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[Sevenfold]

Video taken during the shooting, there's a guy kneeling down to a person who was shot: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvBP0-HEJA/?taken-by=randy_kindred_girl_

That is fucking terrifying.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Damn this is a horrible event. Any ideas what the reason for the shooting was? RIP

 

[dabig2]

If I Google the shooters name the first result is a picture of mugshots of what appear to be latinos, totally unrelated, on a college football forum.

Second result is a thread about him being a left wing nut... On a college football forum. The internet and college football fans are trash.

Yup, there was a mass shooting earlier this month where a man murdered 7 people at a Dallas Cowboy viewing party before being killed himself. There was a thread but it got locked
Well, Yahoo news had an early article on it after it happened and most of the early comments were blaming black people and BLM for it (yeah I know Yahoo comments but bear with me). Of course it comes out not too much later that it was a deranged white guy who was asshurt about a divorce.

The internet is just a cesspool.

 

[lenovox1]

Has the actual shooting stopped yet at this point?

From my memory, it only lasted around a minute according to eye witness reports.

ETA: I was wrong. Gunfire apparently lasted at least 10 minutes.

 

[dark10x]

Jesus, this is just awful to read about. How the hell did he manage to kill so many people?! It's absolutely insane.

 

[2real4tv]

Live new is unwatchable they keep replaying the same clip over and over again.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

In route to work I'm Chicago, listening to Mike and Mike and they just referred to this. I thought I was still waking up and did not hear them right. We need gun laws, real gun laws.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Oh well, another one, soon forgotten. Nothing happened after the kindergarten massacre, so they likely won't give a fuck anyway.

 

[Plinko]

Jesus, this is just awful to read about. How the hell did he manage to kill so many people?! It's absolutely insane.

Assault weapons.

 

[MIMIC]

Those videos on CNN are absolutely horrific. My God. It was a never-ending barrage of shots

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Sort of surprising to see someone above 60 carrying out such a shooting.

 

[mackattk]

Let me break it down for ya.

50% of the country will be sick with outrage and sadness.

The other 50% will say it's fake news, or the victims deserved it cause they were probably God hating faggots, or it was a Democratic false flag, or muh rights, or now is not the time to talk about gun legislation.

T_d is already saying that it was a liberal pissed off about conservatives because a conservative wouldn't shoot at a country music concert. A bunch of people are fucking idiots.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Awful, absolutely awful.

 

[Volphied]

Oh well, another one insident soon forgotten. Nothing happened after the kindergarten massacre, so they likely won't give a fuck anyway.

No joke, I'll be shocked if the public will even remember this massacre a week later.

 

[lenovox1]

Damn this is a horrible event. Any ideas what the reason for the shooting was? RIP

It just happened and he was shot to death. No, that information probably won't be coming today, though they did find his companion at least.

 

[tzare]

This is horrible. The world is going to shit faster and faster

 

[GCX]

Jesus, this is just awful to read about. How the hell did he manage to kill so many people?! It's absolutely insane.

Having access to assault weaponry makes it possible.

 

[jellies_two]

Assault weapons.

Legal, plus this
http://www.slidefire.com
Also legal

Equals full automatic, basically..

 

[MKIL65]

Is America will acknowledge that they have a problem with weapons or not ? how many people need to die before you're going to do something about it ? it's insanity, RIP for all the victims and I really hope the number of deaths won't grow further...

It's insane... Some people argue that you can still acquire weapons in numerous ways, even after a ban.

And I just shake my head... Who the fuck cares? Doing nothing at all about the gun situation will still lead to more deaths.

 

[ffdgh]

What a terrible thing to wake up to...

 

[MIMIC]

I was thinking that the shooter managed to escape to the hotel. He actually opened fire FROM the hotel!

 

[Apathy]

Bloody hell.

Enough is enough, America.

Don't you recall Sandy Hook?

It wasn't enough when innocent children got gunned down. Fuck you still got morons going it was a false flag/government conspiracy/actors/parents let their kids get killed nonsense.

As harsh as it sounds, seeing what the government and the people of the US did after Sandy Hook, which was nothing, I lost all faith that the problems of mass shootings in the US well ever be solved. It's just one of those things that will continue forever, and many many innocent people will die because of it, and we'll just keep seeing threads pop up after every one.

 

[DJ Lushious]

From my memory, it only lasted around a minute according to eye witness reports.

I’m dumbfounded how so much damage can be wrought in 60 seconds. It defies logic, to me. It’s not like it was an explosive that does its damage within a second.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Makes me never want to visit the US again. The country has gone to the dogs.

 

[danthefan]

Jesus, this is just awful to read about. How the hell did he manage to kill so many people?! It's absolutely insane.

He had ridiculous weaponry that no civilian could possibly need. You can do an incredible amount of damage in a very short space of time.

 

[rpmurphy]

Still, that doesn't change the fact that the whole "gun culture" (just check this thread - people practically drooling over who can identify the weapon used by fire rate and noise) - no matter how strongly regulated - is the issue. In no other western country do people pride themselves of their arms possession quite as much, tie their masculinity to killing tools.
Can't y'all just resort to muscle cars? :/

Also, if it hadn't been an automatic, but rather a semi automatic - we wouldn't even be making this distinction that is not central to the issue, imho.

The discussion is moot since save for the very large body count, the mass shooting could have been done in the same manner with legally acquired weapons.

 

[JoeNut]

ugh. angry

 

[Gaz_RB]

Live new is unwatchable they keep replaying the same clip over and over again.

MSNBC is doing a great job with coverage right now.

 

[rocketskates]

If there were multiple shooters wouldn't doubt if columbine was a big inspiration for them

What why

 

[ResidentDante]

Video taken during the shooting, there's a guy kneeling down to a person who was shot: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvBP0-HEJA/?taken-by=randy_kindred_girl_

This so horrible :-(

 

[eFKac]

If this mass shooting isn't done by a Muslim, it'll be 2 days of thoughts & prayers & back to business as usual.

It's unfortunate but that's what happens when things like that become a common occurence.
We have brown people terrorizing different countries every two weeks or so in Europe for some time and they barely make the news now if the death toll isn't high enough. Not even thinking about some counter measures.

Hopefully at least America can sort their gun laws.

My thoughts go to everyone affected. Stay strong.

 

[2real4tv]

I was thinking that the shooter managed to escape to the hotel. He actually opened fire FROM the hotel!

Yes from the window of the 32th floor of the hotel, like out of a T2 scene.

 

[Machina]

Makes me never want to visit the US again. The country has gone to the dogs.

Barely describable as a first world country anymore

 

[zero_suit]

Oh well, another one, soon forgotten. Nothing happened after the kindergarten massacre, so they likely won't give a fuck anyway.

Yeah, unfortunately, that ship has sailed.

 

[Plinko]

The discussion is moot since save for the very large body count, the mass shooting could have been done in the same manner with legally acquired weapons.

Come on. You know there is a massive difference here.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

T_d is already saying that it was a liberal pissed off about conservatives because a conservative wouldn't shoot at a country music concert. A bunch of people are fucking idiots.

Td is awful but I wouldn't see surprised if the shooter ends up having liberal political views.

 

[Scofield94941]

ive stayed in vegas hotels and I recall you couldnt open the windows where I stayed. I assume other hotels have balconies though. People just trying to live life and have fun and this happens. why

 

[Sunster]

Jesus, this is just awful to read about. How the hell did he manage to kill so many people?! It's absolutely insane.

He had a fully automatic rifle shooting down on a massive crowd. Fish in a barrel.

 

[Kinyou]

Video taken during the shooting, there's a guy kneeling down to a person who was shot: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvBP0-HEJA/?taken-by=randy_kindred_girl_

Fuck, this is horrifying. No one even knows where to get cover

 

[CookTrain]

Legal, plus this
http://www.slidefire.com
Also legal

Equals full automatic, basically..

That promotional video is disgusting.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Man, when it said 20+, I was shocked. But the change to 50+ has just floored me.

 

[whitehawk]

Jesus fuck, 50+ dead.

My girlfriend went to that festival but her and her friends had to leave Sunday afternoon because they live in LA and work Monday. They easily could have been hurt had they stayed.

It's really surreal and I'm so thankful they left early.

 

[HariKari]

ive stayed in vegas hotels and I recall you couldnt open the windows where I stayed. I assume other hotels have balconies though. People just trying to live life and have fun and this happens. why

He blew out the window, which in all likelihood made it easier for them to pinpoint his location.

 

[N7.Angel]

Let me break it down for ya.

50% of the country will be sick with outrage and sadness.

The other 50% will say it's fake news, or the victims deserved it cause they were probably God hating faggots, or it was a Democratic false flag, or muh rights, or now is not the time to talk about gun legislation.

I have no word.

 

[Linkup]

All those lives destroyed.

RIP.

 

[Volphied]

We have brown people terrorizing different countries every two weeks or so in Europe for some time and they barely make the news now if the death toll isn't high enough.

Define "terrorizing".

 

[Alienous]

The discussion is moot since save for the very large body count, the mass shooting could have been done in the same manner with legally acquired weapons.

What's the difference between 5 and 50 anyway, right?

I must be intepreting this comment wrong.

 

[Bedlam]

Sort of surprising to see someone above 60 carrying out such a shooting.

I can see this fact becoming the conspiracy idiots' new "jet fuel can't melt steel"-argument.

 

[rpmurphy]

Come on. You know there is a massive difference here.

The Texas Tower sniper killed 16. Does that vs. 50+ make any difference in the discussion of gun control?

 

[SuperBanana]

Fuck over 50 now?