Today's shooting in America thread

[PinkFinal]

‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: why 39 US mass shootings already this year is just the start

With 1,214 gun deaths so far in January, the ready availability of weapons means the toll can only climb

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Might just be me, but I think there's a big difference in having one at home as you describe to walking round tooled up as a daily norm.

Absolutely. That would be my reason for home use.
Friend of mine always carries his with him when he goes to the Mall (concealed of course) and has one locked in his glove compartment in his car.
Other states have different laws

 

[idahoblues]

Do criminals ever rob houses for firearms?

Yes, although seems like a very dumb thing to try

 

[Debaser]

Absolutely. That would be my reason for home use.
Friend of mine always carries his with him when he goes to the Mall (concealed of course) and has one locked in his glove compartment in his car.
Other stated have different laws

Oh to live in a country so free you need a gun to feel safe when shopping, the greatest country on earth.

 

[idahoblues]

Oh to live in a country so free you need a gun to feel safe when shopping, the greatest country on earth.

You can only wish

 

[PinkFinal]

Gunman, 21, dead after shooting dead three at Yakima, Washington store

Jarid Haddock, 21, killed himself on Tuesday afternoon after shooting dead three people at random at a Circle K convenience store in Yakima, Washington.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Beswick Prize Bands Big Drum]

You can only wish

The scariest thing for me when I lived out there was I turned down a street when I got lost in North Carolina and walking up the street was a load of KKK, I spun the car round and smoked the wheels.

 

[Gabriel]

 

[PinkFinal]

They were taking about mass shootings in America in the last half hour of this
Mostly centred on gun availability not the actual reasons for people carrying them out

5 Live Drive - 25/01/2023 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[WRicko]

Other countries have lots of guns but not the mass shootings. Something very wrong with America I imagine a lot of it is to do with mental health issues