The 'Mass-Shooting In The US' thread

[Diomedes]

Yeah, that couldn't happen today.  And if it did, I would totally stop him with my AR 15 and my 9mm Browning Hi Power

[rjs246]

Automatic shotgun. With a banana clip. And flamethrower. Make it happen.

[Cerevant]

Damnit.  Some farg-up busted into a church and started shooting.  Mental illness is not believed to be a factor.

I know churches get a tough rap around here (including from me) but Unitarian Universalism stands against pretty much everything that the fundies stand for.

There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:

    * The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
    * Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
    * Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
    * A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
    * The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
    * The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
    * Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Note that "do like we say or you go to hell" is not part of the deal.

Given that UU churches are pretty popular in the gay community, the odds are good that this was a hate crime.

[Diomedes]

Sounds just like the kind of thing a fundamentalist christian would do, or at least cheer.

I didn't read the article, but I assume he used a bowie knife to do the killing?

[phillymic2000]

2 bombs go off and kill about a dozen wounding 70
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/27/turkey.violence/index.html
We should ban bombs.

Bombing warnings for the olympics, we must ban bombs!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article4406836.ece

those crazy christian fundies, why use a gun when you can kill more people with a bomb.

[rjs246]

Um, dude, bombs ARE banned. Basically universally illegal.

[phillymic2000]

well, someone needs to tell these fargers then, and if they are banned, how are they able to find them?

[rjs246]

You're all over the map. Focus man.

[phillymic2000]

sorry, we just won the arena bowl!!!!

and cat woman is coming back!!

[Cerevant]

Given that UU churches are pretty popular in the gay community, the odds are good that this was a hate crime.

Sometimes I hate being right.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville's police chief says the man accused of a shooting that killed two people at a Tennessee church targeted the congregation because of its liberal social stance.

Chief Sterling Owen IV said Monday that police found a letter in Jim D. Adkisson's car. Owen said Adkisson was apparently frustrated over being out of work and had a "stated hatred of the liberal movement."

Adkisson is charged with first-degree murder. Police say a gunman entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church during a children's performance Sunday. No children were hurt.

The church is known for advocating women's and gay rights and founding an American Civil Liberties Union chapter.

and

A neighbor told 10News Adkisson described himself as a "Confederate" and a "believer in the old South." She says Adkisson self-identified in this way to her on more than one occasion, but that she didn't know what he meant by it.

Do unto others...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

[Cerevant]

Shocker...

Adkisson, who had served in the military, said "that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement he would then target those that had voted them in office," the search warrant states. Among the items seized from Adkisson's house were three books: "The O'Reilly Factor," by television commentator Bill O'Reilly; "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder," by radio personality Michael Savage; and "Let Freedom Ring," by political pundit Sean Hannity.

[General_Failure]

It was probably GTA IV that made him snap.

[ice grillin you]

who was the goofball on the board that used to argue with me that the hate from the right is equal to the hate on the left

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

who was the goofball on the board that used to argue with me that the hate from the right is equal to the hate on the left

your mom


Hate is one thing; violence is another.