There's like 150 vans with satellites for media from all over the world at Tredwell Park where they are doing the press conferences. My friend said there were 20 people at the General Store just taking pictures. It's pretty chaotic here. I'm just at the home watching basketball, avoiding the chaos. The list came out. I honestly don't know if I know any of the parents of these kids. I know people with some of those last names, but they are very common last names. I'm 23 so they're way younger than my friends brothers and sisters.
At least 18 kids dead....
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There's like 150 vans with satellites for media from all over the world at Tredwell Park where they are doing the press conferences. My friend said there were 20 people at the General Store just taking pictures. It's pretty chaotic here. I'm just at the home watching basketball, avoiding the chaos. The list came out. I honestly don't know if I know any of the parents of these kids. I know people with some of those last names, but they are very common last names. I'm 23 so they're way younger than my friends brothers and sisters.
I mean make sure you get the name of the town right before you give your condolences. It's not like it's hard to pronounce. You combine the words "new" and "town". I find it kind of funny that he messed it up, but there's a good chance it offended someone. Hopefully he knows this before he speaks again.
It is a screwup but his statement was not too bad aside from that gaff. He seemed genuinely upset and he didn't really attempt to exploit what happened. I don't usually give him much credit but he I thought he did a pretty good job and he is expected to remark on such things so he couldn't really decline to speak about it.
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The UK has a nearly total ban on firearms but that guy got a gun, went to a school and killed a bunch of young children.
China does seem alot more effective about banning firearms but then that is a considered by some to be a repressive regime.
A picture of the yesterdays killer has become available. Chilling:
Japan also has pretty tough gun laws but you have to imagine that even if they are all armed to the teeth, gun crime wouldn't be that prolific in their kind of society.
http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...-shooting-deaths/260189/#.UMyuGWVuqck.twitter
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, Japan has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.
With almost one privately owned firearm per person, America's ownership rate is the highest in the world; tribal-conflict-torn Yemen is ranked second, with a rate about half of America's.
But what about the country at the other end of the spectrum? What is the role of guns in Japan, the developed world's least firearm-filled nation and perhaps its strictest controller? In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousand firearm-related homicides. All of Japan experienced only 11, fewer than were killed at the Aurora shooting alone. And that was a big year: 2006 saw an astounding two, and when that number jumped to 22 in 2007, it became a national scandal. By comparison, also in 2008, 587 Americans were killed just by guns that had discharged accidentally.
Almost no one in Japan owns a gun. Most kinds are illegal, with onerous restrictions on buying and maintaining the few that are allowed. Even the country's infamous, mafia-like Yakuza tend to forgo guns; the few exceptions tend to become big national news stories.
You two gonna be ok? Its been a few hours and you both still seem deeply butt-hurt.
Have a beer, have some snacks, watch a ballgame. You're going to be just fine.
I'll have to remind myself to be a bit gentler on both of you in the future.
You both might want to reconsider your strategy of poking at a wolverine with a sharp stick while standing there in your birkenstocks, wife-beater and bermuda shorts.