BoMac
Self-righteous bullshitter
Ryan Lanza's ID was found on Adam's person, which is why police initially identified him as such.
Wow. It was very irresponsible of media to report that name if that's the case. I don't think these names should be reported at all, they should not be made into celebrities.
But wasn't the real Ryan Lanza also with him? Isn't he in custody and being questioned by police?
If police were incorrect in identifying the shooter and fed that information to the media, I hardly see how that's the media's fault.
Yes. The media is bad enough already; let's not add to the chaos by re-reporting everything here as soon as it hits one media outlet or another.
The thing about tightening gun control is that there's got to be a way to prevent illegal sales of gun. It is possible to go online and get a gun, just like buying drugs off the internet. I wouldn't be surprise if that is how this psycho got his firearms.
Actually, I would be surprised if those guns and ammo weren't legally bought. In the majority of these types of massacres, the weaponry has been obtained legally.
Why are some parents allowing their kids who were there to be interviewed by the media? Right outside the school, after it happened. Not my place to judge but I just don't get it.
When comparing the U.S. to other Western democracies, how many of these other countries have the right to bear arms enshrined in their Constitution?
I think that adds a different dynamic to this discussion.
Actually, I would be surprised if those guns and ammo weren't legally bought. In the majority of these types of massacres, the weaponry has been obtained legally.
Ugh. Yeah, that's something that desperately needs to be ironed out now. I'm pretty darn sure the 2nd Amendment does NOT mean that every half-brained idiot deserves to own a gun/should have an arsenal of them at their disposal. There is absolutely no logical reason your average citizen should have a mass collection of guns, nor is there any logical reason why your average citizen should have guns that are more in line with the kind of thing you'd see in the military.
Your average citizen can make do with a simple hunting rifle and maybe a handgun if they absolutely feel they need to have protection in the house. That's it. That's all the more you need. And you need to have a license, you need to have a thorough background check, mental evaluation, all that stuff. And if you commit even one crime with your gun, you lose it. If you can't prove yourself to be responsible with a gun, you don't deserve to have one.
It sickens me that daring to suggest that some people don't deserve to own guns means you're anti-Republican or some such BS. This is not a Republican/Democrat issue, this is a, "STOP FUCKING SHOOTING PEOPLE FOR NO REASON" issue.
linkIn Israel, it used to be that all soldiers would take the guns home with them. Now they have to leave them on base. Over the years they’ve done this — it began, I think, in 2006 — there’s been a 60 percent decrease in suicide on weekends among IDS soldiers. And it did not correspond to an increase in weekday suicide. People think suicide is an impulse that exists and builds. This shows that doesn’t happen. The impulse to suicide is transitory. Someone with access to a gun at that moment may commit suicide, but if not, they may not.
One of my good friend's cousin was killed. I don't even know how to respond.