hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 9, 2018 1:15:50 GMT -5
You’re gonna have to ask someone else for help.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 9:44:16 GMT -5
My heart is breaking. A few of my daughter's friends from school knew people who were killed last night. She also said (yet to be confirmed - you can't always take what a 15 year old tells you at fact value) that a few of the victims were survivors of Las Vegas. There's just no f--ing end to this. It appears that this time we aren't dealing with some nut with a gun, but with a war hero who wasn't properly treated for his disabilities. Please, Lord, make it stop.. What your daughter said is true and utterly depressing. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 10:49:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 11:05:18 GMT -5
In a final Facebook post, the Thousand Oaks gunman mocked inaction on gun violence: "The only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers' or 'keep you in my thoughts'...and wonder why these keep happening..."
In a final Facebook post, the Thousand Oaks gunman mocked inaction on gun violence: "The only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers' or 'keep you in my thoughts'...and wonder why these keep happening..."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 10:00:52 GMT -5
Witnesses said a Midlothian police officer responding to a shooting inside a south suburban bar shot at the wrong person early Sunday morning.
After security asked a group of drunken men to leave Manny’s Blue Room Bar around 4 a.m. Sunday, witnesses said someone came back with a gun and opened fire. Security returned fire, and according to witnesses, 26-year-old armed security guard Jemel Roberson apprehended one of the men involved outside.
"He had somebody on the ground with his knee in back, with his gun in his back like, 'Don’t move,'" witness Adam Harris said.
Soon after, witnesses said, an officer responding to the scene fired at Roberson — killing him.
"Everybody was screaming out, 'Security!' He was a security guard," Harris said. "And they still did their job, and saw a black man with a gun, and basically killed him."
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 13, 2018 10:20:44 GMT -5
One of the rare times the good guy with the gun narrative was true. But, of course, being black with a gun may as well be a death sentence around cops. How about we eliminate guns from all of this? Seems like that night would have ended better for litterally everyone if there were no guns in the mix.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 13, 2018 10:25:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 10:33:59 GMT -5
Doctors should stay in their lane?
NRA should start a hospital.. Maybe a psych ward would be more appropriate...
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 13, 2018 10:46:01 GMT -5
We definely need more balance in the “is getting shot good” debate.
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 23, 2018 7:18:30 GMT -5
Thoughts and prayers needed in Alabama.
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Post by hoyarooter on Dec 13, 2018 20:58:34 GMT -5
This letter was published in the Los Angeles Times yesterday. I am not providing the name of the author, to protect the insane. This was in response to an article that emergency room doctors are promoting gun control as at least a partial remedy to the rampant number of shootings occurring in our inner cities.
"The problem with most doctors is they act as though nothing is more important than human life. America was founded on a different belief. Remember that 'liberty or death' thing?
Today's doctors would do well to heed the wise words of wisdom [of] Dr. Ben Carson, currently the U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary: 'I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away.'"
I don't think this gentleman was being sarcastic. Maybe I'm wrong. Putting aside that the "liberty or death thing" is a completely erroneous use of Patrick Henry's statement, I guess there are people out there who really believe that the unencumbered ability to arm ourselves to the teeth is more important than the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
Also published yesterday in the Times was an article by a state Assemblyman who had his name and address published on line, along with the names and addresses of 39 other lawmakers, after introducing gun control legislation, along with a reference to "death to the tyrant," and "isn't it time to register these tyrants with gun owners?" Some of the lawmakers received anonymous "I know where you live" telephone calls.
Anyone out there think this isn't putrifying? The solution is clearly to provide all lawmakers with guns so they can defend themselves if these morons and creeps decide to take action.
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Post by njhoya78 on Jan 23, 2019 17:50:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 14:29:09 GMT -5
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Post by hoya9797 on Jan 26, 2019 15:24:11 GMT -5
Our culture is broken. There is no other way to put it. This one incident should be enough to cause outrage around guns and the gun culture. But, no, we ignore it or call for more guns. This country is pathetic.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jan 26, 2019 20:03:54 GMT -5
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Post by tashoya on Jan 26, 2019 23:34:20 GMT -5
I have nephews that are 15 and 13 and they're not shocked or, even, perceptibly phased when this stuff happens. When they were younger, I thought I'd have a tough time explaining the "whys" and "hows" of this but I never had to. To them, it's just what has always been. Shame on all of us.
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 27, 2019 0:50:59 GMT -5
Our culture is broken. There is no other way to put it. This one incident should be enough to cause outrage around guns and the gun culture. But, no, we ignore it or call for more guns. This country is pathetic. If those women all had guns, this incident would have no doubt been averted. And every bank should have multiple armed guards. No, let's make that every office in every building. Not to mention the schools, of course. |
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Post by strummer8526 on Jan 29, 2019 0:45:36 GMT -5
This letter was published in the Los Angeles Times yesterday. I am not providing the name of the author, to protect the insane. This was in response to an article that emergency room doctors are promoting gun control as at least a partial remedy to the rampant number of shootings occurring in our inner cities. "The problem with most doctors is they act as though nothing is more important than human life. America was founded on a different belief. Remember that 'liberty or death' thing? Today's doctors would do well to heed the wise words of wisdom [of] Dr. Ben Carson, currently the U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary: 'I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away.'" I don't think this gentleman was being sarcastic. Maybe I'm wrong. Putting aside that the "liberty or death thing" is a completely erroneous use of Patrick Henry's statement, I guess there are people out there who really believe that the unencumbered ability to arm ourselves to the teeth is more important than the loss of thousands of innocent lives. Also published yesterday in the Times was an article by a state Assemblyman who had his name and address published on line, along with the names and addresses of 39 other lawmakers, after introducing gun control legislation, along with a reference to "death to the tyrant," and "isn't it time to register these tyrants with gun owners?" Some of the lawmakers received anonymous "I know where you live" telephone calls. Anyone out there think this isn't putrifying? The solution is clearly to provide all lawmakers with guns so they can defend themselves if these morons and creeps decide to take action. Sorry, late to this thread. But can we all just reflect for a moment on the fact that someone apparently once wrote the words: "Today's doctors would do well to heed the wise words of wisdom [of] Dr. Ben Carson"? If I were ever going to use the supremely redundant phrase "wise words of wisdom," I'd think long and hard about the name that follows. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 12:44:26 GMT -5
The AR15 pendant was a nice touch.
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Post by hoyarooter on May 8, 2019 0:25:02 GMT -5
It's been so long since last we visited this thread. In the meantime, we have seen another shooting at a synagogue, which would have seen much worse results had the shooter's gun not jammed, and today a Columbine redux. I don't know why these events are even considered newsworthy. They're an infinitesimal price to pay to protect our right to maintain firearms up the wazoo. Nothing to see here.
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