The Circle of Death

From: ANT_THOMAS24 Oct 2017 17:19
To: Harry (HARRYN) 12 of 20
He used a semi-automatic rifle with a bumpstock, pretty effective by the looks of it.

Why should a normal person be allowed to own a semi-automatic rifle in the first place? There's no sensible reason why.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)24 Oct 2017 17:39
To: ANT_THOMAS 13 of 20
Perhaps Harry meant he should have used a belt-fed, tripod mounted HMG, or a grenade launcher?
From: Manthorp24 Oct 2017 23:03
To: ANT_THOMAS 14 of 20
That, for me, is the bottom line. Within a gun-owning culture, buy a small arm to 'defend' yourself, by all means. If you're a hunter, buy a rifle that maximises the chances of a quick, clean, kill; cool.  But where is any logic in allowing people to buy weapons and accessories that enable mass slaughter?  It's just contrary to common sense.

But it's not my gig.  If Americans want to facilitate the killing of each other en masse, all I can (or should) do is comment from the sidelines.

Harry, I respect your right to bear arms (though I would never vote for it for my country). I would just urge you to challenge the small print. The devil is always in the detail.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)25 Oct 2017 00:32
To: Manthorp 15 of 20
Murdering strangers with firearms is a human right in America, according to Harry.
From: graphitone25 Oct 2017 07:44
To: Harry (HARRYN) 16 of 20
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For me, the most confusing aspect of the situation is that if the guy's real goal was to kill a lot of people, he would have used an entirely different gun type and setup.  This is fairly common knowledge among even slightly experienced gun owners and he was not a beginner nor financially limited in his decisions.

We don't have a window into this guy's mind and who knows what he was thinking, but I think it unlikely he'd have had a head count clocking up as he was spraying bullets. Given he was unencumbered by financial burdens, wouldn't the easiest way to execute this atrocity be to buy a missile laden jet and carpet bomb the stadium? Or are jets not covered by the 2nd amendment? From his point of view, at least he would have been able to get away. Perhaps he derived some perverse pleasure from being there first hand. :(  I wonder how come it's guns that have become embedded in the subconscious as the armament of choice? Presumably, it's the portability and concealment properties that people like, and the bigger firearms have become more prevalent on the back of smaller arms becoming commonplace - essentially it's a penis measuring contest. Now, if penises had been the weapon of choice way back when, imagine the how the world would be today... I suspect Throb may well be the commander of the universe by now.






 

From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)25 Oct 2017 15:06
To: graphitone 17 of 20
"I wonder how come it's guns that have become embedded in the subconscious as the armament of choice"

Throwback to the cowboy myth.
From: graphitone25 Oct 2017 16:28
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 18 of 20
Cowboys were a myth?!
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)25 Oct 2017 17:31
To: graphitone 19 of 20
No, but many of their putative behaviors and alleged firearms prowess as portrayed in paperback novels and hollywood certainly are. In every red-blooded American male there lurks a small boy with a six-shooter. And a bump stock. There's a reason why "cowboy" has become an adjective meaning 'dangerously gung-ho jackass'. CF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_myth
EDITED: 25 Oct 2017 17:40 by DSMITHHFX
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)26 Oct 2017 09:35
To: ALL20 of 20
"When the worst of humanity strikes, the best of humanity responds" -- Trump on Las Vegas shooting

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/26/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-theories-social-media