today's shootings

[FindingNamo]

But those are not what we're talking about and not what Bratton is talking about. Not the tables at the subway but the cops walking up to black people and stopping and frisking them without probably cause. That's the good old days he wants to bring back.

[Jane2]

ok. oh boy. well this is quite a difficult problem for the city to tackle.

[FindingNamo]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[TheatreDiva90016]

More Than 60 Shot, 9 Dead in Chicago's Bloody Holiday Weekend

[Jane2]

More shootings over the weekend. I bet the gun people on here don't even read this thread. They just want their "rights."

[ErikJ972]

Lost another former student I knew well over the weekend.

Looks like I'm going to another funeral

[FindingNamo]

Ugh. Very sad. Sorry this sadness adds to your sadness.

[Mister Matt]

Not Funny, but Kinda HILARIOUS

[FindingNamo]

It's so true. Fundamentalist thinking about anything is dangerous. That's what used to frustrate me about the fundamentalist former gay dude who posts here who made a bargain with God that he'd be celibate if He spared him from the AIDS epidemic. To him, every contradictory word in the Bible is literally true.

[Jane2]

12 YEAR OLD GIRL RIDING HER SKOOTER AND SHOT. IN PATERSON. NOW BRAIN DEAD.

[Jordan Catalano]

She must have pissed God off. That's the only explanation I can think of for why that could have happened.

[Mister Matt]

Al Qaeda and ISIS will soon realize they don't actually have to do anything to us. We're doing it already.

[FindingNamo]

A brilliant quote from one of today's Humans of New York that could not go unshared:

"I'm just trying to live through this problem man created. Nature didn't create the problem. Man created the problem. And I'm going to be honest, I'm going to say it, it was the European man who created this problem. European man invented the gun. Then he made a bigger gun, and he said: 'I'm gonna keep this big gun for myself, and I'm gonna sell this small gun to you." And ever since then, he's been keeping the big guns, and selling the small guns. So everybody's got guns but none as big as him. And I'm through with it. I'm blind in one eye from Vietnam. If you want to die for this garbage game, that's your fault. I'm through."

Oh, and it needs NO devil's advocate. None.

[javero]

As a former gun-owner, I still feel conflicted about this issue but have managed to get along just fine without a firearm for several years now. And I'm completely perplexed by Rand Paul's latest stunt.
Rand Paul again targets D.C. gun laws with Senate amendment

[Jane2]

Six dead outside Houston.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/10/us-usa-shooting-texas-idUSKBN0FF04320140710

[Mister Matt]

Jane - That's where I grew up. So sad to hear about that case this morning.

[Jane2]

They just keep comin' don't they?

[ErikJ972]

A 23 year old Jersey City police officer was shot in the head and killed early this morning while responding to a robbery at Walgreens.
He was shot with a gun the perpetrator took off an armed security guard at the store.
This happened about four blocks from my apartment. The helicopters woke me up.
Jersey City police officer fatally shot in line of duty

[FindingNamo]

The only solution for bad guys with guns is more good guys with guns.

[SNAFU]

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/texas-shooting-massacres-lone-survivor-24538551

This story is so tragic. This poor girl is going to need some serious therapy! Go Guns! Go Texas!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Chase ends after hail of bullets,3 killed

[Reginald Tresilian]

"I waited, and I waited and I waited"

[Jane2]

Unfortunately, this thread is being wasted. The people who it is meant to affect are no doubt ignoring it, and we are preaching to the choir.

[FindingNamo]

I don't think I started it to affect anybody in particular, but just to have a running record, since memories of gun violence blur because of the sheer volume.

[Jane2]

Oh ok. That makes sense. But my reason to post in it is to remind those here who believe they should have the right to own guns that they shouldn't!

[javero]

Jane2,

I still believe that people are capable of change. I'm a former gun owner who decided to part ways with the fireman before relocating to another state. But, I'd like to share a story with you that clearly illustrates how one random event can alter someone's consciousness.

My condo unit is one of 60 garden apartments in a 6 story structure. We have an ongoing rodent problem for a number of reasons. Just once, I experimented with a clam-style snap trap for mice. It took a few days before a certain little fellow took the bait. Then, one Sunday morning I heard the trap go off but it was not a clean kill. That poor mouse was in agony but I'll spare you the details of how I put it out of its misery.

After that, I reverted to using traditional wooden snap traps which always work without fail. While a few animals rights colleagues and friends have excoriated me for not using live traps, at least with the wooden snap traps the home invaders meet their demise instantly. I see that as a win-win given that they are simply not welcome in my home.