Today's shooting in America thread

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. Simples. Hope that helps.

Good job the bad guys have ‘bad guy’ tattooed on their foreheads or it could be very difficult to tell one from the other...

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

so the one man on site trained to deal with it was a coward who stood aside and let him carry on anyway.

You have to feel sorry for this guy, as he is being portrayed as a coward, when he really isn't.

There is no way of knowing how anyone will react when bullets start flying. The sound of an assault rifle is distinct, and most people would run in the opposite direction. The chances are if he had faced down the gunman with a pistol, he would have been shot, and likely killed. The only chance he would have had to take out the shooter is if he managed to get close without being seen; highly unlikely.

Our special forces train for these kinds of situations, but they undertake hundreds of hours of high intensity training, under very high pressure often using live bullets. It is not something which is instinctive, and has to be trained for.

 

[1961_vintage]

Good job the bad guys have ‘bad guy’ tattooed on their foreheads or it could be very difficult to tell one from the other...

For the undecided or unsure amongst you - best to have just the "___ d guy" tattooed and then crayon-on the "ba" or "goo" according to mood.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Good job the bad guys have ‘bad guy’ tattooed on their foreheads or it could be very difficult to tell one from the other...

It’s the bad guys with “good guy” tattooed on their forehead that you’ve got to watch out for!

 

[Elbow beards]

From last year - he gets it

Oh right, so it's it not the easy accessability of guns to unhinged individuals, its grand theft autos fault. Now I get it.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Oh right, so it's it not the easy accessability of guns to unhinged individuals, its grand theft autos fault. Now I get it.

Agreed. And why does Sheriff Fuckwit believe himself to be separate from society?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Oh right, so it's it not the easy accessability of guns to unhinged individuals, its grand theft autos fault. Now I get it.

He was addressing the wider points and noting that some people have guns and don't go on the rampage and a killing spree - he was also making some good points about the glorification of violence and gun violence in particular - your singling out of a single point or phrase and using that to attack and dismiss a whole scene ( that btw is a cut down version of a 30 + min press conf ) is very Trumpian

 

[mancityvstoke]

It’s the bad guys with “good guy” tattooed on their forehead that you’ve got to watch out for!

The ones with "Psycho ****" on their forehead scare me slightly

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The ones with "Psycho ****" on their forehead scare me slightly

They’re pussies, mate.

 

[Elbow beards]

He was addressing the wider points and noting that some people have guns and don't go on the rampage and a killing spree - he was also making some good points about the glorification of violence and gun violence in particular - your singling out of a single point or phrase and using that to attack and dismiss a whole scene ( that btw is a cut down version of a 30 + min press conf ) is very Trumpian

But it's the age old argument, it was video nasties in the 80's and video games later. Studies have shown video games don't make people violent and other studies have shown society is less violent now, not more. We are subject to the same films, Internet and games as Americans but don't blast people away. Why is that I wonder?