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Subject: Shooting At Connecticut Elementary School

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Posted by: Modern Designer
This is actual a decently conducted shooting.

Are...are you commending the shooter on what he did?

..really?

I though you had at least a little tact.

  • 12.14.2012 4:39 PM PDT

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How one can blame video games, Facebook and other social media things for something specific not related to them.

But not actually blame the thing that was used to kill the people is beyond me.
Shame on the cowards who defend guns and blame other unrelated things.

  • 12.14.2012 4:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kesha
How one can blame video games, Facebook and other social media things for something specific not related to them.

But not actually blame the thing that was used to kill the people is beyond me.
Shame on the cowards who defend guns and blame other unrelated things.

The better answer is there are and always will be some bad people out there. You can take away all the guns in the world and there will still be scum bags out there. Its sad to say, but some people are just beyond repair. If you can look into the eyes of 20 kids and end their lives then nothing could have been done to fix this guy's mind. Its sad that a few metal detectors could have saved most of these kid's lives. I find it amazing that this guy could get 2 hand guns and ammunition through an elementary school door.

  • 12.14.2012 4:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kesha
How one can blame video games, Facebook and other social media things for something specific not related to them.

But not actually blame the thing that was used to kill the people is beyond me.
Shame on the cowards who defend guns and blame other unrelated things.


Sure the Guns are the issue, but how many americans own a gun and use it as it was intended and with the up most caution of everything around them. So lets say you ban him from owning a gun, he is still going to find a way to a gun, borrow from a friend, street purchase. It's like drugs or booze, you aren't allowed to have drugs at all, but people still find a way to get ahold of them, and if your under 21 (in most states) you can't drink, but kids still find a way to do it.

I'm not saying what this guy did was ok, or that we just need to move on, but saying Guns are the problem isn't a very good bullet point for trying to prevent people from owning them.

  • 12.14.2012 4:48 PM PDT

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Gunman's mother owned weapons used in Connecticut school massacre


Unfortunately this changes nothing.
True. However I hope it leads to a serious national discussion about responsible gun ownership.

  • 12.14.2012 4:49 PM PDT

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  • 12.14.2012 4:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Courageous Mike
(Sits with a bag of popcorn, waiting for some windbag to blame it on video games)
Turn on Fox. It's been happening all afternoon.

  • 12.14.2012 4:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Courageous Mike
(Sits with a bag of popcorn, waiting for some windbag to blame it on video games)
Check the Mass effect Facebook page. Your jimmies will be rustled

  • 12.14.2012 4:53 PM PDT


Posted by: Kesha
How one can blame video games, Facebook and other social media things for something specific not related to them.

But not actually blame the thing that was used to kill the people is beyond me.
Shame on the cowards who defend guns and blame other unrelated things.

Criminals will always be able to get guns, if normal people can't have a gun then i'm becoming a murderer and a robber because it will be easiest job on earth.

  • 12.14.2012 4:54 PM PDT
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What makes this particularly awful for me is that it was mainly young children that were killed...

  • 12.14.2012 4:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: JMAN07
What makes this particularly awful for me is that it was mainly young children that were killed...

Yep.

Sandy Hook is a k-4 school, meaning all of its students are 11 or younger. Most are under 9 years old.

  • 12.14.2012 4:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: lightlamp2

Posted by: Courageous Mike
(Sits with a bag of popcorn, waiting for some windbag to blame it on video games)
Check the Mass effect Facebook page. Your jimmies will be rustled
It wouldn't surprise me. They did the same thing with the batman shooter, and video games will always be use as a scapegoat by balding old stuck-ups.

  • 12.14.2012 4:58 PM PDT
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  • 12.14.2012 5:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: lightlamp2

Posted by: Courageous Mike
(Sits with a bag of popcorn, waiting for some windbag to blame it on video games)
Check the Mass effect Facebook page. Your jimmies will be rustled
It wouldn't surprise me. They did the same thing with the batman shooter, and video games will always be use as a scapegoat by balding old stuck-ups.
They are blaming Bioware for this. What?

  • 12.14.2012 5:04 PM PDT
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This is sickening. Glad the inhuman monster is dead.

  • 12.14.2012 5:05 PM PDT
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And if the teachers had guns they wouldnt do much because this shooter had a bullet proof vest on.

  • 12.14.2012 5:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: THORSGOD
Criminals will always be able to get guns, if normal people can't have a gun then i'm becoming a murderer and a robber because it will be easiest job on earth.
It astounds me that people not only think this, but express it openly.

  • 12.14.2012 5:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: RockdaleRooster

If you outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns.
Here in Canada the gangs have guns, they shoot other criminals for shares of the drug prohibition loot.

People who make a living doing organized crime don't often associate with loner, depressed outcast teenagers. The type of person who goes on these rampages isn't the kind of person a Hells Angel would seek out to bring into the fold. They want smart people who can handle difficult situations and not draw attention to their organization.

So sure, the bad guys have guns in other countries, but the mentally unstable loners with mental health issues (or whatever), don't.

  • 12.14.2012 5:08 PM PDT
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There were mass shootings far before video games were popular. They just get they blame due to the Columbine shooters and their relation to the Doom franchise.

It's really ignorant to think that video games are the cause of such a tragedy. This isn't video game or even guns. This is about our core values as human beings getting seriously -blam!- up today. That a person would ever consider this action is a failure on everyone who knew him and never realized how mentally ill he was.

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Thanks for all the entertainment today flood! Not only in this thread, but all the other heavily opinionated ones regarding this topic as well.

  • 12.14.2012 5:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: A Deaf Boy
There were mass shootings far before video games were popular. They just get they blame due to the Columbine shooters and their relation to the Doom franchise.
Don't forget Marilyn Manson.

  • 12.14.2012 5:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Buddha Milk
Thanks for all the entertainment today flood! Not only in this thread, but all the other heavily opinionated ones regarding this topic as well.

Entertainment?

You think this is a -blam!- game?

  • 12.14.2012 5:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Buddha Milk
Thanks for all the entertainment today flood! Not only in this thread, but all the other heavily opinionated ones regarding this topic as well.

Entertainment?

You think this is a -blam!- game?

That's another thing. I think the mods need to seriously comb through this thread and perma-ban these people. The are no words that describe how cold some of these people are. One may argue they're just trolling...but no. That is not trolling. Not by a long shot.
edit: Especially those trying to using people's religious beliefs as flame bait to start an argument. It's just so unnecessary and heartless.

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  • 12.14.2012 5:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Buddha Milk
Thanks for all the entertainment today flood! Not only in this thread, but all the other heavily opinionated ones regarding this topic as well.

Entertainment?

You think this is a -blam!- game?

That's another thing. I think the mods need to seriously comb through this thread and perma-ban these people. The are no words that describe how cold some of these people are. One may argue they're just trolling...but no. That is not trolling. Not by a long shot.


You act like they still IP ban people.
Just because my opinion and statement doesn't fit your morality, doesn't mean it's wrong. Morality is subjective, I found today entertaining, so deal with it.

  • 12.14.2012 5:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: A Deaf Boy

Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Buddha Milk
Thanks for all the entertainment today flood! Not only in this thread, but all the other heavily opinionated ones regarding this topic as well.

Entertainment?

You think this is a -blam!- game?

That's another thing. I think the mods need to seriously comb through this thread and perma-ban these people. The are no words that describe how cold some of these people are. One may argue they're just trolling...but no. That is not trolling. Not by a long shot.


You act like they still IP ban people.
Just because my opinion and statement doesn't fit your morality, doesn't mean it's wrong. Morality is subjective, I found today entertaining, so deal with it.

Actually, it isn't subjective. You're just a heartless bastard.

Deal with it.

  • 12.14.2012 5:17 PM PDT