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- Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:17 am
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Mass Shooting in Connecticut-THREAD NAME CHANGE
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Re: Mass Shooting in Connecticut-THREAD NAME CHANGE
Blaming a video game is just as senseless as blaming the gun. The kid had some mental issues and anger issues. No sane person plays a video game and then decides that it is OK to massacre innocents. I've played quite a few and now carry a firearm on my hip yet I have no desire to unload on children or anyone else for that matter. Blame whatever you want but in this case it was a lot more about mental health than it was about firearms and games.
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Mass Shooting in Connecticut-THREAD NAME CHANGE
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Re: One child reportedly dead after gunman opened fire
TexasGal wrote:They are reporting 18 children dead at the scene and then three more were rushed to the hospital where two have now passed away. That brings the toll to 20 children and 6 adults. Horrible! How many of the crazy and the evil in our nation are now watching the news and thinking they want to make an even bigger shockwave to get even with the world or to be immortal in the record books? Making guns illegal to own will not stop such people. It will only be another choice of method. Perhaps the conversation should be aimed more at addressing the huge lack of adequate mental health treatment.
The stereotype around mental health needs to change. We can no longer mock those who seek mental health as "crazy" rather we must treat them as people who simply need help and we must make that help widely available. We also need to get the media to stop making these clowns famous by posting their pictures, names and interviewing their family for weeks. They know they're committing suicide and they know that they will get all of the attention that mommy didn't give them once they commit their horrendous act.- Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Mass Shooting in Connecticut-THREAD NAME CHANGE
- Replies: 237
- Views: 56615
Re: One child reportedly dead after gunman opened fire
They are already passing around a picture of a completely kitted out AR-15 and calling it the "shooters" weapon even though LE hasn't released a picture. I also highly doubt he was wearing a real "bulletproof vest".EL29jm wrote:From listening to current reports the weapons used were a; Glock, Sig Sauer and a Bushmaster.
Will expect much more focus on teh Bushmaster once the media figures out what it looks like.