news roundup

[philo]

In last nights national news (Google news - us)

-2 stabbings
-1 strangulation induced heart attack
-1 pillow smothering
-1 child beaten to death by a parent
-1 putative model rocket bomb
-1 moron driver that decided not to stop his trip when his passenger overdosed

the only gun news was NRA deciding that they supported Open Carry Texas even though they didn't want to.

Remember guns are bad and the root of most evil ( not all evil, that's money)

 

[DoggyDaddy]

They must not have covered Indianapolis... they missed the gas station clerk that was shot in the head last night.

 

[maceace]

you forgot the shooting in canada, as well as the shooting in Seattle today

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

you forgot the shooting in canada, as well as the shooting in Seattle today

The Seattle story: Officials Hail Hero Students in Seattle Pacific University Shooting - NBC News

Let me say it before the media does - "had this gunman been using high capacity magazines these students wouldn't have had the break they needed to neutralize the threat."
Or, possibly this one - "At least it was a low capacity shotgun with less than 10 rounds - that's what enabled the students to act - thank God for magazine restrictions."
There. I scooped the news.

How about this instead - "Had the students or someone been armed, the gunman would have never made it to the end of his rounds in the magazine of his shotgun."

 

[churchmouse]

The Seattle story: Officials Hail Hero Students in Seattle Pacific University Shooting - NBC News

Let me say it before the media does - "had this gunman been using high capacity magazines these students wouldn't have had the break they needed to neutralize the threat."
Or, possibly this one - "At least it was a low capacity shotgun with less than 10 rounds - that's what enabled the students to act - thank God for magazine restrictions."
There. I scooped the news.

How about this instead - "Had the students or someone been armed, the gunman would have never made it to the end of his rounds in the magazine of his shotgun."

Pretty much covers this one.

 

[Hammerhead]

I'm about a day or so behind on the personal news (happens when you're working swing shifts).

I just found out a little while ago that the 20yr old woman shot (injured) in the Seattle shooting was the daughter of a friend of mine. Good thoughts, prayers, mojo, whatever are needed for her recovery. I hear she's out of surgery and has begun to open her eyes, but that's all I know.

 

[looney2ns]

But, but an armed citizen would never be able to stop a shooter! Purple implied.