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Gun control isn't the issue. Crazy people are. The deadliest school massacre in US history was actually caused by explosions, not guns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

Crazy people will kill regardless if guns are outlawed or not.

I don't see anyone saying guns should be outlawed. Someone with a nickname like yours should have noticed that.

There's a wide gulf between sensible regulations designed to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous and mentally unstable people while ensuring law-abiding folks can own safely and outlawing.

 

[Dominican Power]

This is looking an episode of The Newsroom.

 

[mambadragon]

Wolf Blitzer: "just imagine Brooke once we start seeing the pictures of these dead little kids... "

Exactly quote - rewound the DVR. WTF?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Nobody can see his comments because his profile his private, his profile picture is getting 1k shares a minute, that picture could be photoshopped, he could take all uncertainty away with one comment on his profile picture that the whole internet can see. And fuck off with your AMIRITE GUYS.

LOL you're serious. Then it'd just be ''someone hacked his account!'' and ''it must be him for so and so reason!'' ''Same name same palce!'' He owes you nothing, you and all these other morons sharing the picture owe him not to accuse him of something merely because of his name. You're disgusting.

 

[krzy123]

Makes sense. Parent probably noticed him getting up early in the morning and saw him with his gun. Tried to stop/talk him out of it. Shooter gets mad and kills parent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ryan-lanza-newtown-shooter-identified&hpid=z2

he shot his mother at their home, she worked at the school ...

 

[Psychological Intellect]

yo that dude better fucking sue the shit outta all these news networks.



fuuuuuucccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

[Raxus]

Man, NBC Conneticut is really hammering Ryan Lanza's name now.

 

[NH Apache]

im pretty sure that facebook post going around is fake

Why?

 

[j_k_redtail]

Oh man, This channel http://www.wfsb.com/category/216668/wfsb-eyewitness-news-livestream-1

Just said they know its Lanza and his mother was a teacher killed and his father was also killed. He also logged into this facebook this morning..... TO SAY HE WAS ALIVE AND DIDNT DO IT! wow!

Are you serious?

 

[Choke on the Magic]

Wow media. Stay classy. I'm getting rid of FB today.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Yeah... the subtlety is lost a bit at the moment. If this person, made their profile public, that would "prove" they're not dead and thus not the dead killer.




Yes, it is possible for two people to have the same name.

No, he needs to call his local news station and verify his identity. Call the local CNN/CBS affiliate.

 

[Memento_Mori15]

Regarding that facebook update picture...

...he's going to have to do something to verify it's not him. Posting screenshots of a conversation he's supposedly having with friends isn't going to get it done.

Hasn't it been confirmed that the shooter is dead...isn't that confirmation enough?

 

[walking fiend]

Holy fuk at all this mess; this is really a low for non-war crimes

 

[speedline]

Damn, I don't think the Facebook guys life will be fucked at all after this, he will get paid and everyone else will forget about him because the shooter is dead. Good thing the shooter didn't get away because then the facebook guy would be running for his damn life.

 

[BadAss2961]

Oh, so some people just got the wrong Ryan Lanza.

 

[gregor7777]

Those postings are not on his public profile.

 

[Devolution]

Gotta get the scoop.

Who cares about those who get fucked over in the process.

Our media is fucking gross.

 

[params7]

I'm sorry and I feel horrible for the kids but this is too fucking funny.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Could be a relative or friend or accomplished posting for him.

Welp I'm out

ConspiracyGAF is the worst

 

[ErasureAcer]

Holy cow... in fairness it is possible there are two Ryan Lanzas? And they picked the wrong kid's facebook page?

Think they did. CBS ran the photo and said he was 20. Now seeing the gunman as 24.

 

[spandexmonkey]

Seriously need an ethics review of our media.

 

[RionaaM]

serial and mass murderers have been around since forever. the human brain is just too complex, and until we fully understand it and learn what causes this stuff to happen there's really no way to ever stop it from happening.

I know, preventing something like this is close to impossible, as it can happen out of the blue. But I will never know what crosses someone's mind when they decide to end the life of another person in cold blood, let alone children.

And we consider ourselves the pinnacle of evolution :/

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Oh, fuck the Facebook guy. He will get over it and some money to boot.

What the fuck?

 

[Ravensmash]

Erm, someone just said to me that BBC have ran with his facebook page too....

:[

 

[transience]

My daughter starts Kindergarten in September. This hits pretty damn close to home, even if it is hundreds of miles away.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The shooter is dead. Just by posting he's confirming that's not him unless somehow it got hacked.

Hasn't it been confirmed that the shooter is dead...isn't that confirmation enough?

No, because the problem is his postings aren't public and these screengrab images could be photoshopped, or as you said someone could be accessing his account.

he really just needs to call the local news affiliate and verify his identity as soon as possible.

 

[Nokagi]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/ryan-lanza-facebook-page_n_2302541.html Huffingpost doing it too.

 

[Fari]

Multiple layers of idiocy.

Goddamn.

 

[Mesoian]

Oh it's gonna be a classy day...

 

[Az]

Thread reached max derp levels.

 

[cruets]

so the lesson is dont use a real photo of yourself for your public facebook profile picture in case some one with your name goes on a killing spree

 

[Takuya]

Those postings are not on his public profile.

Obviously, as you can see in the screenshots, the posts are to "friends" (look at the icon).

 

[Ryck]

Everything about this story makes me want to leave this planet.

Yeah I know, yeah it's a tad melodramatic but seriously fuck..

 

[Yaboosh]

Gotta get the scoop.

Who cares about those who get fucked over in the process.

Our media is fucking gross.

This thread is a huge demonstration of why media does what it does. This thread is just a bunch of people looking for a spectacle.

 

[SlowRevolution]

the problem is his postings aren't public and these screengrab images could be photoshopped, or as you said someone could be accessing his account.

he really just needs to call the local news affiliate.

He shouldn't have to. Not his fault the media is pathetic.

 

[TimeEffect]

Has this ever happened before? A wrong picture shown? Man, this guy can embarrass and destroy the whole media for this shit. Get these assholes up to standard and straighten these tools up.

 

[Cow Mengde]

God, this is terrible. All those poor children.

 

[MIMIC]

Those postings are not on his public profile.

His settings are where only friends can see status updates.

 

[Gowans]

Erm, someone just said to me that BBC have ran with his facebook page too....

:[

Nope they are staying the local news have identified the shooter as this guy but are waiting on the official statement.

 

[Xanadu]

Oh it's gonna be a classy day...

haha god i hate that douche

 

[Expendable.]

This is proof it's real: https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/279672597837402112

edit: he's a comic? Wow this is a clusterfuck.

 

[dorkimoe]

ok they just said he used 2 pistols (found by his body) the rifle was in his car, so odds are he didnt even use it. So there..

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Kindergartners

Jesus Christ

 

[Talon]

Wasn't Thompson disbarred?

 

[BFIB]

He's typing from beyond? This story has many twists and turns.

 

[rCIZZLE]

I hope that FB guy gets some police protection until the news stations start to unfuck his life.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

He really needs to make it public.

He doesn't owe these vultures jack shit.

yes.

Fuck. No.

 

[gregor7777]

Obviously, as you can see in the screenshots, the posts are to "friends" (look at the icon).

That wasn't so obvious to me (obviously) but thanks for the snark.

 

[dehydratedbabies]

Wolf Blitzer: "just imagine Brooke once we start seeing the pictures of these dead little kids... "

Exactly quote - rewound the DVR. WTF?

Wanna take a video? I need to see/hear this.

 

[T.M. MacReady]

they're reporting that there's a body at this guy's home in Hoboken as well on CBS. These FB posts I've only seen here. Not sure if they're real