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2 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Obviously he got in the building but no idea of anything more than people have been shot. 

Sorry, I'm going to withhold my judgement until an expert tells me that that gun actually is no more damaging ballistically than a .22, and it's not a big deal that mentally disturbed individuals can legally obtain them.

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  • Brisketexan
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    No, Nicole.   That's not true.  Sure, every single human being has some innate bias etc. that colors their perspective, and different speakers PUSH different narratives.  But what is happening with th

  • hornmpa96
    hornmpa96

    That’s not true. As has been pointed out in this thread multiple times, other countries who had mass shooting events immediately changed their gun laws to make it harder or impossible to obtain the we

  • Chuckie Finster
    Chuckie Finster

    The "we can't solve 100% of the problem so we shouldn't make any attempt at all" line of thinking is a big reason why we are where we are. 

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Captain Speirs said it best:

 "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it," 

Per the presser: 6 people shot. Two other males and one female are deceased. One cop was killed in the lobby and he was a male. The shooter shot himself. One of the people shot is a male who is in the hospital fighting for his life. 
 

He shot most of them in the lobby. Ruden (spelling) management was on the floor he selected and shot one male on that floor. He then shot himself in the chest, he drove his black BMW from Las Vegas Nevada to NY. 
 

his vehicle traveled cross country to NY where he arrived today. 
 

he has a documented mental health history, they don’t have a clue why he targeted the building or cannot say at this time and are working through to figure it all out. He actually encountered a woman who exited the elevator in the lobby whom he allowed to pass without harming. 
 

they think he’s a lone shooter and there is no longer an active threat. 
 

Officer Islam was 36 years old serving in the 47th precinct and was an immigrant from Bangladesh he was a Christian and he was a cop for 3 years. he was a father of two. 
He was working in the lobby of the building and engaged in a shootout with the shooter trying to save people and he died,

42 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

He then shot himself in the chest, he drove his black BMW from Las Vegas Nevada to NY.

Add not using turn signals as potential crimes he committed. 

2 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Jesus. 

Meh. It’s Monday in America.

Meh.  As long as this thread isn’t bumped during school months I give no shits.  Majority of the country does not so why should I?
It's not like this country cares if it happens in a school... at least not anymore.
1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:


 

Officer Islam was 36 years old serving in the 47th precinct and was an immigrant from Bangladesh he was a Christian and he was a cop for 3 years. he was a father of two. 
He was working in the lobby of the building and engaged in a shootout with the shooter trying to save people and he died,

“one less to deport” - maga

3 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Jesus. 

 

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Jesus left this place a long time ago.  

 

 

37 minutes ago, tchookem said:
2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:
Meh.  As long as this thread isn’t bumped during school months I give no shits.  Majority of the country does not so why should I?

It's not like this country cares if it happens in a school... at least not anymore.

We've crossed into everyone for themselves territory. 

I have this one school year left then my youngest graduates and we don't have to worry about schools anymore. Wouldn't be upset if my daughters worked and lived at home until/if they marry. The country is broken beyond belief

6 hours ago, tchookem said:
8 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:
Meh.  As long as this thread isn’t bumped during school months I give no shits.  Majority of the country does not so why should I?

It's not like this country cares if it happens in a school... at least not anymore.

The country doesn’t care if it happens at a school, but I still do. I’m not sure why, but I do. 

5 hours ago, bluto said:

“one less to deport” - maga

I like how they had to point out he was a Christian. Because, well you know. 

Raiders fan still pissed about “tuck” rule went to take it out on Roger Godawful. 

7 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Add not using turn signals as potential crimes he committed. 

Our cars don't come with em!!!!

According to Mayor Adams the shooter left a suicide note. Adams also mentioned something about the shooter blaming the NFL for his CTE which is I suppose why he shot himself in the chest. Clearly he had mental issues but he didn’t play football after his senior year in high school which was nine years ago. Doesn’t mean he didn’t have CTE. But his beef was with the NFL. 
 

according to Adams he intended to go to the NFL offices but when he got on the elevators he got onto the wrong elevator bank.
 

So basically he drove all the way from Vegas to NY. Only to spray the lobby with bullets and hit no one connected to the NFL. Gets on the wrong elevator bank goes to a random wrong floor and kills someone else who had nothing to do with his beef. I guess he also recognized he had no hope of getting to the NFL offices as everyone was already sheltering in place and there was no way to get to his intended target? 
 

Once he realizes a police response is on the way he Takes his own life. That’s pretty much all I was able to gather from checking the NY news. 
 

Maybe he thought if he did that back in Vegas on his high school football field no one would care to see whether or not he had CTE? 

His beef is valid insofar as the NFL is the main driver against anyone that speaks out against the potential dangers/safety issues of full-contact football and how the game is played. That shit trickles down and is only going to get worse with how much money kids can make in football nowadays.

Doesn't mean the answer is shooting up an office building, but when the NFL squashes any kind of dissent and spends millions discrediting any and all scientific studies that show the negative effects of the sport, and our elected officials don't give a shit, what's the recourse?

His beef is valid insofar as the NFL is the main driver against anyone that speaks out against the potential dangers/safety issues of full-contact football and how the game is played. That shit trickles down and is only going to get worse with how much money kids can make in football nowadays.
Doesn't mean the answer is shooting up an office building, but when the NFL squashes any kind of dissent and spends millions discrediting any and all scientific studies that show the negative effects of the sport, and our elected officials don't give a shit, what's the recourse?

Fuck em

He had the capacity to drive himself across country, arm himself, use Google Maps and internet, write a letter, and then preserve his head for study.

Fuck em. I don’t want to know his name or understand his terroristic cause.

You go in for a normal day at work and end up dying because some crazy person with a gun went to an unintended place. Life is so fragile. 

It appears he was playing high school football a couple years after Seau killed himself which was in my recollection the holy shit moment in the CTE/football rules changes situation.   It will be interesting to see if there is any effort to actually diagnose him, which can only be done via autopsy.

9 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Life is so fragile. 

Statistically speaking, life is not all that fragile.  Poor diet, alcohol, drugs, sedentary lifestyle, excessive speeding or driving under the influence, carcinogens in our food & environment, chemtrails, viral and bacterial outbreaks, gun and other modes of violence, war, the list goes on, and yet the average life expectancy of Americans is at an all-time high.

15 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

yet the average life expectancy of Americans is at an all-time high.

False

4 minutes ago, Helobious said:

False

No, it's true.

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

No, it's true.

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No, it’s not

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6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

No, it’s not

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You literally posted the same data as JJ except truncated by 2 years to fit your narrative. If there ever was a perfect microcosm of the perils of having all this info at anyone's fingertips, this is it. People are fucking lazy.

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Sorry for the thread derail, carry on (even you Helobious).

2 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:


Fuck em

He had the capacity to drive himself across country, arm himself, use Google Maps and internet, write a letter, and then preserve his head for study.

Fuck em. I don’t want to know his name or understand his terroristic cause.

I agree with you, it's disgusting that this dude chose this method of getting attention, and a bunch of people working in an office building definitely don't deserve to have their lives put in danger or be killed over this. I'm just saying that maybe this kind of thing never happens if we A) have adequate mental health care in this country and B) don't let powerful orgs like the NFL use their muscle to suppress widespread knowledge of the negative affects of their sport. 

There have been numerous studies that show an alarming number of football players even just among HS/college ranks that end up with CTE or similar trauma and the suppressive methods of the NFL trickle down through all levels of the sport. It's only going to get worse now that life changing money can be made without "going pro".

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

You go in for a normal day at work and end up dying because some crazy person with a gun went to an unintended place. Life is so fragile. 

Yep. Could happen at your local HEB on any given day. There’s nothing we can do about it. Guns uber alles

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's not 2023.

Right.  That was Year 1 of Texas Backness.

This is Fully Operational Death Star Year 3 of Texas Backness.  

My beloved and I were talking about attending a protest gathering. It's not likely for me due to creaky joints and spine. But she's in great shape yet not young.

What if a shooter appears? First danger, bullets. What does the crowd do? Second danger, panicked crowd crushing or trampling you. What if it's anti-Trump,? Overiding danger, stochastic terrorism.

That's where we are.

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I can't deal.

27 minutes ago, Satchel said:

Could happen at your local HEB on any given day.

Only when it's open.

What I don’t understand is why we re-enact this tortuous ritual of heartbreaking remembrances of gun victims when we refuse to do anything about curbing gun violence, other than shaking our heads? It’s macabre.

Well, that was an unfortunate choice of language. 

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Welp, this one caught me by surprise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/montana-search-suspect-anaconda-bar-shooting.html

I was in this shithole bar last September killing time before checking into a cabin I rented on nearby Lake Georgetown for the weekend. Much like this shooting, I was in there on Friday around noon. I ended up knocking back a few beers with a retired Vietnam vet who had spent his whole life in the area, and he gave me the lowdown on the are... cool dude. He was the only person in the joint other than the haggard bartender and the owner who was already drunk at  that time. I looked up the photos of those killed and it doesn't seem to be the people I met. Still weird to see this story about one of the tiniest random dive bars I've spent time in the last 20 years. Shit happens everywhere I guess. 

7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Fort Stewart shooting live updates: Casualties reported, post on lockdown

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lockdown-fort-stewart-army-post-georgia

A lockdown is currently in place at Georgia's Fort Stewart after what officials are calling an "active shooter incident." 

This is going to quickly become so common no one who isn't part of it will really notice anymore. This country really is in the beginning of a soft civil war

3 hours ago, Hermanator said:

This is going to quickly become so common no one who isn't part of it will really notice anymore. This country really is in the beginning of a soft civil war

"Beginning?"

27 minutes ago, Pancho said:

What is happening in ATX?

I don't understand the question. Is this still Texas, in America? This is expected. I've resolved myself to getting shot at at some point in my life. hopefully later, but it's gonna happen. 'muricuh

Reportedly, and predictably, he suffered with mental illness but still allowed to possess a firearm. If we have to suffer the inconvenience of being shot, we’ll…

Mentally ill with a criminal history. Why does Greg Abbott want this person to have a gun?

Just now, hornmpa96 said:

Mentally ill with a criminal history. Why does Greg Abbott want this person to have a gun?

Now, that's silly.  Policy in this state isn't that they WANT everyone to have a gun.  The policy is that they'd really like to REQUIRE it.

On 7/29/2025 at 8:08 AM, jimmyjazz said:

Statistically speaking, life is not all that fragile.  Poor diet, alcohol, drugs, sedentary lifestyle, excessive speeding or driving under the influence, carcinogens in our food & environment, chemtrails, viral and bacterial outbreaks, gun and other modes of violence, war, the list goes on, and yet the average life expectancy of Americans is at an all-time high.

I look at life as being precious. It is so painfully short the time we are given. Like most everyone here I am just numb to the shootings unless it involves children. When the life of a human being is taken in its infancy that really stops me in my tracks. 

Every day when I am at work and someone is having a rough day the thing I remind them of is that today they were able to wake up to another day. I also tell them that only they have the power to decide how today goes and to make the best of it because for many people yesterday was it and they did not wake up today. You soldier on and find the beauty in the small moments and hopefully you get to wake up the next day and do it all over again. 

One of the Target victims was a child. 

One of the Target victims was a child. 
So only one kid dead vs dozens in Uvalde? See how much better things are under Trump's strong leadership?

-- Greg Abbott
5 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

So only one kid dead vs dozens in Uvalde? See how much better things are under Trump's strong leadership?

-- Greg Abbott

 "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" ®

 

That really is our official state motto now, isn't it? 

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