FoxesDeb Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 49 minutes ago, goose2010 said: my best mate and his wife are out there for her 40th and were heading to the festival yesterday not heard from them yet hoping everything is ok Hope you hear from them soon and they are safe and well
Jon the Hat Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Sadly this is going to keep happening while any ****ing idiot can go to a gun show and walk out with a truck load of semi automatic weapons,and hey apparently you can also check into your hotel with them. Freedom to equip yourself to commit mass murder is not a freedom I can imagine ever wanting. RIP to the poor poor victims of this horrendous act.
Jon the Hat Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 31 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said: Hope you hear from them soon and they are safe and well Aye to that. Everything crossed for them.
MikeyT Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Just saw this on CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting-concert-video-shots-von.cnn/video/playlists/las-vegas-strip-shooting/
Bobby Hundreds Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Gunman is a 64 year old white male. Men and guns eh.
Merging Cultures Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 They've been using the term 'lone wolf'.He's a terrorist.
urban.spaceman Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Just now, Merging Cultures said: They've been using the term 'lone wolf'.He's a terrorist. 100% this.
lgfualol Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Will be interesting to see what the reaction is to this, interested to hear what this guy's motives were if he even had any?? Surprised Trump didn't tweet blaming the muslims. A fair few of his followers did.
Izzy Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 4 minutes ago, Merging Cultures said: They've been using the term 'lone wolf'. He's a terrorist. It's quite a new term I suppose. I don't recall the Hungerford or Dunblane shooters being called Terrorists back then.
Bobby Hundreds Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Nevada's gun laws are an absolute joke to be fair, I'm surprised it's taken this long for some gun nut with an assault rifle to go on a spree.
Merging Cultures Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 It's quite a new term I suppose. I don't recall the Hungerford or Dunblane shooters being called Terrorists back then.It is, but it is also being applied in a specific way... usually when the shooter/bomber/driver/stabber is brown skinned. When they are white, they are a lone wolf. But this has been discussed ad nauseam before.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 You can't fire that many rounds into such a mass of people and only kill 20. Horrific
yorkie1999 Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 "God and guns keep us strongThat's what this country was founded onWell we might as well give up and runIf we let 'em take our God and guns" lynyrd skynyrd
Voll Blau Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 1 hour ago, Merging Cultures said: They've been using the term 'lone wolf'. He's a terrorist. Depends on the motive. If it's not political/religious then they're right to call him a mass/spree killer.
Merging Cultures Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Depends on the motive. If it's not political/religious then they're right to call him a mass/spree killer.Actually, yeah i agree and have argued the same myself before. I'll wait for the motive to become more apparent.
Lovejoy Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 50 dead now. It was 2 reported when I left the house this morning . Very, very sad.
urban.spaceman Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 You can almost guarantee that some actually elected Republican will claim that this shooting wouldn't have been so bad if everyone at the concert had been armed with automatic rifles.
Guest BlueBrett Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Awful Really ****s me off as well that whenever something like this happens the perpetrator invariably ends up with a bullet in the head rather than facing a public trial. How are we ever supposed to understand what goes through these peoples' heads if the security services keep spraying their brains against the wall?
RowlattsFox Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 What on earth would motivate someone to do this? Even more so if it isn't religious brainwashing. In America, it could easily be someone who's had a bad night at a casino.
Voll Blau Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 1 hour ago, BlueBrett said: Awful Really ****s me off as well that whenever something like this happens the perpetrator invariably ends up with a bullet in the head rather than facing a public trial. How are we ever supposed to understand what goes through these peoples' heads if the security services keep spraying their brains against the wall? True, but what other course of action is realistically available to them at the point of contact in instances like this? The bottom line has to be to save further loss of life, which is exactly how the Met dealt with the Borough Market attack.
urban.spaceman Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 1 minute ago, BlueBrett said: Awful Really ****s me off as well that whenever something like this happens the perpetrator invariably ends up with a bullet in the head rather than facing a public trial. How are we ever supposed to understand what goes through these peoples' heads if the security services keep spraying their brains against the wall? Agree with the sentiment but with one bullet to the head the rozzers have saved the state of Nevada months or even years of legal wrangling, millions of dollars in incarcerating him for the rest of his life (even if sentenced to death he could have spent 20/30/40 years on death row).
Bellend Sebastian Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 That makes it the worst mass shooting in US history. What a time to be alive
Jattdogg Posted 2 October 2017 Posted 2 October 2017 Sickening, senseless act of terror. He clearly did what he had wanted to do and kill many. RiP to thise who have passed away and hope those injured or psychologically affected have a speedy recovery. Wont be easy.
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