Las Vegas shooting

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I see Trump has sent out a tweet offering his "warmest condolences" .

 

How fucking crass, 50 people are dead and eventually after 3-4 hours  the best he can do is send out a tweet

My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!

 

That's all.  He tweeted that sub-Hallmark bullshit 11 hours ago and not a word since.

 

Do you think someone's confiscated his phone - or maybe switched it with a squeaky dog-toy phone, so he still thinks he's tweeting?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On a more serious note, this whole situation is pretty awful. 50 people go to a concert and don't come back. Another 200 mentally scarred.  I've just seen this on Twitter...

 

 

 

And yet the NRA will still come out with some bullshit about protecting Second Amendment rights. When are the stupid bastards going to learn that the more you make weapons available, the more somebody will avail themselves of the opportunity to use them.

Just as Trump supporters hate Obamacare but wan't to keep the Affordable Care Act, so most NRA members oppose gun control but support background checks.

 

http://www.comedycentral.com.au/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/videos/nra-members-weigh-in-on-gun-control-clips#nra-members-weigh-in-on-gun-control

 

Still, Wayne LaPierre is doing alright for himself, so all's good.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

All the usual nauseating shite being spouted by all the usual people.  Trump, Obama, May, etc. What fucking good is praying for the victims going to do ?

In fairness to Obama, I think he genuinely did try to introduce measures to stop shit like this, but the Tea Party bastards thwarted every attempt.  He was at the end of his emotional tether every time there was a mass shooting and I'm sure he'll be feeling more horror/sorrow/frustration/empathy than Captain "warm condolences" has ever felt in his life.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I wish Nelly and Rico would just cut to the part in this tiresome romcom where they realise that, after all their bickering, they really love each other.

 

Negged for "Lolz" and "simples".

[Pureblood]

I wish Nelly and Rico would just cut to the part in this tiresome romcom where they realise that, after all their bickering, they really love each other.

 

Negged for "Lolz" and "simples".

 

My fault for mentioning the "R" word.

 

I still can't get over "warm condolences", it's ridiculous.  

 

"Your loved ones were machine-gunned down with no apparent motive, you say?  Oh, my warmest condolences".  

[AngryOfTuebrook]

My fault 

Are you Richard Curtis?

[Kloppite]

Sure about #6? I saw a sign in bars in Texas a couple of times saying 'it is a FEDERAL offence to carry a firearm where liquor is sold'.

 

And that was Texas.

And within a certain distance of drug stores

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[AngryOfTuebrook]

The myth that owning a gun protects you (despite the overwhelming evidence that it will just make you more likely to be shot - either deliberately or accidentally) ensures that high-profile killings are great for business.

 

KER-FUCKING-CHING!

[Pureblood]

Are you Richard Curtis?

 

Too highbrow for me.

[G Richards]

Rev. I know this must be a very emotional time for you and your friends. I'm not for one minute trying to dismiss any of the work by the people you mention above. If people who truly believe praying helps then I hope they manage to find what they need. Personally, if I or anyone I knew was caught up in this latest tragedy, the last thing I'd want to hear is the usual suspects offering their prayers. I know they're expected to say something but it isn't for me. Listening to Trump roll out the line of 'god bless america' churns my stomach.

I get where you're coming from and share some of the sentiment, especially when it's just cold platitudes from the usual suspects.

 

I also appreciate not everyone looks to God, or whatever they believe God to be, and lots of people aren't even sure he exists and don't really think about that too much. But at certain times of crisis many look for hope, solace, comfort, peace, soothing words spoken over them, etc. even if it's a kindly person praying for them or something.

 

But peace and respect to you. Definitely not wanting to turn it into another (!) religious debate on here.

[M_B]

and f you feel your semi-automatic is not discharging the bullets fast enough for a mere $99 you can always fit the gun with a mechanical loading device to spew death even faster.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/02/las-vegas-suspect-stephen-paddock-gun-semi-automatic

 

Absolute not illegal to fit one of there, but absolutely abominable.

Which is what he did. He added a crank. You can clearly hear it in one video. I read reports that he'd set up two gun platforms and had 18 weapons in the room and over 200 magazine's of ammo.

[PestiRed]

23 weapons in the room. 19 back at his house. Suspected to have bought most recently. How does this not set off a flag for checking?

[Anubis]

I wish Nelly and Rico would just cut to the part in this tiresome romcom where they realise that, after all their bickering, they really love each other.

 

Negged for "Lolz" and "simples".

 

No way is Rico two-timing Louis Spence.

[Anubis]

Which is what he did. He added a crank. You can clearly hear it in one video. I read reports that he'd set up two gun platforms and had 18 weapons in the room and over 200 magazine's of ammo.

Sounds like he was just getting started when SWAT spoilt his party. Frightening just thinking how bad it was, and yet could have been even worse.

[Captain Turdseye]

Sounds like he was just getting started when SWAT spoilt his party. Frightening just thinking how bad it was, and yet could have been even worse.

The gunpowder/smoke set off the fire alarm in his hotel room making it easy for the police to locate him. Whichever way you look at it, that's just poor planning.

[Anubis]

I see the police located FG's love-bunny, Marilou, who was abroad at the time of the shooting, and she's no longer a suspect.

[skend04]

My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!

 

That's all. He tweeted that sub-Hallmark bullshit 11 hours ago and not a word since.

 

Do you think someone's confiscated his phone - or maybe switched it with a squeaky dog-toy phone, so he still thinks he's tweeting?

There was more anger about people kneeling when the anthem played at a sports event than this. It's almost as if shootings like this are acceptable if it allows people to keep their second amendment rights to owning a gun.

 

Oh and white privilege alert, before any investigation has started he's already been called a lone wolf like every white mass shooter does and not a loser terrorist or a son of a bitch. That's one heck of a lot of lone wolves all doing the same shit regularly in America.

[Anubis]

Number of Americans killed on battlefields in all wars in history:

 

1,396,733

 

Killed by firearms in the US since 1968:

 

1,516,863

 

(NYT)

[Rico1304]

There was more anger about people kneeling when the anthem played at a sports event than this. It's almost as if shootings like this are acceptable if it allows people to keep their second amendment rights to owning a gun.

Oh and white privilege alert, before any investigation has started he's already been called a lone wolf like every white mass shooter does and not a loser terrorist or a son of a bitch. That's one heck of a lot of lone wolves all doing the same shit regularly in America.

Before the investigation starts?

 

The definition of domestic terrorism is over the page, do you think he looks like he fits the bill at the moment? Are the school shooters terrorism?

[Duff Man]

That first figure seems low.

[Lee909]

That first figure seems low.

Not really

 

The US 'only' lost 750,000 in the Civil war and 405,000 in WW2

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Too easy to get guns over there, reminds me of Barber's years ago. Anything for the weekend sir ? Yes I'll have 2 semi automatic rifles and an RPG please. Good choice, will sir be requiring extra ammunition ? Of course my good man.

 

Fucking madness.

[Boss]

Alex Jones "The shooting has the hallmarks of being scripted by deep state Democrats and their Islamic allies".

 

Stupid is, as stupid does. 

[Duff Man]

Not really

 

The US 'only' lost 750,000 in the Civil war and 405,000 in WW2

 

Key word being 'seems'.