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Have you been in a mass/public shooting?

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ChouGoku

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As mass shootings seem to be commonplace in America now days how many of you have been around when someone starts shooting in a crowd of people. I have around people shooting 4 times. The first time was when I was visiting California in a teen club, when everyone was leaving the club someone started shooting inside the club, we ran and later helicopters were flying over. The second time was the next day in a different city in California at another teen club. When the club was over I was in the car, I heard "they're fighting" so I get out to see a fight, right when I get out a guy was pointing a gun basically in my direction (not at me), so I hop back in the car the guy starts shooting and we leave. The third time was a few years later when I lived in california and I was at another club<21, it was hot and I was trying to get out for some air and I saw a few guys fighting, then I started hearing pops, naturally I run as fast as I can as well as some people around me, but when I get up front, there is still a line so I think I was just paranoid. So I go through the back again and they start shooting again. Idk if anyone got hit because I ran fast, The last time was in Colorado during a jazz festival with a lot of people. I saw a bunch of people in a circle, so I knew it was a fight, then I knew it was bad when a bunch of people backed off of the circle, one guy walks away and the cops start following him, I see him turn around and shoot one of the cops, which later found out was in the head. This one was the worst because there was at at least a few hundred people if not 1k and the crowd panic made me think this was going to be a rampage, and after the initial reaction of running, I quickly remember my mom with her broken toe, so I have to run back and go get her in the crowd of screaming and running people, I thought I was running back probably to die or get shot.

All of these scenarios were scary as fuck and I dont think a "good guy" with a gun would've made shit better. This shit is getting insane
 
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No, just employee training for active shooter. Where to go, where to hide, that sort of thing.
 
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Messofanego

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Wow. I hope I never have to think about such a scenario. Glad to be living where I am I guess, where this would never cross my mind.
 
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gatling

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Not a mass shooting but I grew up in a not so great area. While younger and riding my bike a friend's older brother was shot in front of me in the head in his driveway. He survived but needed a plate and reconstructive surgeries. He was about to start college. I had a crush on him and I refused to leave my house for a month. I was 8 I think.
 
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ChouGoku

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jwk94 said:
Wait, you ditched your mom while there was a shooting going on? How did you forget her?
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After being in 3 shootings, My first reaction to gun shots is to run fast, of course quickly I remembered that she was behind me and I had to go get her. I wasnt that far from her
 
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jerry113

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No but a mentally disturbed man pulled out out a gun and walked around my college campus, pointed it at cops who had arrived, and then got shot to death by the cops.

A police suicide.

I didn't witness it but I was maybe a 10 minute walk away from where it happened.
 
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entrement said:
OP, you need stop going to clubs lol.
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But the clubs be poppin!

ChouGoku said:
After being in 3 shootings, My first reaction to gun shots is to run fast, of course quickly I remembered that she was behind me and I had to go get her. I wasnt that far from her
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Well at least you remembered.

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No but a mentally disturbed man pulled out out a gun and walked around my college campus, pointed it at cops who had arrived, and then got shot to death by the cops.

A police suicide.

I didn't witness it but I was maybe a 10 minute walk away from where it happened.
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Did he have a permit?
 
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Switzer

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Jeez, maybe stop going to teen clubs in California? This is inevitably a bit racist, but as a Canadian, America always struck me as a much more violent culture than anywhere else in the developed world.
 
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bobbychalkers

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I was on campus 5 years ago when a biology professor shot at other professors during a meeting. I knew one of the professors that was killed personally.
 
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Prodigal

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No, but I was at Virginia Tech the night before the big shooting. I almost stayed overnight too but decided to go home early (was visiting a friend). The shooting was also on my birthday, so that's...something.
 
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Stereogatari

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I've never experienced a bullet being shot. Well, knowingly at least. Perhaps one of the many random bangs you hear at night was a gun, who knows.
 
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ChouGoku

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Switzer said:
Jeez, maybe stop going to teen clubs in California? This is inevitably a bit racist, but as a Canadian, America always struck me as a much more violent culture than anywhere else in the developed world.
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Im 24 now, I havent been to a teen club in 6 years
 
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Switzer said:
Jeez, maybe stop going to teen clubs in California? This is inevitably a bit racist, but as a Canadian, America always struck me as a much more violent culture than anywhere else in the developed world.
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California alone, just one state, has more people than all of Canada. It really depends on location when talking about safety in the U.S. Its multicultural.
 
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Stereogatari said:
I've never experienced a bullet being shot. Well, knowingly at least. Perhaps one of the many random bangs you hear at night was a gun, who knows.
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I was gonna say the same thing. What the hell is with those random bangs at night? Maybe they're gunshots after all.
 
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ChouGoku

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freeofgreed said:
Holy shit OP. 4 shootings. 2 of which were 1 day apart, both in a teen club. Wth?
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It was crazy because it was in a different city, and I was with one of my cousins for the previous one and we joked about how funny it would be if that club got shot up, it wasnt that funny later
 
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I was not. A friend of mine was in the classroom during the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting. He never really talked about it, but knowing him he typically sat near the back of class and was probably able to get out pretty quickly. I would have been in the area at the time of the shooting if I hadn't decided to skip my afternoon classes.
 
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do the LA riots count? fire, smoke, and bullets rained for several days as vultures picked the meat off the bones of a razed city
 
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ChouGoku

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Grimløck;174329481 said:
do the LA riots count? fire, smoke, and bullets rained for several days as vultures picked the meat off the bones of a razed city
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I would imagine so, probably more terrifying as it lasted days rather than one incident
 
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FelixOrion

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Not a shooting nor me, but some friends of mine on vacation were in Akihabara when the Akihabara Massacre happened. Scary stuff.
 
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DUFFMCWALIN

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I remember when I was younger when I was still living with my parents (I live in Cali) that underage clubs were getting shut down almost immediately after they opened. Now I understand why.
 
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I think there really is a gun problem thanks to very old constitution. I am going to clubs every week here in Germany and I have not experienced one shooting. Guess why? Because people cant buy guns here.

Yes there are isolated events where people take knifes into a club and try to fight someone but guess what is more dangerous, a fully loaded gun or a knife?

I can tell you that if something like that would happen in a club it would be a huge nationwide scandal and in the news because usually people dont have to be afraid when going out that they might get shot.
 
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ChouGoku

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TVexperto said:
I think there really is a gun problem thanks to very old constitution. I am going to clubs every week here in Germany and I have not experienced one shooting. Guess why? Because people cant buy guns here.

Yes there are isolated events where people take knifes into a club and try to fight someone but guess what is more dangerous, a fully loaded gun or a knife?

I can tell you that if something like that would happen in a club it would be a huge nationwide scandal and in the news because usually people dont have to be afraid when going out that they might get shot.
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Its sad when you talk gun control the first argument is that "anything can be used to kill, should they ban knifes or teeth?" Its fucking insane because its much much much easier to aim and shoot than stab someone to death
 
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I was in Schaeffer Hall during the University of Iowa shooting but was pretty unaware of everything going on. It didn't even disrupt class. I remember the phone lines being jammed the rest of the day, not that it mattered much since my parents didn't try calling me until the next day.

On the one year anniversary, I was again in Schaeffer Hall and there was a massive police response to something and there were tons of squad cars with their lights flashing all over Clinton Street. Freaked a bunch of people out thinking it might have been a copycat or some such but it ended up being something minor.
 
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Khaos_Knight

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I witnessed quite a few shootings growing up but Harlem has changed a lot since the 90's/early 2000's so shootings aren't as common anymore(at least in my neighborhood lol).
 
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Shadow_Lord

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Actually yes. I was once in a protest in Libya, when some thugs opened fire on us. Thankfully, me and my dad managed to get out unscathed. Shook the hell outta me tho.
 
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