Vital Tundra
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My entire day has just felt so draining and seeing all of these people act like there is nothing that can be done is just putting me in such a bad spot. Im so tired.
Mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas; 58 dead, 500+ injured.
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PeakPointMatrix
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You might wanna take a seat.
What really baffles me as a non-american is that the discussion often revolves around banning big guns while pistols are usually omitted from the discussion. If this guy would have taken 2 pistols and a good amount of ammunition he could have killed a ton of people still by going down to street level.
Guns simply need to be taken away from people that dont have a good reason to own and use them. Fucking simple really.
But that would be too much to ask apparently.
Guns simply need to be taken away from people that dont have a good reason to own and use them. Fucking simple really.
But that would be too much to ask apparently.
legacyzero
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br0ken_shad0w
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Philippines pretty much pats you down wherever you go somewhere decent. The casino where that shooter was you had to go thru a metal detector and a luggage scanner before you can even enter the vicinity.
gutterboy44
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Yeah, he was a pilot and owned two planes.
I bet we'll get more information once they find his female companion. For all we know she could have been the catalyst.
fluffydelusions
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Murrica =\
Gun-maker stocks surge after mass shooting in Las Vegas
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gun-maker-stocks-surge-after-mass-shooting-in-las-vegas-2017-10-02
Gun-maker stocks surge after mass shooting in Las Vegas
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gun-maker-stocks-surge-after-mass-shooting-in-las-vegas-2017-10-02
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
You know what infuriates me the most? These cowards who kill themselves or get killed right after without being held accountable.
Dozens killed, hundreds of grieving family members who lost someone dear. Thousands of friends whose companions were taken from this world unjustly. Millions feeling sad all over the world.
These people deserve answers, how can one even begin to comprehend or make sense of such a profound tragedy when the heartless monster responsible for it is gone. One of the injustices in this world.
RIP to the victims and condolences to families&friends.
Dozens killed, hundreds of grieving family members who lost someone dear. Thousands of friends whose companions were taken from this world unjustly. Millions feeling sad all over the world.
These people deserve answers, how can one even begin to comprehend or make sense of such a profound tragedy when the heartless monster responsible for it is gone. One of the injustices in this world.
RIP to the victims and condolences to families&friends.
spazchicken
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Number five is a is a pretty clever check mate.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
They found her last night and deemed that she was not a Person of Interest. They don't believe she was involved.
djplaeskool
Member
This is sad, but completely predictable. Happens every time. Bloomberg has an article about the mass-shooting bumps going back a number of years.
Shops will actually build up stock in anticipation for the "They're gonna take mah guns" sales wave.
Also, all the Casino operator stocks are taking it in the shorts. MGM Resorts, Wynn, Sands, etc, all down slightly to sharply.
PM a mod.
Damn
Yep. It's all too predictable.
SoundofSilence
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100% agree with every single point.
KoopaTheCasual
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Fucking hell, Number 5 is definitely going to happen, and it's going to make me sick.
This tragedy is definitely going to be spun and used to quell other protests. (even though they couldn't be more unrelated)
spazchicken
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I gotta agree with this.
Back then, guns weren't what they are now.
The other reason though is "the right to have a well armed militia" supposedly to match what the government has in firepower...just in case.
Citizens don't have drones, tanks, F-35s and rocket launchers but...
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
How sad that this is accurate and they forgot a 7 (as awful as this sounds)
7) - conspiracy theories pop up proclaiming this didn't really happen and it was all crisis actors
Yeah, I read that earlier and found no lies in it.
It's depressing how this will play out.
Air Zombie Meat
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So this is entirely driven by a fear of purchasing restrictions because I can't imagine anyone thinking a gun would have helped them in this situation. Really is shit that the gun industry actually profits from mass shootings.
JetBlackPanda
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That interview with the brother is crazy.
"where the hell did he get automatic weapons?"
uhhhh.
"where the hell did he get automatic weapons?"
uhhhh.
Scott Adams is a sociopath who got too high sniffing his own farts over predicting Trump would win, so now he's full blown insane.
Oh! My bad, I completely missed that.
If he had zero motivation that'd be absolutely terrifying.
Should probably say "Too many people have accepted the normality of mass slaughter as a necessary sacrifice to an amendment written for the purpose of not have a standing national army.... which we have now anyway."
Seriously, the sacrifice of the 2nd Amendment isn't that people have to die so we can have freedom to have guns. The sacrifice is that we had to arm militias because we (at the time) did not want a standing national army. We have that now anyway.
Guys... again, the amendment isn't to match what the government has in firepower. It was so that the federal government would have literally no firepower. We went back on that though and decided we didn't give a fuck, yet we kept the amendment.
CountAntonius
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Business as usual. Another mass murder, another spike in gun sales. Pray for the lost and social media on fire with a divided nation too far up it's own ass to ever make a meaningful change.
It's been said plenty but after Sandy Hook I don't see any level of mass murder making people change their minds.
It's been said plenty but after Sandy Hook I don't see any level of mass murder making people change their minds.
The "White lives" one is especially damning
That's one of the aspect I do not understand yet fully: was she not the woman who shouted "you are all going to die" at the crowd before the concert? Was that a false report?
dark_quota
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As someone who purchased a few guns before the election last year, I imagine the sales would be even greater if Hillary had won.
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Vilix
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Could be. He could've also taken a mortgage out on his house or cashed in a pension. Anything is possible.
Edit: You're correct. Apparently he was a multimillionaire from real estate dealings.
Walter White
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Makes a good point. Can we just get some of those "originalist" justices to go by the what the founders intended, which was hoarding a bunch of muskets and shit? If the Constitution is not a living and breathing document, then they would have never intended for gun tech to advance to where it is now.
Oh wait. They only follow holy texts when it fits them.
Yeah, the "buy several guns at once" crowd is real susceptible to fear-mongering about their toys.
NullPointer
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There was no report linking them. One witness reported a woman who said those words, but the shooter's companion was out of the country.
Alligatorjandro
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I wonder if the survivors will get charged by the hospitals
Only one eye witness reported that.
They will, and when someone makes a fuss they'll blame it on the computers and their documentation system.
djplaeskool
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The sheriffs office set up a Victims fund via GoFundMe.
JetBlackPanda
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how else are they going to get paid?
Alligatorjandro
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So not only will these people be traumatized for life theyll possibly go bankrupt.
America.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
The WaPo article said the man barely ever left the house except to go gambling.
MaddenNFL64
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She wasn't even in the country. It was total bullshit.
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