Another mass shooting in the USA

[the_holgate_roof]

But hey, let’s not infringe any bodies civil rights, the 2nd amendment says so……. …’A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’

Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in racially motivated attack at New York state store

An 18-year-old is charged over the New York state attack, which is being investigated as a racial hate crime.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[joeydiaz]

Awful, likely to have terrible ramifications as well for the U.S.A given its already a tinderbox.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

I'm working with an American at the moment, he's a decent bloke, but as I've seen before, get him talking about guns and he's nuts. He's had his grand daughter shooting already and his position is that the States with least guns have higher crime so it'd be better if more people were armed.

 

[h_m_boro]

I'm working with an American at the moment, he's a decent bloke, but as I've seen before, get him talking about guns and he's nuts. He's had his grand daughter shooting already and his position is that the States with least guns have higher crime so it'd be better if more people were armed.

This NRA narrative, the good guys need more and bigger guns than the bad guys........

 

[chickenrunner]

I worked for GE for a spell in the UK. We frequently had to undertake company e-learning exercises. The one on 'Workplace Conflict' had a section on firearms at work, how it was against company policy and that we should report anyone who turned up 'packing heat'. Crackers!

 

[italianjob]

Thoughts and prayers.

There, I fixed it - won't happen again.

 

[chickenrunner]

Thoughts and prayers.

There, I fixed it - won't happen again.

Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their loved ones but not with the USA as a nation.
I have long since stopped trying to rationalise this lunacy and have accepted they are beyond help as a nation on this.

 

[Nero]

I'm working with an American at the moment, he's a decent bloke, but as I've seen before, get him talking about guns and he's nuts. He's had his grand daughter shooting already and his position is that the States with least guns have higher crime so it'd be better if more people were armed.

I've worked with quite a few. Most were from the South and most thoroughly decent people. Get them talking about guns though and it was mental. I remember one training course in Louisiana. For about 25 minutes the whole class including the tutor talked guns and ammunition. I was the only non American there and couldn't believe it.

One of the people there actually said to me at break "you didn't understand any of that discussion did you?". Nope! Not a chance.

 

[Steer]

I worked for GE for a spell in the UK. We frequently had to undertake company e-learning exercises. The one on 'Workplace Conflict' had a section on firearms at work, how it was against company policy and that we should report anyone who turned up 'packing heat'. Crackers!

Yes, my wife had similiar with her company which is UK based but has American owners. One of the multiple choice questions involved a situation where you are in the bathroom and a colleague is getting something out of there handbag and you notice that they have a pistol.

Among the multiple choice answers there was nothing there about calling the police and putting the building on lockdown and immediatly sacking the person.

 

[MolteniArcore]

Isn't there around 1 mass shooting a week in the States? I think that was the case a couple of years ago anyway. So in reality I suppose it's news when there isn't a mass shooting which is a sad indictment of how messed up US gun control is.

 

[Corco65]

Such a sad and despicable situation, where a white person feels the need to massacre a number of innocent black people.

Black Lives Matter

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

This would never happen if all teachers carried guns.


Or somethings.

 

[swordtrombonefish]

"Thoughts and prayers" and "Now isn't the time to discuss gun policy"

No because we're too busy trying to take away the right of a woman to do what she wants with her own body.

Psychopaths

RIP to those lost

 

[kuepper]

40,000 deaths a year involve firearms in America

 

[Jedi boro]

Sad news from a city I’ve visited many times.

Buffalo is a great city with good people and it’s shocking to see such an horrific act like this.

rip

 

[jeff_potato]

Thoughts and prayers.

There, I fixed it - won't happen again.

What a ridiculous way to fix a serious problem.

Any right-minded person knows that thoughts and prayers mean nothing unless someone else sends positive vibes.

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

What a ridiculous way to fix a serious problem.

Any right-minded person knows that thoughts and prayers mean nothing unless someone else sends positive vibes.

You need to change your Facebook picture as well

 

[asredastheycome]

Some amazing and horrifying statistic on this page.

How many US mass shootings have there been in 2023?

Explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US.

www.bbc.com

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their loved ones but not with the USA as a nation.
I have long since stopped trying to rationalise this lunacy and have accepted they are beyond help as a nation on this.

This.
Think I mentioned it before on here, I worked with a Hispanic American Submariner who had 15 weapons in his house including 3 AR-15s (Armalite).
He kept them for 'protection'...as it was his "goddam right to have them".

The other American lads used to give me the"we're not all like that" look.

 

[Same_as_before]

We were in Georgia and pulled up in a service station. I started to have a chat with a lady who could not understand my accent. She was disbelieving our Police do not have guns as standard, and that nearly everyone in the UK does not own one.
She had no idea where the UK was.