Another school shooting (7 Viewers)

[Dentist]

Wow, this is really horrible.

Unfortunately i don't see any way to stop these people... none.

If someone wants to be on a suicide mission, it's pretty tough to stop them.

You take someone armed, prepared to lose their life, and with a plan... and taking on innocent unarmed people with no plan of retaliation and the armed guy has such a HUGE advantage.

If they took away guns it would reduce the problem but then they'd probably do something insane like car bombs or something.

It's just sad and sick...

 

[dutch]

If a certain poster doesn't get permabanned for this garbage it's absolute proof that he's an alias of a staff member. The fact that FBGs condones this continued behavior disgusts me. If he's not gone by the end of the day, I am. I won't continue to be part of a community that professes to strive for excellence and then promotes this type of garbage by continually allowing him to post here.

dude, you need to lay off Lhucks. his posts are gemane and are in no way any different than other posts in this thrad regarding gun control or gun violence in America.

 

[Card Trader]

I never get into gun control debates, because outside of banning guns altogether, no possible gun control idea will get this stuff to stop happening. But I don't understand all the disdain people have when someone brings up gun control in a thread about a mass shooting. If you don't want to read it, just scroll past it.

exactlyI and others(I presume) are talking about this because we want to fix it.

You are a ### ####ed moron, take your bull#### elsewhere. Idiot.

 

[BigJohn]

So, this 2nd guy could have been a moron in the woods that walked out in cammo pants and screamed, "I didn't do it!"? WTF.

Is this in response to my comment? Can't find anything else it might be in reference to. So if it's mine, I was thinking something more along the lines of a father having just dropped his kid off or a even a passerby. But I said I'm probably wrong, it's just so inconceivable that not one, but two, adults decided to kill a bunch of kindergarteners. And I'm not watching the news sites because I find the coverage to be pretty much snuff tv. I'll wait for the official word from law enforcement.

No, it was being reported on Fox News.

 

[Clifford]

All I'm saying is we can not continue to sit by and act like these are no big deal. I feel absolutely sick.

WHO THE #### IS SAYING THIS?

There is at least one poster who plugs in all the people killed in mass killings as the numerator and the population as a denominator and says the probability of getting killed in one is so low that the shootings don't warrant any change to our laws whatsoever.He can out himself if he wants to.

 

[Henry Ford]

I've played a lot of GTA and not once have I pulled someone out of their car, beat them up and stolen their car. I must not be playing enough.

Are you 14?Are you still developing your understanding of right vs. wrong?No, okay. So basically your comment is irrelevant.

I guess you're just going on the assumption that he started playing violent video games today?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

I've played a lot of GTA and not once have I pulled someone out of their car, beat them up and stolen their car. I must not be playing enough.

Are you 14. Are you still developing your understanding of right/wrong.No, okay. So basically your comment is irrelevant.

Levi> What % of 14 year olds who play violent video games commit violent acts they pick up from games?So basically your comment is irrelevant.

Any child pscyhologists will tell you it's a process of desensitization.DO you always oversimplify complex issues?This is a failure of our country on several levels. Apologies if there are some in this thread that don't want to hear the truth.

Spent a lot of time with a shrink, did ya? I'm the one simplifying this? Says the dumb#### who's sole argument is video games.

 

[johnnycakes]

Did I hear that right on the radio? 26 killed?

 

[-fish-]

Impossible to put the amount of sorrow I have over this in words.

sick to my stomach.

 

[Billy Bats]

CNN just reported a rep in Washington that is getting direct info from the scene confirmed the shooter has a direct link to the school. Wouldn't elaborate on that info.

 

[zDragon]

Schools new safety protocols

 

[CrossEyed]

Did I hear that right on the radio? 26 killed?

Unfortunately, yes.

 

[General Tso]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

 

[The Commish]

I've played a lot of GTA and not once have I pulled someone out of their car, beat them up and stolen their car. I must not be playing enough.

Are you 14?Are you still developing your understanding of right vs. wrong?No, okay. So basically your comment is irrelevant.

Only the ignorant believe there's a start/stop point to understanding right and wrong. It's an ongoing, lifelong event.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

If a certain poster doesn't get permabanned for this garbage it's absolute proof that he's an alias of a staff member. The fact that FBGs condones this continued behavior disgusts me. If he's not gone by the end of the day, I am. I won't continue to be part of a community that professes to strive for excellence and then promotes this type of garbage by continually allowing him to post here.

why is discussing the root cause of this problem "garbage." This is exactly what we should be talking about.

Because its your opinion of what the root cause was...and you have used this shootings as a "hey, look at me...I started a topic about violent video games and now Im going to use this shooting to try and claim I was right all along".

This entire forum is nothing but spewing opinions about various stuff all day long. Everyone here has an opinion about the root cause or gun control.

 

[Johnnymac]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families. This stuff is getting out of hand. I'm not a big gun control person because I want more freedoms, not less. I know this stuff happens in other countries but it sure seems like it happens way more often here. Why is that? It cant be just because we are a gun society. There is something wrong with the people in this country.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

If a certain poster doesn't get permabanned for this garbage it's absolute proof that he's an alias of a staff member. The fact that FBGs condones this continued behavior disgusts me. If he's not gone by the end of the day, I am. I won't continue to be part of a community that professes to strive for excellence and then promotes this type of garbage by continually allowing him to post here.

It was apparent years ago that he's either an alias or a close personal friend/family member. No other logical explanation for the miles of rope he's given while other get a month ban for "poopy." One of the reasons I largely left for a few years.

Joe has made it clear in the past if someone gets reported enough he'll simply ban them to save himself the hassle, even if said poster is breaking no rules. I suggest everyone who has a problem with Levi start reporting him frequently.

 

[shader]

Hey guys there are two other threads to discuss gun control and violence in general. Probably best to leave the gun stuff over there. I know I discussed it earlier in this thread and I shouldn't have. Some people want to discuss the tragedy without getting into the gun/political aspect. It's best to respect them.

 

[Sand]

Oh, wow. I'm bereft of words for this, other than this may be the saddest thing I've seen in a while - my heart broke seeing the magnitude of this tragedy.

 

[butcher boy]

Edit: Taking the video game talk to the other thread. Sorry.

 

[Henry Ford]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

Wow. Speculation running rampant in my office over this now.

 

[culdeus]

where is anyone seeing a second shooter? There is no major news outlet reporting this?

 

[LHUCKS]

If somebody can't differentiate between shooting at a bunch of pixels on a TV screen that is shaped like a person, and shooting people in a real life situation, the real problem is not the video game. This shooter and others like him have a complete lack of any sort of empathy whatsoever. It's something that I just cannot comprehend.

You're not talking about the root causes.

 

[General Tso]

Hey guys there are two other threads to discuss gun control and violence in general. Probably best to leave the gun stuff over there. I know I discussed it earlier in this thread and I shouldn't have. Some people want to discuss the tragedy without getting into the gun/political aspect. It's best to respect them.

Thank you.

 

[JaxBill]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

Geez. I get what you're saying with a lone gunman vs terrorism but it's difficult to grasp that as a "comforting" thought.

 

[culdeus]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

What exactly are you saying here?

 

[Jewell]

where is anyone seeing a second shooter? There is no major news outlet reporting this?

They're reporting a man found in the woods and was taken into custody, but there has been no confirmation that he was a second shooter or that he was involved in any way.

 

[dutch]

where is anyone seeing a second shooter? There is no major news outlet reporting this?

My linkPolice have arrested a possible second shooter in the Connecticut school shooting that took the lives of at least 18 children and 27 people in total.

The death toll in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is said to be preliminary and will likely change, CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reported. Though it is not clear if there was a second shooter inside the school, but police reportedly had another individual in custody who was suspected of being involved in the massacre

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/438550/connecticut-school-shooting-possible-second-shooter-arrested-in-sandy-hook-massacre/#iiEgZdISXSULiyJB.99

 

[massraider]

where is anyone seeing a second shooter? There is no major news outlet reporting this?

CNN has repeatedly mentioned a person removed from the nearby woods, in camo's and a black jacket.

 

[Sweet Feet]

MSNBC....

Why, what are they reporting?

nothing.. just going on and on about gun control

 

[sdp1226]

CBS reporting that a dead body was found at the house of the suspect in NJ. This story is getting out of control.

 

[belljr]

No #### its completely unexpected.... Do all reporters take the same ask dumb question class?

 

[General Tso]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

Wow. Speculation running rampant in my office over this now.

I work on terrorism planning for a large insurance company and we model out all sorts of events. This was one of them. If you remember, there was a similar type tragedy in the old Soviet Untion about 5 years ago and it was a coordinated terrorist attack. That is why I picked up my son at a nearby school.

 

[PatsFanCT]

People who think video games makes people open fire on a school are nuts. The same was said 30 years ago about cartoons.

I grew up watching Tom and Jerry, The Road Runner, Bugs, Daffy and Elmer Fudd shooting each others faces off and never felt the need to do the same. Plenty of crazy murderers grew up watching Barney, the Tellitubies, and other "friendly" shows.

 

[belljr]

CBS reporting that a dead body was found at the house of the suspect in NJ. This story is getting out of control.

Nj?

 

[El Floppo]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

What exactly are you saying here?

People in here who live near the shooting have expressed concern that the shooting may have been terrorism-related.

 

[LHUCKS]

People who think video games makes people open fire on a school are nuts.

I doubt most intelligent people believe there is a single cause.This is a failure on several levels.

 

[shadyridr]

Cnn says his name is ryan lanza

 

[Billy Bats]

No #### its completely unexpected.... Do all reporters take the same ask dumb question class?

"The dead shooter, already dead..." was just uttered by a CNN reporter.

 

[BigJohn]

Mother of gunman believed to be found dead in a Newtown home. Once again, doesn't appear to be terrorism so anyone with kids in surrounding schools can probably breathe a little easier that this is an isolated event.

Wow. Speculation running rampant in my office over this now.

Being reported on Fox News now.

 

[LHUCKS]

Weapons were a "Glock" and a ??

Missed the second gun type.

 

[sdp1226]

CBS reporting that a dead body was found at the house of the suspect in NJ. This story is getting out of control.

Nj?

That's what I am hearing on the radio. WFAN

 

[Henry Ford]

Cnn says his name is ryan lanza

Looks possible. His facebook says he's in Hoboken but is from Newton.

 

[belljr]

No #### its completely unexpected.... Do all reporters take the same ask dumb question class?

"The dead shooter, already dead..." was just uttered by a CNN reporter.

I'm watching ABC and a woman asked the older brother (17), she says, "so this was unexpected?"I get angry with the media....

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Cnn says his name is ryan lanza

Looks possible. His facebook says he's in Hoboken but is from Newton.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/rlanza

 

[Worm]

Weapons were a "Glock" and a ??Missed the second gun type.

Heard Sig Sauer earlier... both pistols.

 

[belljr]

STOP WITH THE "WORST SHOOTING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL" card please.....

I need to turn this off I think

 

[Flying V]

I've played a lot of GTA and not once have I pulled someone out of their car, beat them up and stolen their car. I must not be playing enough.

I wish I had your control.Not a day goes by that I don't throw a red or green turtle shell or a banana at a fellow commuter.

Are you the #### that shrunk me last night just as I was about to enter the tunnel?

 

[Megla]

AP is reporting one of the guns was a .223-caliber rifle

 

[shadyridr]

Cnn says his name is ryan lanza

Looks possible. His facebook says he's in Hoboken but is from Newton.

One of his likes is the video game Mass Effect