Gray was investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack last year, the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
They said they received several anonymous tips about someone using photos of guns online to make threats about committing a school shooting.
The FBI interviewed Gray, then 13, and his father, who stated he had hunting guns but that his son did not have unsupervised access to them."

Colt Gray: What we know about the 14-year-old school shooting suspect | US News | Sky News

Why on earth would you name a kid after a gun?
Maybe he was named after a horse.

Colt is a pretty common name in the US.

Like Hunter..

I don't think it's really people naming people after objects or things..

My father in law did name his dog Rugar after the gun manufacturer though..

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
We don't have the sort of gun culture here that the US has....thankfully.

"About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 – 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% – involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 – 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% – also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

Suicides are off the chart..

I guess one could say they would be lower without access to firearms, but I'm not sure..

Killing others is easier with a gun, especially Killing multiple others..

But Killing yourself isn't really that difficult without a gun if you really want to do it..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
We don't have the sort of gun culture here that the US has....thankfully.

"About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 – 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% – involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 – 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% – also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Suicides are off the chart..

I guess one could say they would be lower without access to firearms, but I'm not sure..

Killing others is easier with a gun, especially Killing multiple others..

But Killing yourself isn't really that difficult without a gun if you really want to do it..

The most used method here is hanging....I think I would rather shoot myself tbh.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
We don't have the sort of gun culture here that the US has....thankfully.

"About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 – 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% – involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 – 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% – also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Suicides are off the chart..

I guess one could say they would be lower without access to firearms, but I'm not sure..

Killing others is easier with a gun, especially Killing multiple others..

But Killing yourself isn't really that difficult without a gun if you really want to do it..
The most used method here is hanging....I think I would rather shoot myself tbh.

The thing about shooting is there isn't that minute or two after you start hanging or swallowed some pills to change your mind..

You can't change your mind after you pull the trigger..

There really isn't such a thing as a suicide attempt with a gun, unless you're also a bit of an idiot..

There are just suicide successes..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

They could perhaps aim for the head and in the confusion just catch the ear...maybe call it doing a Trump.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
They could perhaps aim for the head and in the confusion just catch the ear...maybe call it doing a Trump.

Not to be too graphic, but that's why you put the barrel in your mouth..

Just aiming at your head could result in you spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair..

Then you'd have a good reason to end it all..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
They could perhaps aim for the head and in the confusion just catch the ear...maybe call it doing a Trump.
Not to be too graphic, but that's why you put the barrel in your mouth..

Just aiming at your head could result in you spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair..

Then you'd have a good reason to end it all..

Yeah, putting the gun inside your mouth and pulling the trigger would do the job. I pity the poor person who finds them, imagine a spouse or other family member finding a loved one with their brains blown out.

ChaoticMusings

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.