5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose

Ricter said:
Tsing takes weekends off.
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Thank you, my friend. Some folks around here still have a level head. If my opinion is that important on a weekend, you guys can always send me a PM and I'll get an email and rush here, breathlessly, to check it out.

But I was too busy watching the Maple Leafs beat up the Lightning :(
 
ph1l said:
I suppose in a rational, successful state, a social worker armed with state-of-the-art pronouns would be a match for any crazed gunman.:rolleyes:

I think you and others missed the point that when your hot-headed neighbor is shooting off his guns, confronting him might not be the best way to solve the problem. In that kind of situation, law enforcement might do a better job.
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MAGAtard Uvaldes gonna Uvalde (timestamped):

 
Tony Stark said:
A three-times-deported illegal immigrant being able to get an AR 15 in America is the bigger problem imo as most mass shooters are not Mexican illegal immigrants.
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I'm only seeing this allegation from one source. Excuse me if I take faux "we just paid 800 million for lying to our viewers" news' "unnamed ICE source" w/a a dumpload of salt.

Not saying dude's not, and if he is, nice gun laws and background checks you got there Texas.
 
Tony Stark said:
A three-times-deported illegal immigrant being able to get an AR 15 in America is the bigger problem imo as most mass shooters are not Mexican illegal immigrants.
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Precisely. What do all these mass shooters have in common: the good guys with guns "until they aren't", illegal aliens, legal aliens, kids, the mentally ill—legal or otherwise, the threatened, the old, the emotional, etc.?
 
Ricter said:
Precisely. What do all these mass shooters have in common: the good guys with guns "until they aren't", illegal aliens, legal aliens, kids, the mentally ill—legal or otherwise, the threatened, the old, the emotional, etc.?
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I'm smelling BS (or extreme incompetence). Running dude's name would establish legality of possession (hint: undocumented aren't allowed to own guns):

Capers told ABC 13 that “deputies have come over and spoke with him about him shooting his gun in the yard,” referring to the suspect.
 
Cuddles said:
I'm only seeing this allegation from one source. Excuse me if I take faux "we just paid 800 million for lying to our viewers" news' "unnamed ICE source" w/a a dumpload of salt.

Not saying dude's not, and if he is, nice gun laws and background checks you got there Texas.
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The flaw with background checks...a person can still purchase a weapon from a friend or steal from a friend or family member because the weapon wasn't properly being stored.

That's a big variable to overcome because it's dependent upon most Americans to be responsible gun owners, especially for those who can not be background checked.

Interesting facts:
  • The more education (e.g. high school, undergrad, grad school) a person has...gun ownership declines dramatically.
  • 54 percent of gun owners reported not storing all their guns safely.
wrbtrader
 
Tony Stark said:
A three-times-deported illegal immigrant being able to get an AR 15 in America is the bigger problem imo as most mass shooters are not Mexican illegal immigrants.
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How do you know he got the rifle in America and didn't bring it over the border with him?

To be clear, many do get illegal weapons in the US, and that IS a problem - I agree 100%.
 
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