What a prat.

[thewayne]

"I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."
—Dr. Ben Carson

Three college shootings in one week, two on the same day. I think two of them won't be classed as mass casualty events because only one or two people were killed. In one event, apparently the conflict that triggered the shooting was over a girl.

I guess he's showing himself as a true Republican politician. I can't decide if Carson or Trump would be a more scary president.

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Actually, it looks like the authorities are taking a modicum of action, albeit pretty much just a slap on the wrist:

A 46-year-old Clarkston area woman accused of firing gunshots at two men who were driving away from a Home Depot after stealing merchandise has been charged with a misdemeanor.

Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez is accused of firing the shots Oct. 6 at Home Depot, 4150 Joslyn Road in Auburn Hills.

Duva-Rodriguez was arraigned in the early afternoon in Rochester Hills on the single charge of reckless use, handling or discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a fine.

Indeed, it's not the lethal weaponry that's really the issue - you'll find plenty of guns in Scandinavia and Switzerland, to name but a few other industrial nations. It's the AMERICA FUCK YEAH mentality of the NRA, promoting guns to the point of fetishism, rather than taking any role in being a strong advocate of training, safe handling, and storage.

(Link courtesy of SLU's "Politics, Religion, and Society" sub-forum - rather a good venue for sane discussion)