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Originally posted by Telos
The title is so bombastic, MASS SHOOTING and somehow fails to tell with the same emphasis that is also an HOME INVASION!!!
Originally posted by SpaDe_
No official details yet known, and we have the rabid Piers Morgan already tweeting that there was an "assault weapon" used in this home invasion, then has to call it a mass shooting. No agenda to see here people move along......
Originally posted by SpaDe_
No official details yet known, and we have the rabid Piers Morgan already tweeting that there was an "assault weapon" used in this home invasion, then has to call it a mass shooting.
Originally posted by 5ofineed5aladder
reply to post by IkNOwSTuff
Sooo, Why dont we ban forks? They have potential to cause injury. They are all over my house. I could kill someone right now in my house just as easily, and more brutally with a fork. I could also drive a car into a food stand. I will could probably find a way to kill you, with yourself. So why dont you just not exist its the only plausible way. But you keep using your emotions as a decision as opposed to facts.
Originally posted by IkNOwSTuff
reply to post by Kevinquisitor
Yep you have the right to have guns everywhere, stories like this are the result of guns in every home and kids not seeing them as taboo.
As for cars, yeah lets ban them and forks and DRs and sticks
Stupidest argument ever
Originally posted by roughycannon
Your supposed to use the source title when making thread's on here, which I did.
Local networks KOB Four and KOAT Seven said police were investigating whether an assault rifle was used in the killing of...
A TEENAGE boy has fatally shot two adults and three children inside an Albuquerque, New Mexico, home, police say.
The reports of the shooting came days after US President Barack Obama unveiled a series of sweeping measures aimed at addressing gun violence in the wake of last month's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Thank you for underlining my point. It is a stupid argument to ban cars, forks, "DRs", and sticks. Just like I think it's a stupid argument to ban guns. People will find a way to kill others if they intend to do so.
This kid used a weapon he somehow obtained (We don't know yet how.) to kill a family who very well may not have had a gun in their home to defend themselves with.
But if guns were banned this never would have happened, right?
Originally posted by IkNOwSTuff
Lucky that kids family had a gun in the house or else who knows what could have happened
Im willing to bet not only that the kid got the gun from his parents and that they passed every test and the guns were purchased legally.
But its OK, guns everywhere is perfectly safe
Originally posted by TheLieWeLive
Serious question here: What makes a shooting a 'mass shooting'? How many people have to be involved before they label it 'mass'? More than one? Two? Anything involving children?
What number of casualties does the media decide it's a 'mass shooting'?
Isn't the word 'Mass' being used short for 'Massive'? How many people does it take to make a 'massive shooting'?
Webster defines massive as: impressively large or ponderous. Does five people fit this description?
I'm not trying to take anything away from this tragedy but I am getting tire of the 'wordsmithing' being used in the media.edit on 20-1-2013 by TheLieWeLive because: (no reason given)
He somehow obtained
Ill bet you $10 to my $500 he got it from a relative who was a "responsible" legal gun owner as is the case with most kids who go out shooting people.