The 'Mass-Shooting In The US' thread

[General_Failure]

Ex-girlfriend of Wisconsin gunman arrested on weapon charge

Federal authorities said they were treating the attack as a possible act of domestic terrorism. Page was involved in white supremacist groups and was a member of skinhead rock bands.

History of hate crimes against Sikhs since 9/11.

How many people who read this sort of posting actually learn something from it?  I mean, it's just a circlejerk, isn't it?

Sometimes news is okay just being news and not educational. I would say that I'd prefer if people saw more of this kind of news, but I'd rather it weren't news in the first place. If the choice is between something like this an "A Terrorist Fist Jab" then I think I'd prefer if more people saw this kind of news.

[Diomedes]

My point is, if a million people read this, maybe five of them came over from Fox News, and they didn't bother to finish the article.  It's preaching to the converted.

[General_Failure]

And my point is it isn't preaching, just news like news should be.

[Sgt PSN]

My point is, if a million people read this, maybe five of them came over from Fox News, and they didn't bother to finish the article.  It's preaching to the converted.

Pretty much.  The only people who read it and agree with it are people who agreed with it before it was even written.  Stories like that aren't converting anyone or changing people's minds.  They're just giving people something to post on their facebook to share with friends who think exactly like they do. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Latest locale: Texas A&M University. Many people shot, still being sorted out.

[PhillyPhreak54]

All the ex-Aggies here in my office are trippin out

[General_Failure]

Latest locale: Texas A&M University. Many people shot, still being sorted out.

Well, nobody can use the "if they were armed" excuse this time.

[rjs246]

Latest locale: Texas A&M University. Many people shot, still being sorted out.

Well, nobody can use the "if they were armed" excuse this time.

That was my first thought too.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Latest locale: Texas A&M University. Many people shot, still being sorted out.

Well, nobody can use the "if they were armed" excuse this time.

That was my first thought too.

Some of those shot were armed officers, and yeah, might have been a few others armed in the area.

[General_Failure]

Why Oak Creek Isn't Being Treated as a Tragedy for All Americans

The media has treated the shootings in Oak Creek very differently from those that happened just two weeks earlier in Aurora. Only one network sent an anchor to report live from Oak Creek, and none of the networks gave the murders in Wisconsin the kind of extensive coverage that the Colorado shootings received.

[rjs246]

Five people shot in front of the Empire State Building according to cnn.

[ice grillin you]

A dispute between coworkers exploded into gunfire outside the Empire State Building this morning — with the guman killing an innocent bystander before he was fatally shot by police, sources said.

There were a total of 10 people struck — and the 9 a.m. shooting sent panicked pedestrians scrambling from the jam-packed intersection of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.

"This is the last thing you are expecting to see walking to work – someone shot dead in broad daylight in Midtown," said Sid Dinsay, 38, who works in a PR firm on Fifth Avenue.

"I am shocked – something like this is enough to rattle your nerves. My nerves are rattled right now."

It's unclear what sparked the deadly argument, which happened in the heart of the morning rush on a street loaded with commuters and tourists.

The two men fought right on the sidewalk before one suddenly drew his weapon and opened fire.

[DH]

My buddy was there earlier today - enjoy..

[Seabiscuit36]

Sounds like a mob hit. 

Shotguns should be banned, according to CNN they didn't that you could fire so many rounds. 

[SunMo]

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