Potato gun event in Germany (1 Viewer)

[jamny]

Breaking news here in Italy.

 

[otb_lifer]

CNN reporting 25 wounded, no mention of fatalities at this time - developing

shooting took place in a movie theater near Frankfurt

ETA: city of Viernheim

 

[timschochet]

Masked man began shooting in movie theater, suburb of Frankfurt...25 people wounded so far...shooter still loose. 

 

[tonydead]

Guessing it was a Gay theater or something other than radical Islam.  

 

[TobiasFunke]

Shooter is dead, per Reuters.

 

[mcintyre1]

I'm afraid those numbers are going to get a lot worse in the near future. Sounds like they haven't had any chance to actually evaluate what happened inside yet.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I sure hope it's only 25 wounded but how does that even happen? That's incredible luck and almost undoubtedly untrue.

 

[Bucky86]

Guessing it was a Gay theater or something other than radical Islam.  

Classy. Hope you have a nice season, guy.

 

[sho nuff]

I sure hope it's only 25 wounded but how does that even happen? That's incredible luck.

Reuters says up to 50 hurt now.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-attack-idUSKCN0Z91OT

 

[mcintyre1]

This article claims that most of the "wounded" are from tear gas used during the arrest. Hopefully that's the case.

 

[tonydead]

Classy. Hope you have a nice season, guy.

 Just a guess.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Hostage situation perhaps? And they got him before he did anything?

 

[Limp Ditka]

I sure hope it's only 25 wounded but how does that even happen? That's incredible luck and almost undoubtedly untrue.

you've never been in a theater with < 25 people in it?

 

[Jayrod]

you've never been in a theater with < 25 people in it?

I think he was saying wounded instead of dead.  

 

[sho nuff]

This article claims that most of the "wounded" are from tear gas used during the arrest. Hopefully that's the case.

Yeah...that would be much better than how it first sounds.  That article said he only got off 4 shots?

 

[otb_lifer]

Reddit is usually top notch for info, but, just like shortly after the Orlando massacre, no front page topics on this

here's hoping damage was as minimal as possibly could be

 

[Arizona Ron]

So we're guessing it was the Jews right?

 

[timschochet]

So we're guessing it was the Jews right?

WTF? Where did this come from? 

 

[Limp Ditka]

 

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[HellToupee]

WTF? Where did this come from? 

German history

I assume it's a funny spin on oh I don't know  maybe RADICAL ISLAM

 

[Bucky86]

you've never been in a theater with < 25 people in it?

It was around 3pm, so It shouldn't be completely packed on a Thursday.

 

[cstu]

The Int'l Spectator ‏@intlspectator 3m3 minutes ago
GERMANY THEATER SHOOTING - Masked gunman opened fire - 50 wounded - Viernheim, Germany - Gunman shot dead by police

 

[BowieMercs]

Im calling BS. Obama says this sort of thing only happens in America.

 

[cstu]

RT Verified account ‏@RT_com 5m5 minutes ago
UPDATE: No reports of bullet wounds among injured - witnesses at #Kinopolis in #Viernheim http://on.rt.com/7ghs

 

[Andy Dufresne]

What I mean is that if he hit 25 people without killing anyone it's a miracle.

Unless he was shooting a marshmallow gun.

 

[timschochet]

German history

I assume it's a funny spin on oh I don't know  maybe RADICAL ISLAM

OK? 

Not really seeing the humor. 

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Can someone change the thread title to "Gun control and Obama/Clinton vs. Trump daily argument"?  Thanks.

 

[BowieMercs]

Can someone change the thread title to "Gun control and Obama/Clinton vs. Trump daily argument"?  Thanks.

thats every thread here till the election

 

[HellToupee]

OK? 

Not really seeing the humor. 

I never got Dane Cook but he sold out MSG so taste isn't universal

 

[TobiasFunke]

Im calling BS. Obama says this sort of thing only happens in America.

German history

I assume it's a funny spin on oh I don't know  maybe RADICAL ISLAM

Shout out to people who don't bother to wait to hear any details whatsoever about a shooting incident before attempting to use it to make cheap political points.  You guys are the real MVPs.

 

[HellToupee]

Really strict gun laws in Germany. Just saying

 

[TobiasFunke]

Really strict gun laws in Germany. Just saying

 

[BowieMercs]

Shout out to people who don't bother to wait to hear any details whatsoever about a shooting incident before attempting to use it to make cheap political points.  You guys are the real MVPs.

Just following the rules of engagement of the 24x7 news cycle.

 

[pantagrapher]

Read that the suspect is the only death. All other injuries were from tear gas.

 

[sho nuff]

Really strict gun laws in Germany. Just saying

Yes...and if its true no bullet wounds on victims...perhaps their gun laws work (that and how rare it is for them to have mass shootings).

 

[TobiasFunke]

Just following the rules of engagement of the 24x7 news cycle.

You're not following the rules, you're making them.  If less people acted like you, those wouldn't be the rules of engagement.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Yes...and if its true no bullet wounds on victims...perhaps their gun laws work (that and how rare it is for them to have mass shootings).

@Andy Dufresne 

sounds like it was a marshmallow gun.




 

 

[Limp Ditka]

Yes...and if its true no bullet wounds on victims...perhaps their gun laws work (that and how rare it is for them to have mass shootings).

Because strict gun laws = bad aim

 

[kface]

Read that the suspect is the only death. All other injuries were from tear gas.

Also read that may it have just been a robbery or an argument

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

mass tear gassing?

 

[JoeSteeler]

It remained unclear whether the armed man used a genuine firearm, as local media reports said a "gas or stun gun" had been used. 

 

[sho nuff]

Because strict gun laws = bad aim

Research when their last "mass" shooting was.

And if true this guy got off all of 4 shots...he either was not armed to get off more (with a weapon with more capacity) or was not intent on inflicting as much damage as he could.  Both are options.

But to use this incident in Germany to say that strict gun control doesn't work is pretty foolish given the facts of this incident and the statistics in Germany.

 

[timschochet]

Research when their last "mass" shooting was.

And if true this guy got off all of 4 shots...he either was not armed to get off more (with a weapon with more capacity) or was not intent on inflicting as much damage as he could.  Both are options.

But to use this incident in Germany to say that strict gun control doesn't work is pretty foolish given the facts of this incident and the statistics in Germany.

Just to follow up on this/ it is legal to own a gun in Germany but they have strict gun control laws including universal background checks on all purchases. Their rate of death by gun crimes is 17 times lower than the United States. 

 

[BowieMercs]

You're not following the rules, you're making them.  If less people acted like you, those wouldn't be the rules of engagement.

Haters gonna hate.

 

[Philo]

Germany is the kind of can-do country where if some nut job wants to buy a gun, but his friends, coworkers, casual acquaintances, gun store owners, and just about everyone else who's ever met the guy call their version of the FBI to report him as potentially dangerous, they actually do something about it rather than take him off the watch lists out of 'political correctness' and rubber stamp his applications. 

 

[Joe T]

Just to follow up on this/ it is legal to own a gun in Germany but they have strict gun control laws including universal background checks on all purchases. Their rate of death by gun crimes is 17 times lower than the United States. 

What is their poverty rate?

 

[timschochet]

Germany is the kind of can-do country where if some nut job wants to buy a gun, but his friends, coworkers, casual acquaintances, gun store owners, and just about everyone else who's ever met the guy call their version of the FBI to report him as potentially dangerous, they actually do something about it rather than take him off the watch lists out of 'political correctness' and rubber stamp his applications. 

The only thing wrong with what you wrote is that in the USA, terrorists and bad guys  are free to buy guns not because of political correctness, but because the NRA is preventing reasonable restrictions. 

 

[timschochet]

What is their poverty rate?

I have no idea. I would guess better than ours. 

 

[ShamrockPride]

Amazing how movie theaters still get so much business. I'm not of the mindset that I'm willing to get killed because I'm too proud to stop going and show that I value my life.